Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
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Cast & Crew.
Dolores del Río
Belinha De Rezende
Gene Raymond
Roger Bond
Raul Roulien
Julio Rubeiro
Ginger Rogers
Honey Hale
Fred Astaire
Fred Ayres
Blanche Friderici
Dona Elena De Rezende
Walter Walker
Senor De Rezende
Etta Moten
The Colored Singer
Roy D'Arcy
One of the Three Greeks
Armand Kaliz
Greek #3
Maurice Black
One of the Three Greeks
Lou Brock
Writer
Thornton Freeland
Director
Paul Porcasi
Mayor
Cyril Hume
Writer
Reginald Barlow
Banker
H.W. Hanemann
Writer
Eric Blore
Head Waiter
Luis Alberni
Rio Casino Manager (uncredited)
Erwin S. Gelsey
Writer
Don Barry
Dancer (uncredited)
Anne Caldwell
Writer
Vincent Youmans
Composer
Leon Beaumon
Yankee Clipper (uncredited)
Eddie Borden
Yankee Clipper Eddie (uncredited)
J. Roy Hunt
Cinematographer
Jack Kitchin
Editor
Lucile Browne
Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
Ray Cooke
Yankee Clipper 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
Hotel Manager Hammerstein (uncredited)
Adrian Rosley
Hotel Atlântico Manager (uncredited)
Hazel Hayes
Singer (uncredited)
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Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although lead actors Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing. Among the featured players are Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore. The songs in the film were written by Vincent Youmans (music), Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu (lyrics), with musical direction and additional music by Max Steiner. During the 7th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for the new category of Best Original Song for "Carioca", but it lost to "The Continental" from The Gay Divorcee, the next Astaire and Rogers film (and their first with top billing).
The black-and-white film, which had a color-tinted sequence, 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. Linwood Dunn did the special effects for the celebrated airplane-wing dance sequence at the end of the film. In this film, Dolores del Río became the first major actress to wear a two-piece women's bathing suit onscreen.The film follows composer Roger Bond as he falls in love with Brazilian woman Belinha De Rezende, although she is actually already engaged to a friend of Roger's. Roger's bandmate Fred Ayres and Ayres' companion Honey Hales support Roger through various musical misadventures.