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“ MOVIES ”
ROME to RIO
Two Pictures of the Month
IT MAY be a “long, long way to Tipperary,” but it’s a much longer jump from ancient Rome to modern Rio de Janerio. Yet Edited Artists and RKO-Radio Pictures have given us two tempting dishes in “Roman Scandals” and “Flying Down to Rio”; both of which must share honors as The Pictures of the Month.
In the former film the leading roles are handled by Eddie Cantor and Gloria Stuart; in the latter the blonde is Gene Raymond and the dark haired one Dolores del Rio.
Both shows are musical productions, with several catchy tunes which will linger for some time; both have a background of pretty girls and novel dance routines. The scene in which Eddie Cantor, as a Roman “food-taster” for the Emperor, is nearly caught in the baths is a scream. Dozens of pulchritudinous maids are at the daily bath, being prepared for the pleasure of the Emperor.
We won’t spoil the picture for you by going into details regarding the story, but a word or two regarding the cast which supports Mr. Cantor and Miss Stuart should not go amiss. It includes Ruth Etting, David Manners, Edward Arnold, Veree Teasdale, Alan Mowbray, Jack Rutherford and Grace Poggi. An excellent cast, and more good direction on the part of Frank Tuttle.
The songs in this United Artists’ feature must be credited to A1 Dubin and Harry Warren; the dance numbers being directed by Busby Berkeley. Those who had a part in the original story, dialogue and literary “material’ ’are George S. Kaufman, Robert Sherwood, William Anthony McGuire, George Oppenheimer, Arthur Sheekman and Nat Perrin. Our hats are off to those gents !
Thornton Freeland, who has made a number of box office successes for Columbia, Warner Bros., Fox and Universal, directed “Flying Down to Rio” for Mr. Cooper’s organization. The cast includes, in addition to Gene and Dolores, Raul Roulian, Ginger Rogers, Fred Astaire (who did so well in Joan Crawford’s “Dancing Lady”), Blanche Frederick Walter Walker, Howard Wilson, Mowita Castenada, Mildred Lehrman, Adrian Rosley, Paul Porcasi, Reginald Barlow, Eric Blore, Wallace MacDonald, Franklin Pangborn, Betty Furness, Mary Korman, Alice Gentle, Lucille Brown, Helen Brock, Eddie Bordon, Ray Cooke and Luis Albemi.
Vincent Youmans contributed stirring music for this Lou Brock production. Mr. Brock, for several years was a resident of Rio as foreign representative for American films, and is the one man in the business best qualified to produce a musical laid in the city of Rio.
Backgrounds are real scenes of Rio de Janeiro. J. Roy Hunt, and an Assistant cameraman, flew to Rio de Janeiro and photographed actual shots of Rio, from the air and on land, to serve as the backgrounds for the picture. This, utilizing the mechanics of process work, is equivalent to a location expedition to the real locale of the story. There are no studio exteriors to resemble Rio.
The opening scene in the picture is taken from a plane and shows 500 Bra
Ruth Etting, Eddie Cantor and Alan Mowbray in “Roman Scandals ”
zilian sailors in a formation that
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