
Flying Down to Rio
Too big for the world... So they staged it in the clouds... Too beautiful for words... So they set it to music!
An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.
- Year: 1933
- Country: United States of America
- Genre: Comedy, Romance
- Studio: RKO Radio Pictures
- Keyword: dancing, airplane, love triangle, rio de janeiro, fiancé, pilot, orchestra, musical, tap dancing, beautiful woman, singing, black and white, band singer, showgirl, pre-code, biplane, bandleader, dance band, forced landing, romantic triangle
- Director: Thornton Freeland
- Cast: Dolores del Río, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, Blanche Friderici