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