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Flying down to Rio
Musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their first screen partnership. A pilot who flies a girl to Rio de Janeiro to see her father has competition for her affections.
Musical starring Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in their first screen partnership. Belina's uncle has been prohibited from having a floor show at his lavish hotel because of a Rio de Janeiro city ordinance. But the day is saved by staging a climactic Flying Down to Rio number thousands of feet in the air.
Last on
Sat 4 Oct 2014
13:00
Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Belina deRezende | Dolores del Rio |
Fred Ayres | Fred Astaire |
Honey Hale | Ginger Rogers |
Roger Bond | Gene Raymond |
Dona Elena de Rezende | Blanche Friderici |
Senor Carlos de Rezende | Walter Walker |
The Carioca Singer | Etta Moten |
The Mayor | Paul Porcasi |
Alfredo Vianna, the Banker | Reginald Barlow |
Mr Butterbass | Eric Blore |
Director | Thornton Freeland |
Producer | Louis Brock |
Writer | Cyril Hume |
Writer | HW Hanemann |
Writer | Erwin S Gelsey |