Flying Down to Rio

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Lobby card for Flying Down to Rio shows Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire, and Gene Raymond smiling in 1930s attire, with colorful stars and large title text across the top left.

Flying Down to Rio

film by Freeland [1933]

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Fred Astaire
Astaire and Rogers
…the RKO Radio Pictures production Flying Down to Rio. They were a sensation, stealing the picture from stars Delores del Rio and Gene Raymond. Public demand compelled RKO to feature the pair in a classic series of starring vehicles throughout the 1930s, with The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935),…
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…the RKO Radio Pictures production Flying Down to Rio. They were a sensation, stealing the picture from stars Delores del Rio and Gene Raymond. Public demand compelled RKO to feature the pair in a classic series of starring vehicles throughout the 1930s, with The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935),…
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Ginger Rogers
…first performed with Astaire in Flying Down to Rio (1933), and their dance scenes—featuring an effortlessness and energy that became their trademarks—proved so popular that they continued the partnership in nine other films, notably The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), The Story of Vernon and…
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…first performed with Astaire in Flying Down to Rio (1933), and their dance scenes—featuring an effortlessness and energy that became their trademarks—proved so popular that they continued the partnership in nine other films, notably The Gay Divorcee (1934), Top Hat (1935), Follow the Fleet (1936), The Story of Vernon and…
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