Flying Down to Rio (motion picture) - Fred Astaire and Gene Raymond (performers) (trailer) (1933)
Title
Flying Down to Rio (motion picture) - Fred Astaire and Gene Raymond (performers) (trailer) (1933)
Subject
Musicals
Motion pictures
Airplane wing dance
URL
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Description
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Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film noted for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing and the leading roles. Among the featured players are Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore. The songs in the film were written by Vincent Youmans (music), Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu (lyrics), with musical direction and additional music by Max Steiner. This is the only film in which Rogers was billed above famed Broadway dancer Astaire.
The black-and-white film (later computer-colorized) was directed by Thornton Freeland and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Lou Brock. The screenplay was written by Erwin S. Gelsey, H. W. Hanemann and Cyril Hume, based on a story by Lou Brock and a play by Anne Caldwell. Linwood Dunn did the special effects for the celebrated airplane-wing dance sequence at the end of the film. In this film, Dolores Del Rio became the first major actress to wear a two-piece women's bathing suit onscreen.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One small clipping from Under Cover magazine with program listing and brief description. Handwritten note on folder: Under Cover KAET, 18 August, 1985.
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Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film noted for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing and the leading roles. Among the featured players are Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore. The songs in the film were written by Vincent Youmans (music), Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu (lyrics), with musical direction and additional music by Max Steiner. This is the only film in which Rogers was billed above famed Broadway dancer Astaire.
The black-and-white film (later computer-colorized) was directed by Thornton Freeland and produced by Merian C. Cooper and Lou Brock. The screenplay was written by Erwin S. Gelsey, H. W. Hanemann and Cyril Hume, based on a story by Lou Brock and a play by Anne Caldwell. Linwood Dunn did the special effects for the celebrated airplane-wing dance sequence at the end of the film. In this film, Dolores Del Rio became the first major actress to wear a two-piece women's bathing suit onscreen.
Ephemera: available through CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One small clipping from Under Cover magazine with program listing and brief description. Handwritten note on folder: Under Cover KAET, 18 August, 1985.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Dolores del Río, and Gene Raymond (performers)
Thornton Freeland (director)
Merian C. Cooper (producer)
Publisher
RKO Radio Pictures
Date
1933 December 29
Citation
“Flying Down to Rio (motion picture) - Fred Astaire and Gene Raymond (performers) (trailer) (1933),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 28, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/226.