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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!
1933 | 89m | English
Popularity: 0.5 (history)
| Director: | Thornton Freeland |
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| Writer: | Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann, Erwin S. Gelsey, Lou Brock |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 22, 1933 |
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| Director: | Thornton Freeland |
| Writer: | Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann, Erwin S. Gelsey, Lou Brock |
| Genres: | Comedy, Romance |
| Keywords | love triangle, dancing, rio de janeiro, fiancé, pilot, orchestra, airplane, musical, tap dancing, beautiful woman, singing, black and white, band singer, showgirl, pre-code, biplane, bandleader, aerial stunts, dance band, forced landing, romantic triangle, dancing girls |
| Production Companies | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 05, 2026 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Dolores del Río | Belinha De Rezende |
| Gene Raymond | Roger Bond |
| Raul Roulien | Julio Rubeiro |
| Ginger Rogers | Honey Hale |
| Fred Astaire | Fred Ayres |
| Blanche Friderici | Elena De Rezende |
| Walter Walker | Senor De Rezende |
| Etta Moten | Colored Singer |
| Roy D'Arcy | One of the Three Greeks |
| Maurice Black | One of the Three Greeks |
| Armand Kaliz | One of the Three Greeks |
| Paul Porcasi | Mayor |
| Reginald Barlow | Banker |
| Eric Blore | Head Waiter |
| Luis Alberni | Rio Casino Manager (uncredited) |
| Don 'Red' Barry | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Leon Beaumon | Yankee Clipper (uncredited) |
| Eddie Borden | Eddie (uncredited) |
| Lucile Browne | Belinha's Friend (uncredited) |
| Ray Cooke | Banjo Player (uncredited) |
| Gino Corrado | Messenger (uncredited) |
| Emilio Fernández | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Betty Furness | Belinha's Friend (uncredited) |
| Alice Gentle | Singer (uncredited) |
| Jack Goode | Yankee Clipper (uncredited) |
| Mary Kornman | Belinha's Friend (uncredited) |
| Movita | Singer (uncredited) |
| Clarence Muse | Caddy in Haiti (uncredited) |
| Franklin Pangborn | Hammerstein (uncredited) |
| Adrian Rosley | Hotel Atlântico Manager (uncredited) |
| Hazel Hayes | Singer (uncredited) |
| Jean Carmen | Dancer (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Anne Caldwell | Theatre Play |
| Walter Plunkett | Costume Design |
| Max Steiner | Music Director |
| Vernon L. Walker | Visual Effects |
| Cyril Hume | Screenplay |
| H.W. Hanemann | Screenplay |
| Erwin S. Gelsey | Screenplay |
| Lou Brock | Story |
| J. Roy Hunt | Director of Photography |
| Jack Kitchin | Editor |
| Carroll Clark | Art Direction |
| Gus Kahn | Lyricist |
| Edward Eliscu | Lyricist |
| Vincent Youmans | Original Music Composer |
| Dave Gould | Choreographer |
| Philip Faulkner Jr. | Sound Recordist |
| Thornton Freeland | Director |
| Van Nest Polglase | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Lou Brock | Associate Producer |
| Merian C. Cooper | Executive Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Director | Greg Wrangler | Nominated |
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| 2024 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 5 |
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| 2025 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 3 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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