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