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Shipmates Forever is a 1935 American musical film directed by Frank Borzage and written by Delmer Daves. Set at the United States Naval Academy , the film stars Dick Powell , Ruby Keeler , Lewis Stone , Ross Alexander , John Arledge , Eddie Acuff , and Dick Foran .
Shipmates Forever 1935 1h 48m Musical List Reviews 67% Audience Score Fewer than 50 Ratings An admiral's (Lewis Stone) rebellious son (Dick Powell) shapes up and sings for a dancer (Ruby...
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- Frank Borzage
- Musical
- Dick Powell
Shipmates Forever: Directed by Frank Borzage. With Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Lewis Stone, Ross Alexander. A successful crooner who doesn't want to join the Navy decides to prove to his father, a Navy admiral, that he has what it takes to make it in the fleet.
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- Drama, Musical, Romance
- Frank Borzage
- 1935-10-12
User Reviews. SHIPMATES FOREVER (Warner Brothers, 1935) cashes in on the recent success of FLIRTATION WALK (1934), set in West Point, reuniting Dick Powell, Ruby Keeler, Ross Alexander, John Arledge, Frederick Burton, with Frank Borzage as their director, in a Navy themed product filmed on location at Annapolis, Maryland.
Synopsis. Richard John Melville III and June Blackburn meet during a naval review in New York Harbor. Each comes from a Navy family, but Dick wants to be a singer and June, having seen her father and brother die in the war, has sworn never to marry a Navy man.
- Frank Borzage, Lew Borzage, William Cannon
- Dick Powell
Review by artistaerratico ★★★★ In Shipmates Forever, Borzage charts a new course with his compass, and with a little help from the power of friendship, is able to secure his escape from being a cinematic castaway - even at the cost of jettisoning a few of his standard tropes to remain afloat.
Feb 6, 2024 · This movie makes no sense. Dick Powell doesn’t want to follow in his admiral father’s footsteps and go to the Naval Academy. But his father gets him to take the entrance exams by doubting he could pass them. Then when he does he feels obligated to attend, all the time saying that he has no intention of excepting a commission.
