Flying Down to Rio

Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American PreCode RKO musical film noted for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although Dolores del Ro and Gene Raymond received top billing and the leading roles. Among the featured players Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore are notable. The songs in the film were written by Vincent Youmans music and Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu lyrics, with musical direction and additional music by Max Steiner. This is the only film in which screen veteran Rogers was billed above famed Broadway dancer Astaire.

Composer Roger Bond Gene Raymond and his orchestra are appearing in Miami, with vocalist Honey Hales Rogers. Despite the warnings of accordionist and assistant band leader Fred Ayres Astaire, Roger is attracted to the beautiful and flirtatious Belinha Dolores del Ro in the audience, he leaves the bandstand to pursue her.Doa Elena Blanche Friderici, Belinhas chaperone, is informed of this, and arranges for Roger and the band to be fired. But Roger pursues Belinha to Brazil, and organises as engagement for the band at the Hotel Atlantico in Rio de Janeiro, unaware that the hotel is owned by Belinhas father Walter Walker. Roger persuades Belinha to allow him to fly her there in his private plane, which runs into trouble inflight, forcing a landing on an apparently deserted island. Under the moonlight, she falls into his arms, while admitting to him that she is already engaged. ........

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