Rio Rita (1942 film)


Rio Rita is a 1942 comedy film 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 amp Woolsey. Kathryn Grayson in her first starring picture and John Carroll replace the 1929 versions Bebe Daniels and John Boles.

This was the first of three films that Abbott and Costello made while on loan to MetroGoldwynMayer while under contract to Universal Pictures the other two pictures being Lost in a Harem and Abbott and Costello in Hollywood.It was filmed from November 10, 1941 through January 14, 1942, and included location shooting near Palm Springs, California. ........

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