Flying Down to Rio
Starring: Gene Raymond, Dolores del Río, Fred Astaire
Director: Thornton Freeland
Writer: Cyril Hume, Adele Comandini, Erwin S. Gelsey
Producer: Merian C. Cooper
Flying Down to Rio is a 1933 American pre-Code musical film most famous for being the first screen pairing of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, although lead actors Dolores del Río and Gene Raymond received top billing. Among the featured players are Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore.
Previous Showings
17 Runs • 11 Festivals
10,040 tickets sold
Original Billings: 1 run (January 21, 1934)
Original Run: January 21, 1934 (Sunday - Tuesday)
All runs on record (17):
- January 21, 1934 (Sunday - Tuesday)Dolores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
- July 11 - 18, 1987 · 0 ticketsw/ The Gay Divorcee, Follow the Fleet, Top Hat, Swing Time, Roberta, Shall We Dance, The Band Wagon, You Were Never Lovelier, Three Little Words, Broadway Melody of 1940, The Barkleys of Broadway
- June 17, 1990 · 635 ticketsw/ A Damsel in Distress
- January 14 - 15, 1993 · 522 ticketsw/ Follow the Fleet
- July 12 - 14, 1995 · 891 ticketsw/ Gold Diggers of 1933
- October 4 - 6, 1996 · 778 ticketsw/ Little Women
- November 3 - 5, 1999 · 819 ticketsHoliday 1999w/ You Were Never Lovelier
- March 11 - 12, 2001 · 796 ticketsWinter 2001w/ 42nd Street
- October 27 - 28, 2004 · 455 ticketsBrandow/ Lady for a Day
- March 17 - 18, 2007 · 805 ticketsFilm Noir, Val Lewton, 1930s musicals and more!w/ The Bitter Tea of General Yen
- July 11, 2007 · 637 ticketsSummer 2007 63 films in 12 weeks, including 22 films starring Fred Astairew/ Swing Time
- April 28 - 30, 2010 · 601 ticketsSpring 2010w/ Lady for a Day
- July 31 - August 2, 2013 · 671 ticketsSummer 2013w/ Footlight Parade
- June 18 - 20, 2014 · 741 ticketsFred Astairew/ A Damsel in Distress
- July 17 - 19, 2018 · 425 ticketsSummer 2018w/ Movie Crazy
- March 1 - 3, 2024 · 891 ticketsFred Astairew/ The Gay Divorcee
- May 22 - 23, 2025 · 373 ticketsFred Astairew/ Follow the Fleet