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Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film most famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although lead actors Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing. Among the featured players are Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore. The songs in the film were written by Vincent Youmans (music), Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu (lyrics), with musical direction and…
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Musicals traditionally represent the most escapist of all genres. For the impoverished masses during Great Depression escapism was exactly what the doctor ordered. That may explain success of *Flying Down to Rio*, 1933 film directed by Thorton Freeland, nowadays known for the first pairing of Fred Astaire with Ginger Rogers. The plot begins in Miami hotel where nominal protagonist Roger Bond (played by Gene Raymond)…More
