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Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code RKO musical film famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although lead actors Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing. Among the featured players are Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore.
Flying Down to Rio: Directed by Thornton Freeland. With Dolores Del Río, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Ginger Rogers. A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.
In spite of warnings from his best friend, Fred Ayers, the band's choreographer and accordian player, Roger fakes engine trouble and lands his airplane (which he has equipped with a piano) on a quiet, moonlit beach in Haiti.
In the film that launched the career of the greatest dance team of all time, hearts will be broken, love will triumph over all--and one of the most fabulous ...
«Flying Down to Rio» (1933) It was the first time that Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers danced together on screen. «Carioca» Music by Vincent Youmans Lyrics by...
His Yankee Clippers band is hired to open the new Hotel Atlântico in Rio and Roger offers to fly Belinha part way home. After a mechanical breakdown and forced landing, Roger is confident and...
Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers's first movie together was Flying Down to Rio. Fred Astaire (May 10, 1899 – June 22, 1987) and Ginger Rogers (July 16, 1911 – April 25, 1995) were dance partners in a total of 10 films, nine of them released by RKO Radio Pictures from 1933 to 1939, and one, The Barkleys of Broadway , by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in ...
His Yankee Clippers band is hired to open the new Hotel Atlântico 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 Júlio.
In this 1933 musical romance, choreographer and musician Fred Ayers (Fred Astaire) labors to help his friend and band leader Roger Bond (Gene Raymond) romance gorgeous...
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Flying Down to Rio. First teaming of Oscar-winning duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers in this Oscar-nominated musical about a dance-band leader who finds love and success in Brazil. Rentals include 30 days to start watching this video and 48 hours to finish once started. Woot!