Flying Down to Rio

Synopsis: Aviator and band leader Roger Bond is forever getting his group fired for flirting with the lady guests. When he falls for Brazilian beauty Belinha de Rezende it appears to be for real, even though she is already engaged. His Yankee Clippers band is hired to open the new Hotel Atlântico in Rio and Roger offers to fly Belinha part way home. After a mechanical breakdown and forced landing, Roger is confident and makes his move, but Belinha plays hard to get. She can't seem to decide between Roger and her fiance Júlio. When performing the airborne production number to mark the Hotel's opening, Júlio gets some intriguing ideas...

Genre: Comedy, Musical, Romance

Director(s): Thornton Freeland

Actors: Dolores del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Ginger Rogers

Production: WARNER BROTHERS PICTURES

Nominated for 1 Oscar. Another 1 nomination.


IMDB:: 6.7
Rotten Tomatoes:: 100%

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: PASSED
Year:: 1933
: 89 min
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Dismissed.
Boys.
Remember this, when Mr. Butterbass
calls you to attention...
...I want to see every eyelid snap.
- Yes, sir.
Take your posts.
- Good morning, young ladies.
- Good morning, Mr. Hammerstein.
About face.
That is one thing
I will not tolerate in this hotel.
Dismissed.
And now, the band.
Right over here.
Good morning, Popeye.
How dare you speak
when I have not asked you a question.
Now then, I have had several complaints
about all of you.
That's funny.
No one has complained me.
Silence.
I will dismiss, discharge and disqualify...
...any employee
who gets familiar with the guests.
But what happens
if the guests get familiar with us?
- Quiet.
- Please.
I have been imported from Switzerland
by the management of this hotel...
...to enforce discipline...
...and I will.
Where is the boss of this outfit?
Where is that loafer, Roger Bond,
and his assistant loafer, Fred Ayres?
Coming right down.
Yeah.
- How do you feel, boy?
- Yeah.
Well, this is all in one piece.
That's more than we'll be if we don't
get to that hotel in 29 seconds.
Come on, kid, will you?
Well, why don't he put
a kitchenette and bath in here?
- Crazy, I guess.
- Crazy nothing. That guy writes songs.
Well, that's screwy, ain't it?
It's so screwy
that he can buy a plane just like this.
No touch.
In just 10 seconds they go on the air.
If those two loafers aren't here
I'm going to fire them.
One, to make ready...
...two, to go...
Five, six, pick up sticks.
Afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
This is Roger Bond and his Yankee Clippers
from the Date Grove of the Hotel Hibiscus...
...at Miami, Florida.
We offer for your pleasure
as our first selection...
..."Music Makes Me,"
with a complete vocalization...
...by that charming, bubbling,
effervescent little lady...
...Miss Honey Hale. Contact.
In me you see a sinner
And dancing is my crime
It seems a sin I've got to give in
To syncopated time
It makes me lose my dignity
It makes me lose my poise
Some folks call it music
My folks call it noise
I like music, old and new
But music makes me do the things
I never should do
Oh, I like music, sweet and blue
But music makes me do the things
I never should do
My self-control
was something to brag about
Now it's a gag about town
The things I do are never forgiven
And just when I'm living them down
I hear music, then I'm through
'Cause music makes me do the things
I never should do
I like music
I like it old
I like it new
But it makes me do the things
I never should do
I like music
I like it sweet
I like it blue
But it makes me do the things
I never should do
My self-control
was something to brag about
Now it's a gag about town
The things I do are never forgiven
And just when I'm living them down
I hear music, then I'm through
'Cause music makes me do the things
I never should do
When I hear music
Hey, Rog.
Go easy, will you?
Don't bite the job that feeds you.
Just what am I doing?
That Swiss bell ringer is on the level
about not fooling with the cash customers.
Hold your hats, boys.
Here we go again.
The Latin type.
Belinha, my head aches so badly.
I think I will go and eat an aspirin.
You will excuse me.
Do not rise.
- Titia, shall I go with you?
- No, stay.
But while I am gone
please do not introduce to Belinha...
...too many American customs.
Rog.
Hey, Rog.
The last time you had that look...
...all we had to live on for two weeks
was a can of prepared dog food.
His father owns
the sunny side of Wall Street.
And writes the preferred list.
They say if he'd only give up airplanes,
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Cyril Hume

Cyril Hume (March 16, 1900 – March 26, 1966) was an American novelist and screenwriter. Hume was a graduate of Yale University, where he edited campus humor magazine The Yale Record. He was an editor of the collection The Yale Record Book of Verse: 1872-1922 (1922). He wrote for 29 films between 1924 and 1966, including Tarzan the Ape Man (1932), Flying Down to Rio (1933), The Great Gatsby (1949), Tokyo Joe (1949) and Forbidden Planet (1956). Hume died on March 26, 1966, just 10 days after his 66th birthday, at his home in Palos Verdes, California, and was buried in the Whispering Pines section of Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale. more…

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