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!
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 Thornton Freeland
Trailer
Cast
Raul Roulien
Julio Rubeiro
Paul Porcasi
Mayor
Eric Blore
Head Waiter
Eddie Borden
Eddie (uncredited)
Don 'Red' Barry
Dancer (uncredited)
Dolores del Río
Belinha De Rezende
Blanche Friderici
Elena De Rezende
Etta Moten
Colored Singer
Maurice Black
One of the Three Greeks
Emilio Fernández
Dancer (uncredited)
Gene Raymond
Roger Bond
Roy D'Arcy
One of the Three Greeks
Luis Alberni
Rio Casino Manager (uncredited)
Gino Corrado
Messenger (uncredited)
Betty Furness
Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
Mary Kornman
Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
Reginald Barlow
Banker
Lucile Browne
Belinha's Friend (uncredited)
Movita
Singer (uncredited)
Franklin Pangborn
Hammerstein (uncredited)
Ginger Rogers
Honey Hale
Fred Astaire
Fred Ayres
Jack Goode
Yankee Clipper (uncredited)
Walter Walker
Senor De Rezende
Armand Kaliz
One of the Three Greeks
Leon Beaumon
Yankee Clipper (uncredited)
Clarence Muse
Caddy in Haiti (uncredited)
Jean Carmen
Dancer (uncredited)