Line #15 Film/FlyingDownToRio


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3	->''"My Rio, Rio by the Sea-o,\
4	Flying down to Rio where there's rhythm and rhyme.\
5	Hey feller, twirl that old propeller,\
6	Got to get to Rio and we've got to make time."''
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8	A {{Musical}} RomanticComedy from [[TheDirtyThirties 1933]], starring Creator/DoloresDelRio and Gene Raymond but nowadays remembered more for the appearances of a young Creator/FredAstaire and Creator/GingerRogers. In fact, it's the first time they were on-screen together, which is really the movie's main claim to fame (even though they only share one dance number together). The musical directer was Music/MaxSteiner.
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10	The real focus of the movie is on [[AlphaCouple the conductor of Fred's (Astaire) band, Roger (Raymond), and rich Brazilian ingénue, Belinha]] (del Río). He adores her to the point where he gets fired for dancing with her, and she [[DefrostingIceQueen eventually warms up to him]], but there's one problem; [[LoveTriangle she's already engaged to Julio (Raul Roulien), her fiancée back home]] (who happens to be Roger's friend). There's another problem; the hotel the band is playing at (which happens to be owned by Belinha's father) doesn't actually have an entertainment license, which means the big opening could be a big flop. Looks like Roger's going to have to think of something big to make sure his band is a success.
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14	!!Tropes:
15	* ArrangedMarriage: Between Julio and Belinha. Roger swears that he'll destroy it.
16	* BelligerentSexualTension: Between both couples.
17	* BetaCouple: [[TheDanza Fred Ayres]] and [[AlliterativeName Honey Hale]]--at least as {{Implied Love Interest}}s. They don't act overtly lovey-dovey, but they're in each other's company a lot, they dance together (naturally), and the last shot of the film is of them drinking champagne together.
18	* BlatantLies: When the band are sneaking into the hotel for the Grand Opening and have their instruments wrapped up. They're asked what they are and tell very unconvincing lies.
19	* TheCasanova: Roger. His habit of going after women he shouldn't be with has cost the band a lot of jobs.
20	* DanceSensation: The Carioca.
21	* DogFoodDiet: When Fred sees Roger eyeing Belinha, he reminds him, "The last time you had that look, all we had to live on for two weeks was a can of prepared dog food."
22	* TheElevenOClockNumber: "Flying Down to Rio"
23	* {{Elopement}}: Honey suggests this Julio, but he says that in Brazil that's not how things are done. Afterwards he does follow the plan Honey suggested, [[spoiler:but hands Belinha to Roger]].
24	* FanserviceCostumes: The chorus girls on the plane wings in costumes which would be problematic today.
25	* GettingTheBoot: When Fred tries to talk to Belinha in the pastry shop, the shop owners throw him out after her aunt starts shouting at him.
26	* GossipEvolution: "Belinha is dancing with the conductor" evolves to "she's going off with a gigolo."
27	* HeadbuttOfLove: Used throughout the "Carioca".
28	* IJustWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: First, Roger leaves so Julio and Belinha can be together. Julio sees their farewell kiss and decides to organise an elopement... [[spoiler:between Roger and Belinha]].
29	-->[[spoiler:'''Julio:''']] Her happiness is my happiness.
30	* InvoluntaryDance: Fred apparently can't stop his feet from moving when he hears the band practicing, even though he's in the middle of lecturing the ChorusGirls on the importance of concentration.
31	* LadiesAndGerms[=/=]MyFriendsAndZoidberg:
32	--> '''Fred:''' "Boys, girls and you too, Honey."
33	* LoopholeAbuse: No entertainment license for the hotel's big opening? Well, there's nothing against hosting an airshow ''beside'' the hotel!
34	* LoveTriangle: Julio <-> Belinha <-> Roger. [[spoiler:Roger wins]].
35	* {{Malaproper}}:
36	-->'''Honey:''' "It's like finding a noodle in a haystack."
37	* MistakenForProstitute: Thanks to GossipEvolution, Roger is mistaken for a gigolo. Belinha's aunt pays him and tells him his "services won't be needed." He quickly picks up on the misunderstanding but doesn't correct her, and instead uses the money to buy Belinha a flower (which she insults and refuses).
38	* MomentKiller: Just as Julio and Belinha were getting close and she asks Julio to marry her quickly, Roger comes along.
39	* NotSoRemote: Belinha and Roger think they've crash-landed on a DesertedIsland halfway through the picture... turns out they just landed at the Port-au-Prince golf club.
40	* OutsideRide: In TheElevenOClockNumber, a bunch of ChorusGirls [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6xzyVY7EfU do an aerial dance/display]] while strapped to the wings of flying biplanes.
41	* PaperThinDisguise: Roger, when he was pretending to be the mute pilot. Belinha didn't realise it was him until after he revealed his identity.
42	* TheRival: Julio, he starts off slightly bitter towards Roger (Roger is equally bitter) but they both accept the fact and decide that Belinha will make the decision.
43	* RomanticFalseLead: [[spoiler:Julio]].
44	* SerenadeYourLover: ''Orchids in Moonlight'' three times. First is as a solo piano piece from Roger to Belinha; second as a big musical number (without lyrics) from Roger to Belinha and, finally, sung as a solo by Julio to Belinha.
45	-->'''Julio:''' "It might make any woman, on a tropical island, fall in love with any man."
46	* SinisterSilhouettes: The bad guys in the movie, three top-hatted gentlemen, are mostly seen as this.
47	* TitleDrop: Roger mentions that "Flying Down to Rio" would be a great name for a song, and it then appears as the final musical piece.

Context Film / FlyingDownToRio