Flying Down to Rio (1933)

  • NR
  • 12/22/1933 (US)
  • Comedy, Romance
  • 1h 29m

Too big for the world... So they staged it in the clouds... Too beautiful for words... So they set it to music!

Overview

An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning to perform the local dance, 'The Carioca.' The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-code film.

Lou Brock

Story

H.W. Hanemann

Screenplay

Cyril Hume

Screenplay

Erwin S. Gelsey

Screenplay

Thornton Freeland

Director

Cast

Dolores del Río's headshot

Dolores del Río

Belinha De Rezende
Gene Raymond's headshot

Gene Raymond

Roger Bond
Raul Roulien's headshot

Raul Roulien

Julio Rubeiro
Ginger Rogers's headshot

Ginger Rogers

Honey Hale
Fred Astaire's headshot

Fred Astaire

Fred Ayres
Blanche Friderici's headshot

Blanche Friderici

Elena De Rezende
Walter Walker's headshot

Walter Walker

Senor De Rezende
Etta Moten's headshot

Etta Moten

Colored Singer

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