Its not a foxtrot or a polka it has a little bit of new rhythm, a blue rhythm that sighs. Flying down to rio, come with me where the lovely brazilian ladies will catch your ride by the light of the million stars in the evening sky my rio, rio by the seao flying down to rio where theres rhythm and rhyme hey feller, twirl that old propeller got to get to rio and weve got to. Carioca from the film flying down to rio paperback january 1, 1933 see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. The carioca is a 1933 popular song with music by vincent youmans and lyrics by edward eliscu and gus kahn, as well as the name of the dance choreographed to it for the 1933 film flying down to rio. This film was the second after flying down to rio, 1933 of ten pairings of rogers and astaire on film. Known for their warmth and friendliness, the cariocas are a happy people and a lot of fun to interact with. The carioca fred astaire top fred astaire lyrics i used to be color blind change partners one for my baby nice work if you can get it a fine romance they cant take that away from me lets call the whole thing off flying down to rio dearly beloved funny face. Fred and ginger cheered us up during the depression. Flying down to rio, dvd, manufactured on demand, full frame, amaray case, subtitled, musicals theatrical, 888574474799. Rogers and astaire appropriated an earlier version of the fanchon and marco carioca dance routine from fanchons same named carioca stage show, mainly because of rehearsal issues with fred and. Laurel and hardy beau hunks1931colorizedbest comedy videos ever youtube. Flying down to rio 1933 directed by thornton freeland. It was sung in the film by alice gentle, movita castaneda and etta moten and danced by fred astaire and ginger rogers as part of an extended. Both of them are attractive performers but the moment fred and ginger take the floor for the enormous carioca production number, all else is forgotten.
Caney orchestra flying down to rio 1958, vinyl discogs. This zesty, zingy precode fun machine was designed as a vehicle for haute leading lady dolores del rio and towheaded gene raymondbut it was fourth and fifthbilled ginger rogers and fred astaire who ran away with the show. Watch flying down to rio online stream full movie directv. Rko emerged from receivership, and became a leader in musical films in the 1930s mainly on the strength of the astairerogers films. The first screen announcement of the astairerogers partnership, in the trailer for flying down to rio. There are 1,249 videos about carioca on vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them. One response to flying down to rio 1933 david csontos, on december 16th, 2012 at 3. The sparkling score, by vincent youmans and gus kahn and edward eliscu, includes music makes me, orchids in the moonlight, the carioca. Flying down to rio on vuonna 1933 ensiiltansa saanut thornton freelandin ohjaama. Flying down to rio the original 1933 soundtrack recording.
Flying down to rio is a 1933 american precode rko musical film noted for being the first screen pairing of fred astaire and ginger rogers, although dolores del. Hanemann, erwin gelsey, based on the play by anne caldwell and an original story by lou brock. Her wiseacre brass proved a perfect foil for his droll elegance, and. I remember seeing tv prints with half the frame out of focus. The backstory of flying down to rio guide to retro. Along the way, ayers and singer honey hale ginger rogers stage marvelous dance numbers and conspire to make sure the shows go on. Instead, we should try to orient our upper body back, to the left, and away from. Carioca 12 flying down to rio 1933 film comedymusical colorized ita fred astaire ginger. The 1933 film flying down to rio is most famous for the first pairing of ginger rogers and fred astaire. Invading your partners space like this pushes, interferes, gets in the way, and throws us off balance. Together here, fourth and fifth billed, they practically waltz off with the movie from its stars, taking a number called the carioca and turning it into a sensation.
Roger bond is an aviator and leader of the band yankee clippers in miami. Someone mentioned the freespiritedness of it all, and its so true. A oncemust, as a good example of deft, detailed handling of early musical comedy in this case by littleknown director thornton freeland, and for its creative visual sense and snappy numbers. Enric madriguera miscellaneous carioca the carioca words by gus kahn, music by vincent youmans and edward eliscu academy awardwinning song from the 1933 rko movie flying down to rio the first screen pairing of fred astaire and ginger rogers as recorded in. Were supposed to care about the romantic triangle between aviatorbandleader raymond, brazilian heiress del rio and her wealthy fiance raul roulien, but the moment fred and ginger dance to a minutes. Flying down to rio has always been a blurry 16mm mess. Composer roger bond gene raymond and his orchestra are appearing in miami, with vocalist honey hales ginger rogers. Flying down to rio is a precode film, and is full of seethrough dresses, skirts, and blouses, items that all went in the closet after 1934 and stayed there for a good 30 years. Flying down to rio dancing and aviation fred and gingers first film titled carioca in france click to enlarge.
Despite the fact that the title song, flying down to rio, was supposed to be the showstopper, complete with chorus girls dancing on the wings of planes, ginger and freds big dance duet, the carioca, came away with the best song nomination, and rko realized the gold mine it. Music demo by twin realities dreamers free download of the full album on the netlabel archive. Flying down to rio, thornton freeland, 1933 aerial. Laurel and hardy towed in a hole1931colorizedbest comedy videos everdailymotion. However, it is also famous for the aerial ballet in which an entire musical number with scantily clad chorus girls is staged on. With dolores del rio, gene raymond, raul roulien, ginger rogers. Where the lovely brazilian ladies will catch your eye by the light of the million stars in the evening sky my rio, rio by the seao flying down to rio where there. The gay divorcee is a 1934 american musical film directed by mark sandrich and starring fred. About the movie flying down to rio origins of the song other songs written for flying down to rio currently included in the cafe songbook catalog of the great american songbook. In the fastcut carioca sequence the telecine transfer machine also has trouble with weakened splices, resulting in some odd frame jumps, but nothing serious. An old sailor, in old time, would sing an old song rolling down to rio by the sea a young sailor, in these times, would sing a new song flying down to rio, come with me.
Despite the warnings of accordionist and assistant band leader fred ayres fred astaire, roger is attracted to the beautiful and flirtatious belinha dolores del rio in the audience. Marvilliosa coreografia aerea figliata da linwood g. For a complete listing of songs used in the original production of this vmovie, see imdb soundtrack. But lets remove flying down to rio from its place as a stepping stone to cinematic history and take a closer look. Price new from used from paperback, january 1, 1933 please retry.
Flying down to rio 1933 thornton freeland synopsis. Here it looks great, with only the opticals suffering from heavier grain. Flying down to rio is a 1933 romanticcomedy musical directed by thornton freeland. Normally, in closed position, we try not to lean forward. Q in the 1933 movie flying down to rio, starring fred astaire and ginger rogers, were those planes with all the chorus girls on the wings in the. Flying down to rio posted on january 20, 2015 categories albuquerque, movies, preservation, pueblo style on sort of a whim my daughter and i spent a few hours at the historic kimo theater in downtown albuquerque watching fred and ginger dance the carioca in a classic old musical, flying down to rio. When presenting michael nesmiths rio as the first music video, the foremost idea up for debate is the definition of a music video. The songs in the film were written by vincent youmans music, gus kahn and edward eliscu lyrics, with. Flying down to rio was a big hit, astaire and rogers were a bigger one, and the carioca became a dance craze. S carioca e il titolo dato alla versione italiana del film. The first time, some 16 years earlier, theyd been bit players in a forgettable piece of fluff called flying down to rio.
Flying down to rio manufactured on demand, full frame. In it, we first saw fred astaire and ginger rogers together. Flying down to rio is a 1933 american precode rko musical film noted for being the first. Chris blackwell from island records asked nez to make a clip. The topbilled stars in the extravagant rko musical flying down to rio are dolores del rio and gene raymond. The film is the first movie to showcase the famous duo of fred astaire and ginger rogers. Of course, the pictures place in cinema history is. Carioca from flying down to rio alice gentle, movita and etta moten duration. They were still secondary characters, but after they did their exciting carioca, we knew wed see them again. Thornton freeland sets out to match the busby berkeley bacchanalias over at warners, and the carioca a bit of wicked wackywicky with revolving stages and torrid dancing couples virtually bending each other horizontally is a valiant try. Carioca on ensimmainen kymmenesta rogersin ja astairen yhteisesta. Flying down to rio carioca 1933 3b by paris poulbot. The carioca ballroom dance was first heard by the masses through a song in the 1933 movie flying down to rio with fred astaire and ginger rogers. Flying down to rio, a film whose strength lies more in the mood than in the story, has a certain glow about it, and it still feels very fresh and modern.