Flying Down to Rio is a musical film made by RKO and released on December 29, in 1933.
The film was directed by Thornton Freeland and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Lou Brock. The screenplay was written by Erwin S. Gelsey, H.W. Hanemann and Cyril Hume, based on a story by Lou Brock and a play by Anne Caldwell. The music was composed by Max Steiner.
The film stars Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond, but is remembered today primarily for the teamin...
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Flying Down to Rio is a musical film made by RKO and released on December 29, in 1933.
The film was directed by Thornton Freeland and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Lou Brock. The screenplay was written by Erwin S. Gelsey, H.W. Hanemann and Cyril Hume, based on a story by Lou Brock and a play by Anne Caldwell. The music was composed by Max Steiner.
The film stars Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond, but is remembered today primarily for the teaming of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, in relatively minor roles. They would go on to star in nine more films together. Their first dance together on film, "The Carioca", in which Astaire and Rogers dance with their foreheads touching scandalously, appears in this film. "Carioca" was written for the film by composer Vincent Youmans and lyricists Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn.
Ginger (Honey Hale) is seen in the opening musical sequence Music Makes Me in Flying Down to Rio, with the band on stage at the Date Grove, in a remarkably see-through outfit...
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