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Rio Rita is a 1942 American comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Abbott and Costello. It was based upon the 1927 Flo Ziegfeld Broadway musical, which was previously made into a 1929 film also titled Rio Rita that starred the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey.
Doc and Wishey are two bumbling clerks who end up in Texas and help expose a Nazi plot. The film is based on a Broadway musical and features songs by Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy.
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- Comedy, Music, War
- S. Sylvan Simon
- 1942-04
Rio Rita is a 1929 American pre-Code RKO musical comedy starring Bebe Daniels and John Boles along with the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey. (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in his first starring role). The film is based on the 1927 stage musical produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, which originally united Wheeler and Woolsey as a team and made them ...
Rio Rita is a film adaptation of a Ziegfeld operetta about a bandit, a ranger and a singer. It features songs by Harry Tierney and Joseph McCarthy, and the comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey.
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- Comedy, Musical, Western
- Luther Reed
- 1929-09-15
Mar 18, 2015 · Rio Rita (1942) - (Original Trailer) A pair of nitwits try to stop Nazis from infiltrating a Western ranch in Rio Rita (1942), starring Bud Abbott & Lou Costello.
- S. Sylvan Simon, William Ryan
- Bud Abbott
Rio Rita is a 1927 stage musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, music by Harry Tierney, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, and produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. This musical united Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey as a comedy team and made them famous.
Bud Abbott and Lou Costello play the inept duo in this musical comedy that -- from riffing on the word "pekinese" to Lou's hunger-fueled food mirage (tastes like chicken!) to his...
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