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Flying Down to Rio [1933 film] (1933)

by Thornton Freeland (Director)

Other authors: Fred Astaire (Actor), Lou Brock (Author), Dolores Del Rio (Actor), Cyril Hume (Screenwriter), Gene Raymond (Actor)2 more, Ginger Rogers (Actor), Raul Roulien (Actor)

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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.… (more)
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A bandleader likes a Brazilian girl.

There are some bits with Astaire and Rogers which are pretty delightful, but they're only around for a few minutes. The rest of the movie is crap.

Concept: D
Story: F
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: D
Cinematography: C
Special effects/design: C
Acting: C
Music: D

Enjoyment: C minus

GPA: 1.5/4 ( )
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Freeland, ThorntonDirectorprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Astaire, FredActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Brock, LouAuthorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Del Rio, DoloresActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Hume, CyrilScreenwritersecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Raymond, GeneActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Rogers, GingerActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
Roulien, RaulActorsecondary authorall editionsconfirmed
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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.

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