---
title: 'Flying Down to Rio (1933)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Thornton Freeland'
released: '1933-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 89
genres:
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/flying-down-to-rio-1933'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0024025/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Flying Down to Rio (1933)

1933 · 89 min · Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

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 additional music by Max Steiner. During the 7th Academy Awards, the film was nominated for the new category of Best Original Song for "Carioca", but it lost to "The Continental" from The Gay Divorcee, the next Astaire and Rogers film.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Thornton Freeland](https://cinepixo.com/people/thornton-freeland)
- **Screenplay:** [Adele Comandini](https://cinepixo.com/people/adele-comandini), [Cyril Hume](https://cinepixo.com/people/cyril-hume), [Erwin S. Gelsey](https://cinepixo.com/people/erwin-s-gelsey)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Max Steiner](https://cinepixo.com/people/max-steiner)
- **Producer:** [Merian C. Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/merian-c-cooper)
- **Director of Photography:** [J. Roy Hunt](https://cinepixo.com/people/j-roy-hunt)
- **Editor:** [Jack Kitchin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-kitchin)

## Cast

- [Eric Blore](https://cinepixo.com/people/eric-blore)
- [Movita Castaneda](https://cinepixo.com/people/movita-castaneda)
- [Maurice Black](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurice-black)
- [Reginald Barlow](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-barlow)
- [Clarence Muse](https://cinepixo.com/people/clarence-muse)
- [Franklin Pangborn](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklin-pangborn)
- [Ginger Rogers](https://cinepixo.com/people/ginger-rogers)
- [Gene Raymond](https://cinepixo.com/people/gene-raymond)
- [Blanche Friderici](https://cinepixo.com/people/blanche-friderici)
- [Raul Roulien](https://cinepixo.com/people/raul-roulien)
- [Roy D'Arcy](https://cinepixo.com/people/roy-d-arcy)
- [Harry Bowen](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-bowen)
- [Walter Walker](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-walker)
- [Gino Corrado](https://cinepixo.com/people/gino-corrado)
- [Sidney Bracey](https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-bracey)

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