Flying down to Rio, a Radio picture ; Radio Pictures presents ; Merian C. Cooper, executive producer ; directed by Thorton Freeland ; screen play by Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann and Erwin Gelsey
Type
Label
Flying down to Rio, a Radio picture ; Radio Pictures presents ; Merian C. Cooper, executive producer ; directed by Thorton Freeland ; screen play by Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann and Erwin Gelsey
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
Not rated
Main title
Flying down to Rio
Medium
DVD
Oclc number
74452626
Responsibility statement
a Radio picture ; Radio Pictures presents ; Merian C. Cooper, executive producer ; directed by Thorton Freeland ; screen play by Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann and Erwin Gelsey
Runtime
89
Series statement
Astaire & Rogers collection, vol. 1
Summary
This film, containing the first of many Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers partnerships, concerns a band in Rio. Songs include "The Carioca, " "Orchids in the Moonlight, " and the title song. Pilot and band leader Gene Raymond woos Dolores Del Rio, and then learns that she is engaged to a friend of his, after he flies her home to Rio. Fred & Ginger provide the musical moments. Notable for a brilliantly photographed finale with chorus girls on the wings of flying airplanes, the movie was the musical that broke with the rather contrived Busby Berkeley production and moved toward a closer integration of musical and narrative elements. Astaire's dance numbers come not as interruptions but as extensions of the plot
Technique
live action
Classification
Contributor
- Caldwell, Anne, 1867-1936
- Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995.
- Roulien, Raul, 1905-2000.
- Freeland, Thornton, 1898-1987.
- Gelsey, Erwin, 1900-1988.
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Del Rio, Dolores, 1905-1983.
- Hanemann, H. W., Henry William, 1895-1968.
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Hume, Cyril, 1900-1966.
- Astaire, Fred.
- Turner Entertainment Co
- Raymond, Gene.
- Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946.
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- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor14
- Caldwell, Anne, 1867-1936
- Rogers, Ginger, 1911-1995.
- Roulien, Raul, 1905-2000.
- Freeland, Thornton, 1898-1987.
- Gelsey, Erwin, 1900-1988.
- RKO Radio Pictures
- Del Rio, Dolores, 1905-1983.
- Hanemann, H. W., Henry William, 1895-1968.
- Warner Home Video (Firm)
- Hume, Cyril, 1900-1966.
- Astaire, Fred.
- Turner Entertainment Co
- Raymond, Gene.
- Youmans, Vincent, 1898-1946.
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