Flying Down to Rio
- Dolores del Rio: Belinha de Rezende
- Gene Raymond: Roger Bond
- Ginger Rogers: Honey Hale
- Fred Astaire Fred Ayres
- Blanche Frideici: Dona Elena
- Walter Walker: Carlos de Rezende
- Reginald Barlow: Alfredo Vianna
- Raul Roulien: Júlio Ribeiro
- Eric Blore: Mr. Butter Bass
Flying Down to Rio is an American musical from 1933 with Dolores del Rio in the lead role. The on-screen couple Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers completed the first of nine performances together.
Action
Roger Bond, bandleader of "Yankee Ylipper band " is his involvement in a hotel in Miami going on, because he has danced opposite the hotel rules with a guest. Roger is to get a commitment for the band in a hotel in Rio de Janeiro creates. His dance partner, the Brazilian Belinha de Rezende also wants to Rio to visit her ailing father. He persuaded in his two-seater machine without the watcher, Aunt Dona Elena to come with him. His best friend, pianist and accordion player Fred Ayers, warns him to try any trickery. Nevertheless deceptive Roger engine problems and lands on a small airfield in Haiti. Belinha can Rogers beautiful words and his music endure. But she also tells him that she must marry as part of an agreement of her family, a young Brazilian once it is in Rio. The next morning Belinja Rogers recognizes trick. She leaves him to reach the regular flight to Rio.
In Rio Roger tells his friend Júlio Ribeiro of his love for Belinha. He however, that fiance Júlio Belinhas is. The hotel where Roger will occur with his band, heard Belinhas father, Carlos de Rezende. In a Casino Gala, Roger Belinha is presented by Júlio. Now Roger recognizes the true circumstances and decides Belinha to win for themselves. At the same time Fred and discover the singer Honey Hale dance Carioca. Greek financiers and the resident banker Alfredo Vianna want to take over the hotel. Alfredo is sure Belinhas father gets no permission for appearances, if the mayor outside his city is. He arranges a police raid on the evening of the opening of the new show.
Roger comes when he sees a Flügzeug the hotel, to the idea of dancing girls to strap on the wings of airplanes. Shortly before the beginning of the show Roger receives a letter from Carlos, where the owner would like to thank. Stirred informed Roger Júlio that he had to go to Buenos Aires. Roger says goodbye to Belinha. The show is a hit and guarantees the credit worthiness of the hoteliers. Honey wants Júlio allow to go away with Belinha. But Júlio recognizes the true feelings of his fiancee and goes with her to board the plane to Buenos Aires, where Roger sits. Just as Roger and Belinha be trusted by the pilot, Júlio jumps out of the airplane with a parachute and lands safely in Rio.
Background
The premiere of the film took place in New York on 22 December 1933. With production costs of 462,000 U.S. dollars Flying Down to Rio was a more expensive on average film at the box office he proved a box office earnings of 1,545,000 U.S. dollars to be very popular The financial problems of the studio were the reason why the film in Black White was shot and not, as planned, in two -color Technicolor process.
The equipment was in the hands of Carroll Clark and Van Nest Polglase, while the costumes by Irene Lentz and Walter Plunkett come. The actual choreographer of the film was David Gould, but it preferred Astaire, with Hermes Pan, Gould's assistant, rehearse planned for the film dances.
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in the film only minor roles in addition to the nominal star Dolores del Rio. Ginger Rogers is announced here for the first and only time before Astaire.
Reviews
Variety wrote that the film draw his profit from the musical numbers. But the story was not enough, they brake it, and there was a lack of laughter.
Ken Hanke from the "Mountain Xpress " described the film as a charming, a little old-fashioned and endlessly clever in the introduction of Fred and Ginger.
Awards
The film went to the Oscars in 1935 with a nomination in the category:
- Best Song - Carioca, composer Vincent Youmans, lyrics Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn