Directed by:
Thornton FreelandCinematography:
J. Roy HuntCast:
Dolores del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Blanche Friderici, Walter Walker, Roy D'Arcy, Maurice Black, Armand Kaliz (more)VOD (1)
Plots(1)
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... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Dolores del Rio
Mexico
Best movies:
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
Flaming Star (1960)
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Gene Raymond
USA
Best movies:
The Name of the Game (1968) (series)
The Best Man (1964)
Ex-Lady (1933)
Raul Roulien
Brazil
Best movies:
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Ginger Rogers
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999) - a.f.
Producers' Showcase (1954) (series)
The Barkleys of Broadway (1949)
Fred Astaire
USA
Best movies:
The Green Mile (1999) - a.f.
The Towering Inferno (1974)
Billy Elliot (2000) - a.f.
Blanche Friderici
USA
Best movies:
It Happened One Night (1934)
Sadie Thompson (1928)
Mata Hari (1931)
Walter Walker
USA
Best movies:
You Can't Take It with You (1938)
The Cowboy and the Lady (1938)
Marie Antoinette (1938)
Roy D'Arcy
USA
Best movies:
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle (1939)
The Last Warning (1929)
The Temptress (1926)
Maurice Black
USA
Best movies:
Scarface (1932)
Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
The Front Page (1931)
Armand Kaliz
France
Clarence Muse
USA
Best movies:
Double Indemnity (1944)
Love Crazy (1941)
Scarlet Street (1945)
Movita
USA
Best movies:
Mutiny on the Bounty (1935)
The Hurricane (1937)
Wagon Master (1950)
Betty Furness
USA
Best movies:
Swing Time (1936)
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
Flying Down to Rio (1933)
Paul Porcasi
Italy
Best movies:
Casablanca (1942)
It Started with Eve (1941)
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Eric Blore
UK
Best movies:
Shall We Dance? (1937)
Top Hat (1935)
The Gay Divorcee (1934)
Lucile Browne
USA
Best movies:
The Thin Man Goes Home (1945)
Dead End (1937)
The Devil's Brother (1933)
Luis Alberni
Spain
Best movies:
The Ten Commandments (1956)
Trouble in Paradise (1932)
Anthony Adverse (1936)
Franklin Pangborn
USA
Best movies:
Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)
Carefree (1938)
Stage Door (1937)
Don 'Red' Barry
USA
Best movies:
Johnny Got His Gun (1971)
Only Angels Have Wings (1939)
Dead End (1937)
Gino Corrado
Italy
Best movies:
The Great Dictator (1940)
Fury (1936)
Sunrise (1927)