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RKO Pictures Flying Down To Rio Rare RKO LaserDisc Astaire Rogers Musical

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Flying Down To Rio Rare RKO LaserDisc Astaire Rogers Musical

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Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in...

Flying Down To Rio

RKO Classic Collection

( Catalog Number ID7044TU )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

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Best Version on LaserDisc

Flying Down To Rio
1933 - 89 min. - Black and White
Genre: Musical
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
This is the first of the famous Astaire-Rogers musicals, about an American bandleader who romances a pretty South American socialite on two continents. The highlights are a production number on the wings of a moving airplane, and, of course, the overall chemistry between the two stars, which we were soon to see much, much more of.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
The top-billed stars in the extravagant RKO musical Flying Down to Rio are Dolores Del Rio and Gene Raymond. Forget all that: this is the movie that first teamed Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. We're supposed to care about the romantic triangle between aviator/bandleader Raymond, Brazilian heiress Del Rio and her wealthy fiance Raul Roulien, but the moment Fred and Ginger dance to a minute's worth of "The Carioca", the film is theirs forever. Other musical highlights include Rogers' opening  piece "Music Makes Me" and tenor Roulien's lush rendition of "Orchids in the Moonlight". Then there's the title number. The plot has it that Del Rio' uncle has been prohibited from having a floor show at his lavish hotel because of a Rio city ordinance. Astaire and Raymond save the day by staging the climactic "Flying Down to Rio" number thousands of feet in the air, with hundreds of chorus girls shimmying and swaying while strapped to the wings of a fleet of airplanes. It is one of the most outrageously brilliant numbers in movie musical history, and one that never fails to incite a big round of applause from the audience--even audiences of the 1990s. Together with King Kong, Flying Down to Rio saved the fledgling RKO Radio studios from bankruptcy in 1933. The film was a smash everywhere it played, encouraging the studio to concoct future teamings of those two stalwart supporting players Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Cast for Flying Down To Rio

Franklin Pangborn
Dolores del Rio
Gene Raymond
Raul Roulien
Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire
Blanche Friderici
Walter Walker
Etta Moten
Roy D'Arcy
Maurice Black
Armand Kaliz
Paul Porcasi
Reginald Barlow
Eric Blore

Crew for Flying Down To Rio

Producer Lou Brock
Producer Merian C. Cooper
Writer Lou Brock
Writer Anne Caldwell
Writer Erwin S. Gelsey
Writer H.W. Hanemann
Writer Cyril Hume
Cinematographer J. Roy Hunt
Costume Designer Walter Plunkett
Director Thornton Freeland
Editor Jack Kitchin
Dave Gould
George Nichols Jr.

Feature Details

Title: Flying Down To Rio
Feature Release Date: 1933
Genre: Musical
Rating: Not Rated
Color: Black and White
Runtime: 89 Minutes
Picture: Academy Ratio
Ratio: 1.33:1
Playback Format: CLV

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Technical Details

LD Release Date: 27 Dec 1991
Catalog Number: ID7044TU
UPC: 014381704464
Collection: RKO Classic Collection
Publisher: Image Entertainment

Diameter: 12"
Sides: 2
Cover: Jacket
Spoken Language: English
Country: USA
Video Format: NTSC

Model: ID7044TU
Shipping Weight: 1 lbs
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Rare RKO Pictures LaserDisc

Near-Mint LaserDisc and Jacket

Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire in...

Flying Down To Rio

RKO Classic Collection

( Catalog Number ID7044TU )
(1.33:1) (2 Sides) (CLV) (NTSC)

LaserDisc Special Features

Best Version on LaserDisc

Flying Down To Rio
1933 - 89 min. - Black and White
Genre: Musical
Not Rated
Country: USA

LaserDisc Movie Storyline:
This is the first of the famous Astaire-Rogers musicals, about an American bandleader who romances a pretty South American socialite on two continents. The highlights are a production number on the wings of a moving airplane, and, of course, the overall chemistry between the two stars, which we were soon to see much, much more of.

LaserDisc Movie Review:
The top-billed stars in the extravagant RKO musical Flying Down to Rio are Dolores Del Rio and Gene Raymond. Forget all that: this is the movie that first teamed Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. We're supposed to care about the romantic triangle between aviator/bandleader Raymond, Brazilian heiress Del Rio and her wealthy fiance Raul Roulien, but the moment Fred and Ginger dance to a minute's worth of "The Carioca", the film is theirs forever. Other musical highlights include Rogers' opening  piece "Music Makes Me" and tenor Roulien's lush rendition of "Orchids in the Moonlight". Then there's the title number. The plot has it that Del Rio' uncle has been prohibited from having a floor show at his lavish hotel because of a Rio city ordinance. Astaire and Raymond save the day by staging the climactic "Flying Down to Rio" number thousands of feet in the air, with hundreds of chorus girls shimmying and swaying while strapped to the wings of a fleet of airplanes. It is one of the most outrageously brilliant numbers in movie musical history, and one that never fails to incite a big round of applause from the audience--even audiences of the 1990s. Together with King Kong, Flying Down to Rio saved the fledgling RKO Radio studios from bankruptcy in 1933. The film was a smash everywhere it played, encouraging the studio to concoct future teamings of those two stalwart supporting players Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

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Cast for Flying Down To Rio

Franklin Pangborn
Dolores del Rio
Gene Raymond
Raul Roulien
Ginger Rogers
Fred Astaire
Blanche Friderici
Walter Walker
Etta Moten
Roy D'Arcy
Maurice Black
Armand Kaliz
Paul Porcasi
Reginald Barlow
Eric Blore

Crew for Flying Down To Rio

Producer Lou Brock
Producer Merian C. Cooper
Writer Lou Brock
Writer Anne Caldwell
Writer Erwin S. Gelsey
Writer H.W. Hanemann
Writer Cyril Hume
Cinematographer J. Roy Hunt
Costume Designer Walter Plunkett
Director Thornton Freeland
Editor Jack Kitchin
Dave Gould
George Nichols Jr.

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