Flying Down to Rio (1933)
6.3|22 Dec, 1933|89 min
Too big for the world... So they staged it in the clouds... Too beautiful for words... So they set it to music!
6.3|22 Dec, 1933|89 min
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An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.
Keywords
dancing
airplane
love triangle
rio de janeiro
fiancé
pilot
orchestra
musical
tap dancing
beautiful woman
singing
black and white
band singer
showgirl
pre-code
biplane
bandleader
dance band
forced landing
romantic triangle
Casts
Dolores del Río
Belinha De Rezende
Gene Raymond
Roger Bond
Raul Roulien
Julio Rubeiro
Ginger Rogers
Honey Hale
Fred Astaire
Fred Ayres
Blanche Friderici
Elena De Rezende
Walter Walker
Senor De Rezende
Etta Moten
Colored Singer
Roy D'Arcy
One of the Three Greeks
Maurice Black
One of the Three Greeks
Armand Kaliz
One of the Three Greeks
Paul Porcasi
Mayor
Reginald Barlow
Banker
Eric Blore
Head Waiter
Luis Alberni
Rio Casino Manager (uncredited)
Don 'Red' Barry
Dancer (uncredited)
Leon Beaumon
Yankee Clipper (uncredited)
Eddie Borden
Eddie (uncredited)
Lucile Browne
Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
Ray Cooke
Banjo Player (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Messenger (uncredited)
Emilio Fernández
Dancer (uncredited)
Betty Furness
Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
Alice Gentle
Singer (uncredited)
Jack Goode
Yankee Clipper (uncredited)
Mary Kornman
Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
Movita
Singer (uncredited)
Clarence Muse
Caddy in Haiti (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
Hammerstein (uncredited)
Adrian Rosley
Hotel Atlântico Manager (uncredited)
Hazel Hayes
Singer (uncredited)
Jean Carmen
Dancer (uncredited)
Crews
Thornton Freeland
Director
Cyril Hume
Screenplay
H.W. Hanemann
Screenplay
Erwin S. Gelsey
Screenplay
Anne Caldwell
Theatre Play
Lou Brock
Story
Merian C. Cooper
Executive Producer
Lou Brock
Associate Producer
J. Roy Hunt
Director of Photography
Jack Kitchin
Editor
Carroll Clark
Art Direction
Van Nest Polglase
Art Direction
Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Gus Kahn
Lyricist
Edward Eliscu
Lyricist
Vincent Youmans
Original Music Composer
Max Steiner
Music Director
Dave Gould
Choreographer
Vernon L. Walker
Visual Effects
Philip Faulkner Jr.
Sound Recordist
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