Flying Down To Rio – 10 Days With Fred and Ginger and Me

Day 2 – The Gay Divorcee (1934)

October 6, 2020 by Bill Leave a Comment

The Gay Divorcee (1934), features the second time Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers appeared in a film together, and the first time as its stars. Co-stars are Alice Brady (1892-1939) and Edward Everett Horton (1886-1970), according to a title card at the beginning. Then, this screen appears: THIS PICTURE APPROVED BY THE PRODUCTION CODE ADMINISTRATION … [Read more…]

Day 1 – Flying Down To Rio (1933)

October 5, 2020 by Bill Leave a Comment

The first on-screen pairing of Fred Astaire (1899-1987) and Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) occurred in the 1933 RKO film Flying Down To Rio, directed by Thornton Freeland (1898-1987). The score was supplied by Max Steiner (1888-1971). Dolores del Rio (1904-1983), a beautiful actress I’d seen in a photograph countless times on the wall of a local … [Read more…]