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Flying Down to Rio
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Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American black-and-white romantic comedy musical film produced by RKO Pictures. Directed by Thornton Freeland and produced by Merian C. Cooper, the movie features Gene Raymond, Dolores del Río, Fred Astaire, and Ginger Rogers. The screenplay was written by Cyril Hume and Adele Comandini, with music composed by Max Steiner.
The narrative takes place in Rio de Janeiro and Miami, often set within an aircraft environment. The film includes choreography by Hermes Pan and production design by Carroll Clark, with costumes by Walter Plunkett. It has a runtime of 89 minutes and was originally released in English.
Critical reception includes a TMDb vote average of 6.296 and an IMDb rating of 6.6. The film is associated with the Pre-Code Hollywood movement and is distributed by RKO Pictures and Netflix, with availability on platforms such as TCM.
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6.3An 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.
Cast
- Dolores del Río as Belinha De Rezende
- Gene Raymond as Roger Bond
- Raul Roulien as Julio Rubeiro
- Ginger Rogers as Honey Hale
- Fred Astaire as Fred Ayres
- Blanche Friderici as Elena De Rezende
Themes
- dancing
- airplane
- love triangle
- rio de janeiro
- fiancé
- pilot
- orchestra
- musical
- tap dancing
- beautiful woman
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- musical film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Movement
- Pre-Code Hollywood
- Director
- Thornton Freeland
- Cast member
- Harry Bowen
- Composer
- Max Steiner
- Producer
- Merian C. Cooper
- Production company
- RKO Pictures
- Cinematographer
- J. Roy Hunt
- Narrative location
- Miami
- Duration
- 89
- FilmAffinity ID
- 217133
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Poster - Flying Down to Rio 01 Crisco restoration.jpg
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- Commons category
- Flying Down to Rio (film)
- publication date
- 1933-01-01
- title
- Flying Down to Rio
- color
- black-and-white
- choreographer
- Hermes Pan
- production designer
- Carroll Clark
- costume designer
- Walter Plunkett
- distributed by
- Netflix
- set in environment
- aircraft
- review score
- 83%
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