The Resource Flying down to Rio, a Radio picture ; Radio Pictures presents ; Merian C. Cooper, executive producer ; directed by Thorton Freeland ; screen play by Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann and Erwin Gelsey, (videorecording)

Flying down to Rio, a Radio picture ; Radio Pictures presents ; Merian C. Cooper, executive producer ; directed by Thorton Freeland ; screen play by Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann and Erwin Gelsey, (videorecording)

Label
Flying down to Rio
Title
Flying down to Rio
Statement of responsibility
a Radio picture ; Radio Pictures presents ; Merian C. Cooper, executive producer ; directed by Thorton Freeland ; screen play by Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann and Erwin Gelsey
Creator
Contributor
Actor
Composer
Director
Producer
Screenwriter
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
This film, containing the first of many Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers partnerships, concerns a band in Rio. Songs include "The Carioca," "Orchids in the Moonlight," and the title song. Pilot and band leader Gene Raymond woos Dolores Del Rio, and then learns that she is engaged to a friend of his, after he flies her home to Rio. Fred & Ginger provide the musical moments. Notable for a brilliantly photographed finale with chorus girls on the wings of flying airplanes, the movie was the musical that broke with the rather contrived Busby Berkeley production and moved toward a closer integration of musical and narrative elements. Astaire's dance numbers come not as interruptions but as extensions of the plot
Related
Member of
Cataloging source
GZD
Characteristic
videorecording
http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/collectionName
Flying down to Rio (Motion picture)
Credits note
Music, Vincent Youmans ; lyrics, Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn ; photographed by J. Roy Hunt ; edited by Jack Kitchin
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
Not rated
Language note
Closed-captioned; in English with optional subtitles in English, French and Spanish
LC call number
PN1997
LC item number
.F638
PerformerNote
Delores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1900-1966
  • 1895-1968
  • 1900-1988
  • 1867-1936
  • 1898-1987
  • 1898-1946
  • 1905-1983
  • 1905-2000
  • 1911-1995
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Cooper, Merian C.
  • Hume, Cyril
  • Hanemann, H. W.
  • Gelsey, Erwin
  • Caldwell, Anne
  • Freeland, Thornton
  • Youmans, Vincent
  • Del Rio, Dolores
  • Raymond, Gene
  • Roulien, Raul
  • Astaire, Fred
  • Rogers, Ginger
  • RKO Radio Pictures
  • Turner Entertainment Co
  • Warner Home Video (Firm)
Runtime
89
Series statement
Astaire & Rogers collection
Series volume
vol. 1
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Big bands
  • Entertainers
  • Triangles (Interpersonal relations)
  • Hotels
  • Artistas
  • Entertainers
  • Entertainers
  • Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  • Rio de Janeiro (Brasil)
Technique
live action
Label
Flying down to Rio, a Radio picture ; Radio Pictures presents ; Merian C. Cooper, executive producer ; directed by Thorton Freeland ; screen play by Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann and Erwin Gelsey, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • From a play by Anne Caldwell; based on an original story by Lou Brock
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1933
  • Special features: Vintage comedy short, "Beer and pretzels", with Ted Healy and his Stooges; classic cartoon: "I like mountain music"; Theatrical trailer
Bar code
  • 31223144748929
  • 31223144748945
  • 31223144748903
  • 31223144748911
  • 31223144748937
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (89 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
888574474799
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
plastic
Publisher number
T7568
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)74452626
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital mono. ; standard version, dual-layer format
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Flying down to Rio, a Radio picture ; Radio Pictures presents ; Merian C. Cooper, executive producer ; directed by Thorton Freeland ; screen play by Cyril Hume, H.W. Hanemann and Erwin Gelsey, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • From a play by Anne Caldwell; based on an original story by Lou Brock
  • Originally produced as a motion picture in 1933
  • Special features: Vintage comedy short, "Beer and pretzels", with Ted Healy and his Stooges; classic cartoon: "I like mountain music"; Theatrical trailer
Bar code
  • 31223144748929
  • 31223144748945
  • 31223144748903
  • 31223144748911
  • 31223144748937
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
  • vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
black and white
Configuration of playback channels
monaural
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
  • tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
  • 4 3/4 in.
  • other
Extent
1 videodisc (89 min.)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
888574474799
Other physical details
sound, black and white
Physical substance
plastic
Publisher number
T7568
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)74452626
System details
DVD, NTSC, region 1; Dolby Digital mono. ; standard version, dual-layer format
Video recording format
DVD

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