Flying Down to Rio (1933) |
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| Director(s) | Thornton Freeland |
| Producer(s) | Merian C. Cooper, Lou Brock |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Musical, Romance |
| Top Topics | Based on Play, Romance (Comic) |
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Dolores del Río(as Belinha de Rezende)
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Dolores del Río
(as Belinha de Rezende)
Gene Raymond(as Roger Bond)
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Gene Raymond
(as Roger Bond)
Ginger Rogers(as Honey Hale)
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Ginger Rogers
(as Honey Hale)
Fred Astaire(as Fred Ayres)
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Flying Down to Rio
Released
1933
Fred Astaire
(as Fred Ayres)
Blanche Friderici(as Dona Elena de Rezende)
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Blanche Friderici
(as Dona Elena de Rezende)
Walter Walker(as Senhor Carlos de Rezende)
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Flying Down to Rio
Released
1933
Walter Walker
(as Senhor Carlos de Rezen...)
Maurice Black(as Member Greek Gambling Syndicate)
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Maurice Black
(as Member Greek Gambling ...)
Reginald Barlow(as Alfredo Vianna, The Banker)
Flying Down to Rio
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1933
Flying Down to Rio
Released
1933
Reginald Barlow
(as Alfredo Vianna, The Ba...)
Flying Down to Rio Overview:
Flying Down to Rio (1933) was a Comedy - Musical Film directed by Thornton Freeland and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Lou Brock.
Academy Awards 1934 --- Ceremony Number 7 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Music - Song | Music by Vincent Youmans; Lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn | Nominated |
Flying Down to Rio BlogHub Articles:
Musical Monday: Flying Down to Rio (1933)
It’s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 600. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week’s musical: Flying Down to Rio (1933... Read full article
Free screening of classic film “Flying Down to Rio” at Second Presbyterian Church
Free screening of classic film “Flying Down to Rio” at Second Presbyterian Church There will be a free screening of the classic film Flying Down to Rio (1933) at Second Presbyterian Church, 1936 South Michigan Avenue, Friday, February 17, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. The film features Long tim... Read full article
Flying Down to Rio, Happy Anniversary! Premiered on Friday, December 22nd, 1933 in New York City (2)
Flying Down to Rio, Happy Anniversary! Premiered on Friday, December 22nd, 1933 in New York City
Flying Down to Rio, Happy Anniversary! Premiered on Friday, December 22nd, 1933 in New York City
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Flying Down to Rio Quotes:
Fred Ayres:
Wait a minute. Wait a minute. This is really good news. Rog has outdone himself.
Honey Hale: I'll bet he's broken both legs running after two women at the same time.
Honey Hale: I'll bet he's broken both legs running after two women at the same time.
Honey Hale:
It's like looking for a noodle in a haystack.
Fred Ayres:
The trick is to keep your mind a blank.
Honey Hale: With THAT music?
Honey Hale: Oh, Freddie, is my mind red!
Honey Hale: With THAT music?
Honey Hale: Oh, Freddie, is my mind red!
Fred Ayres:
Nothing of the kind. He's landed us a job in Rio. Rio de Janeiro. The Hotel Atlantico. We'll be flying down any morning now.
Honey Hale: And swimming back in the afternoon. I'm taking my water-wings.
See More Quotes from Flying Down to RioHoney Hale: And swimming back in the afternoon. I'm taking my water-wings.
Flying Down to Rio Facts
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Despite his obvious on-screen chemistry in dancing with Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire was reluctant to make a second movie with her. He had previously been part of a dance duo with his sister, Adele Astaire, but wanted to establish himself as a solo dancer. After Flying Down to Rio, Astaire sent a note to his agent about Rogers. "I don't mind making another picture with her, but as for this team idea, it's out! I've just managed to live down one partnership and I don't want to be bothered with any more." But when the critics praised the Astaire-Rogers pairing in "Rio," Astaire was persuaded, and he and Rogers soon made the second film in their partnership, _The Gay Divorcee (1934)_ (QV).
In the original prints, the "Orchids in the Moonlight" number was color tinted.
Originally conceived by RKO as a vehicle for Dolores del Rio, this film is most notable for its star-making pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The two relative unknowns smoked up the screen in a dance number called "The Carioca" that generated such a positive response form critics and fans that they were eventually reunited in nine subsequent films.
The airplane that the character Roger Bond flies is a Monocoupe 90, designed in 1930 by Don Luscombe. It was capable of speeds of up to 100 knots (115 MPH - a very high-performance airplane for its day) but in no way could it reach Haiti from Miami without many fuel stops along the way. (If at all.)
While looking through the window of a bakery shop in Rio, Ginger Rogers asks Fred Astaire, "Oh, Freddie. How do you ask for little tarts in Portuguese?" Fred replies, "Don't heckle me. Try the Culbertson System." This topical joke was funny for Depression-era movie audiences, for whom the game of Bridge was a major home pastime. The Culbertson System was a bidding strategy developed by Bridge champion Ely Culbertson. In the early 1930s, Culbertson became a celebrity by winning several international tournaments with his aggressive bidding system.