Media in category rio rita 1929 lobby cards the following 2 files are in this category, out of 2 total. There are some original funny skits for abbott and costello as ranch hands on a. Kathryn grayson in her first starring picture and john carroll replace the 1929 versions bebe daniels and john boles. Extracts from the new musical play rio rita at the prince edward theatre in london.
Rio rita, lobbycard, from left, john boles, bebe daniels. Rio rita 1929 in a small border town, texas ranger jim stewart john boles aims to catch the notorious local bandit known as kinkajou by disguising himself as a mexican. Media in category rio rita 1929 film this category contains only the following file. Original movie poster for rio rita 1929 6843 original rko stone lithograph one sheet poster 27x41. Rio rita not only made oodles of money for rko it was being regularly reissued throughout the 1930s, but it solidified the popularity of wheeler and woolsey, whod become the studios biggest comedy stars of the early 1930s.
A nother soundie for the dydamic rita rio again looks like sheis peforming in a film clip though it isnt. Boles, john the handbook of texas online texas state. Doc and wishey run into some naziagents, who want to smuggle bombs into the usa from a mexican border hotel. The vaudeville comic duo and their films, 19291937 mcfarland. John boles, bebe daniels, bert wheeler what its about. Rio rita, lobbycard, from left, john boles, bebe daniels, 1929. Bebe daniels plays rita, an irishmexican girl with thick hispanic accent who oversees a large ranch near the mexican border.
With bud abbott, lou costello, kathryn grayson, john carroll. Mgm decided to do a remake of the 1929 rko film, so the studio borrowed abbott and costello from universal, fixed up the plot to fit in with war happenings, and hired a. Luther reed, bebe daniels, john boles, bert wheeler, robert woolsey, dorothy lee. But she had the last laugh when radio pictures later to be named rko cast her in the musical rio rita 1929, which proved to be the studios biggest hit up to that point. Once the war ended, rita had worked primarily in south america. Rio rita, an expensive filmization of the legendary florenz ziegfeldproduced broadway musical of 1928, was the first major production for fledgling rko radio studios. Rio rita 1929 rko film with bebe daniels stock photo. The film is based on the 1927 stage musical produced by florenz ziegfeld, which originally united wheeler and woolsey as a team and made them famous. Rio rita sung by richard crooks from the all talking picture rio rita 1929 richard crooks had a great voice but made far too few recordings of popular music. The film was the biggest and most expensive rko production of 1929 as. Luther reeds direction has been criticized for being unimaginative, but at least he takes advantage of outdoor locations and dubbing. Harold murray and the victor light opera company with orchestra directed by rosario bourdon reissued on broadway through the gramophone 19201929, cdpearl gems 0085.
Rio rita 1929 luther reed synopsis, characteristics. Rita s brother don alvorado is suspected of being the kinkajou, a notorious bandit. Rio rita original, musical, comedy, broadway opened in new york city feb 2, 1927 and played through apr 7, 1928. The film was a great success in its day and played up until the remake by abbott and costello in the early 40s. Ac comics later revived senorita rio and rechristened her rio rita and continued her story.
O filme foi um dos maiores sucessos do ano, tendo arrecadado dois. Rio rita is a 1942 comedy film starring abbott and costello. Ritas brother don alvorado is suspected of being the kinkajou, a notorious bandit. Home new releases october 2019 dvds dvd 17410 rio rita tierney dvd 17410 rio rita tierney price. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Its fiesta time in vista del rio, and that means much musical celebration. Grayson sing the operatic style vocaleeze piece with a few french words in it when her character was. The hotblooded female owner of a dude ranch is romanced by a texas ranger whos pursuing a masked bandit. A couple of slips in the dialogue still remain uncut, as many of the takes are long ones, and presented, i suggest, to maintain flow. Rio rita is a 1929 american precode rko musical comedy directed by luther reed. Her brother, don alvardo, is suspected by everyone to be the kinkajoo, a notorious bank robber. Rio rita, starring abbott and costello as the comedy relief.
James stewart pursues the bandit the kinkajou over the mexican border and falls in love with rita. Search results for rita daniels stock photos and images 9 page 1 of 1. Unlike many of her silent contemporaries, daniels made a fairly smooth transition to sound and developed into one of the most charming actresses of the early 1930s. Rio rita, a character in the femforce comic book series published by ac comics. Radio pictures rio rita is almost a copy of flo ziegfelds stage success. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. I believe this is one of abbott and costellos best films and yet it is not possible to purchase it on dvd.
I came in with a large group of friends i ordered one. Mgm decided to do a remake of the 1929 rko film, so the studio borrowed abbott and costello from universal, fixed up. Mgms rio rita is an innameonly remake of the 1929 rko radio musical. Rio rita 1929 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The vaudeville comic duo and their films, 19291937 mcfarland classics s kindle edition by watz, edward. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in germany. Jim stewart in rio rita 1929 he accepted the lead of red shadow in. Based on an earlier wheeler and woolsey comedy, this one never really comes together. The film was the biggest and most expensive rko production of 1929 as well as the studios biggest box. Rio rita 1929 rko film with bebe daniels bty2k5 from alamys library of millions of high resolution stock photos, illustrations. Collection of vitaphone soundtracks 19261931 this collection is an attempt to collect as many soundtracks to lost films and lost sequences from as many films from the early talkie period 19261931 as possible to make them available to everyone as they should be.
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