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Cast
- Dolores del RíoBelinha De Rezende
- Gene RaymondRoger Bond
- Raul RoulienJúlio Rubeiro
- Ginger RogersHoney Hale
- Fred AstaireFred Ayres
- Blanche FridericiElena De Rezende
- Walter WalkerCarlos De Rezende
- Etta MotenSinger of the "Carioca" Number
- Roy D'ArcyGreek #1
- Maurice BlackGreek #2
Recommendations
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The New Yorker
The picture--which is almost surreally entertaining--is also famous for its madcap choreography; chorus girls dancing on the wings of planes, to the title song. - 80
TV Guide Magazine
Although the lead trio does well enough, the presence of cinema's greatest musical comedy team fairly blasts the screen lovers into orbit whenever either or both of them are onscreen. - 75
Entertainment Weekly
In their first big-screen pairing, fourth-billed Ginger and fifth-billed Fred play second banana to a bandleader and his Latina love in Flying Down to Rio, a nutty entry that springs alive for ”The Carioca,” possibly the duo’s sexiest dance. - 75
LarsenOnFilm
Even for a 1933 movie musical, Flying Down to Rio is a vaudeville show shamelessly trying to pass for a feature film. Thank goodness, then, that it can get by on sheer showmanship. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Fred meets Ginger in this goofy South American romance; they were secondary leads who stole the show. [03 Nov 2006, p.C5] - 70
The New York Times
It is a hearty and lively show, the story of which is just about equal to that of other musical offerings. - 70
Time Out
Fred and Ginger teamed for the first time as featured artists in the big production number, 'The Carioca': 'I'd like to try this thing just once' says Fred, launching the movies' greatest partnership. Otherwise notable mainly for the non-stop opticals which turn the film into a series of animated postcards. - 63
Chicago Reader
The first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Pretty jerky, and not enough of Fred and Ginger; still, it has the “Carioca.”
