Flying Down to Rio
Too big for the world... So they staged it in the clouds... Too beautiful for words... So they set it to music!
1933 · 1h 29m · PASSED
Comedy, Romance
Directed by
Thornton Freeland
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Flying Down to Rio
Overview
An 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.
Director and cast
- Thornton Freeland Director
- Dolores del Río as Belinha de Rezende
- Gene Raymond as Roger Bond
- Raul Roulien as Júlio Ribeiro
- Ginger Rogers as Honey Hale
- Fred Astaire as Fred Ayres
- Blanche Friderici as Dona Elena De Rezende
- Walter Walker as Senor De Rezende
- Etta Moten Cast
- Roy D'Arcy Cast
- Maurice Black Cast
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