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Flying Down to Rio Details

1933

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Starring	Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond
Director	Thornton Freeland
Genres	Drama, Music/Musical, Romance

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Flying Down to Rio

Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to be for real, even though she is already engaged. His Yankee Clippers band is hired to open the new Hotel Atlantico in Rio and Roger offers to fly Belinha part way home. After a mechanical breakdown and forced landing, Roger is confident and makes his move, but Belinha plays hard to get. She can't seem to decide between Roger and her fiancé Julio. When performing the airborne production number to mark the Hotel's opening, Julio gets some intriguing ideas...

Starring	Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond
Director	Thornton Freeland
Studio	UNIVERSAL PICTURES UK
Run time	DVD: 1 hr 29 mins LOVEFiLM Instant: 1 hr 25 mins
Certificate	DVD LOVEFiLM Instant
Genres	Drama, Music/Musical, Romance
Language	DVD: English LOVEFiLM Instant: English
Released	Production year: 1933 On LOVEFiLM Instant: LOVEFiLM Instant: 11 Jun 2011 To Rent: DVD: not available To Buy: DVD: 06 Feb 2004
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- A thin musical electrified by the finale in which girls dance on the wings of moving airplanes, and by the teaming of Astaire and Rogers for the first time. Now an irresistible period piece.
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- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:44
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  Fred and Ginger fly through their first film together
  
  Flying down to Rio was Astaire and Rogers' first film together, and the only one where Ginger was billed above Fred. But don't ... read more »
  
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