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Rio Rita (1929)
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15 September 1929 (USA)
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Ziegfeld's fabulous all-talking, all-singing super screen spectacle
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Capt. James Stewart pursues the bandit "The Kinkajou" over the Mexican border and falls in love with Rita...
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Border
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Mexico
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Latin America
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When Time Isn't Kind
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Bebe Daniels | ... | Rita Ferguson | |
| John Boles | ... | Capt. Jim Stewart | |
| Bert Wheeler | ... | Chick Bean | |
| Robert Woolsey | ... | Ned Lovett | |
| Dorothy Lee | ... | Dolly Bean | |
| Don Alvarado | ... | Roberto Ferguson | |
| Georges Renavent | ... | General Ravinoff | |
| Helen Kaiser | ... | Mrs. Katie Bean |
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140 min | USA:105 min (re-release)
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1.20 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Photophone System)
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USA:Approved |
USA:Passed (National Board of Review)
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Costume designer Walter Plunkett worked uncredited on this early talking film. At the time, Hollywood was going through an extremely difficult transition from silent films to talkies. An incident that occurred during the production of this film was later immortalized in Singin' in the Rain (1952). While Plunkett was designing the costumes for that film, screenwriters Adolph Green and Betty Comden drew on some of Plunkett's recollections as the source for gags about the perils of early sound filming. An example of this is the scene in Singin' in the Rain (1952) in which Lina Lamont (Jean Hagen) taps Don Lockwood (Gene Kelly) on the shoulder with her fan but causes a thunderous noise on the soundtrack by disturbing a microphone hidden in Lockwood's clothing. This was based on a similar incident during the production of "Rio Rita".
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Out on the Loose
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Most old films noted as "of historical interest only" are actually very entertaining. "Rio Rita" is not. It is one of the better examples of the "historically interesting" film. It's also helpful if you view it as a extravagantly filmed stage production. The 1927-28 stage musical, produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, was a colossal success. And, the too long film version was voted 1927's fourth "Best Picture", in the annual poll conducted by "Film Daily".
The opportunity to see "Rio Rita" on screen, in partial color, with popular Bebe Daniels (as Rita Ferguson) in her first speaking (and singing) role, proved irresistible at the box office. Ms. Daniels did not equal her 1920s silent successes, but extended her popularity into the early "talkie" era. Check out the debuting comedy team of Wheeler and Woolsey (with Dorothy Lee) in "Hips, Hips, Hooray!" for a better representation of their work.
***** Rio Rita (1929) Luther Reed ~ Bebe Daniels, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey