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