Flying Down to Rio

1933
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1 Std. 29 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

4134

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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Classic Musical Romantic Comedy Comedy Musical Romance

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuA bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.A bandleader woos a Latin flame who is already engaged to his employer.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

6,6/10

4134

IHRE BEWERTUNG

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Für 1 Oscar nominiert
- 2 Nominierungen insgesamt

Wissenswertes
Standing outside a bakery shop in Rio, Ginger Rogers asks, "Oh, Freddie, how do you ask for little tarts in Portuguese?" Fred Astaire replies, "Don't heckle me, try the Culbertson System." This pre-Code, double entendre joke would have been funny to Depression-era audiences, for whom bridge was a common pastime. Ely Culbertson was a champion bridge player and worldwide celebrity, who had won several international tournaments by developing a rather aggressive bidding system. He was also notorious for his sexual exploits. His 1940 autobiography was banned in many countries. In the 1930s, the word "tart" was equivalent to "slut" or "whore". Also, in the opening inspection of hotel staff, the boss sees a maid whose shoe heels are oddly beveled and says he will not tolerate that sort of thing. A "round-heeled woman" was 1930s slang for a prostitute, a woman who could tilt easily from standing to being on her back.

Patzer
From the height they were flying, most of the "dance" routines of the young women on the plane wings would not be visible to people on the ground.

While true, this observation is not a Goof. The purpose of the event likely was more for advertising or Newsreel value, or even simply "bragging rights".

Zitate
Belinha's Friend: What have these South Americans got below the equator that we haven't?

Verbindungen
Featured in Hollywood and the Stars: The Fabulous Musicals (1963)

Soundtracks
Music Makes Me
(1933) (uncredited)
Music by Vincent Youmans
Lyrics by Gus Kahn and Edward Eliscu
Performed by Ginger Rogers

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The Aviator

Howard Hughes, oh how we needed you.

From other sources you will have learned that this is pretty sexy stuff in terms of transparent clothes; not a bra on the hundreds of candidates. And the original dirty dancing before it was outlawed, and that crack about what Brazilian women have "below the equator." Also, you will have heard about this being the first Astaire-Rogers pairing.

You may not have heard of one of the most racially respectful scenes I know from the era: a couple land on a supposedly deserted island and the woman is frightened by what she thinks are natives. Turns out one comes out of the woods. He's playing golf and while shirtless (in order to make the joke work) speaks English normally and carries himself like a regular man. Its the reverse joke of what you'd usually see in bugeyed stepinfetchits.

But what I find fascinating is the way sex, romance, money and music are all somehow related to aviation. Our hero, we are told is heir to a fortune if only he would give up his music and planes. But it is plain that he does it because of the women. And by that we know he means sex, only sex. We first see him as he climbs out of his plane, which has a piano stuffed in it. Now think about that a minute.

This is what technology meant in those days: adventure, charm, bodily pleasure. And its what the sort of music we see in films was supposed to imply as well. If you do not see this, let me describe the climax. Scores of scantily clad women are strapped to what looks like a dozen small planes to perform choreographically as best you can when bolted down. Every shot you can take of a woman's body is presented, along with a wingload of errant nipples. I can just imagine the smiles when they thought it up.

There's something else to watch for. This has the most elaborate transitions I believe I have seen for any film. They really are amazingly varied and so copious they are as much a feature as Fred's dancing.

Ted's Evaluation -- 2 of 3: Has some interesting elements.