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1933 Certificate U
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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 .. Read more

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

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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 fiance 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
Run time DVD: 1 hr 29 mins
Certificate Certificate U
Genres Drama, Music/Musical
Released DVD: 15 Jan 2007
Production year: 1933
Format DVD

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  • 2 stars out of 4

    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.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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    Rated - 4 stars

    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 start watching Flying down to Rio expecting them to be centre stage, because they play supporting characters who end up stealing the show with their dance sequences. Ginger's sharp humour is a delight, whilst Fred's exasperated accordion player dances around after his band leader friend.

    The plot revolves around the rakish bandleader Roger Bond (Gene Raymond) and his love affair with the already engaged Belinha (Dolores del Rio) and the attempts of her fiancé to secure his wife by opening hotel with Bond's band the star attraction at the opening night . The Romance doesn't dominate, instead its the set pieces which steal the show - the production number with girls dancing on aeroplane wings has to be seen to be believed.

    However be warned that this print of the film is not great, and people who have seen the beautifully remastered releases of Shall We Dance, Top Hat, Carefree and Follow the Fleet may be disapointed that a similar amount of work hasn't been put in on this historic film.

      • A customer from Preston, England
      • Posted 02 Nov 2006 12:21

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      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 ...