Rio rita 1929 film complete

Mgms rio rita is an innameonly remake of the 1929 rko radio musical blockbuster, itself based on the longrunning ziegfeld broadway extravaganza. 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. Rio rita, lobbycard, from left, john boles, bebe daniels, 1929. Get premium, high resolution news photos at getty images. The modernized version of rio rita rko1929 that filled cinema houses in. Original rko stone lithograph one sheet poster 27x41 for the luther reed western musical romance, rio rita 1929 starring bebe davis, john boles, bert wheeler, and robert woolsey. This was one of the very few instances in which a ziegfeld musical from the 1920s was adapted to film virtually unchanged. The film was a great success in its day and played up until the remake by abbott and costello in. Bebe daniels works on the musical score with otto morendo, her singing teacher during the filming of the film rio rita, directed by luther reed for rko radio. 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. As far as the film itself goes, i may well have some fairly significant news in the next few days. And, the too long film version was voted 1927s fourth best picture, in the annual poll conducted by film daily. Bebe daniels works on the musical score with otto morendo, her singing teacher during the filming of the film rio rita, directed by luther reed for rko.

Mgm decided to do a remake of the 1929 rko film, so the studio borrowed abbott. Rio rita, starring abbott and costello as the comedy relief. Shipping adjusted for multiple purchases please request combined invoice before. The agents intend to use a fiesta radio show to send a coded message, a scheme that may be scrambled silly when. Rio rita 1929 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Suffice it to say that weve been talking a lot on facebook about rio rita, ed. Although vintage film titles are often prefaced on tcm with spoken. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of the best movies ever made only at tcm. Rio rita, a main river passing through east china normal university in shanghai, which is synonymous with the university.

This original broadway musical opened at the ziegfeld theater in new york on february 2, 1927 and ran for 494 performances. Radio pictures rio rita is almost a copy of flo ziegfelds stage success. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Box office madness the worlds biggest box office database. This is a trailer for the 1929 film rio rita, which starred john boles and bebe daniels. Music is complete and measures approximately 9 x 12. James stewart pursues the bandit the kinkajou over the mexican border and falls in love with rita. Its surprising that universal studios, for which a and c were prime money.

We cannot confirm the last public screening of this film in its original uncut format. The picture quality is poor and i have no idea where. The film is alive only when theyre on the screen, or during the song and dance number. Rio rita 1929 rotten tomatoes the hotblooded female owner of a dude ranch is romanced by a texas ranger whos pursuing a masked bandit. Rio ritathe great waltz, world s s7056 neil williams and rosalind keene with orchestra conducted by geoff harvey 5. Kathryn grayson in her first starring picture and john carroll replace the 1929 versions bebe daniels and john boles. Rio rita 1929 film version of the broadway musical. Bebe daniels plays rita, an irishmexican girl with thick hispanic accent who oversees a large ranch near the mexican border. This posh parttechnicolor talkie from the ziegfeld. Rio rita original, musical, comedy, broadway opened in new york city feb 2, 1927 and played through apr 7, 1928. Rio rita is a 1942 comedy film starring abbott and costello. Rio rita is a 1929 american precode rko musical comedy directed by luther reed. 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.

Apparently the film was a major hit but then again just about every musical from this period was a hit. 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. This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title rio rita. This posh parttechnicolor talkie from the ziegfeld stage musical was the first big production from rkoradio pictures, highlighting the vaudevillian antics of movie. Many consider this their best film, though i dont agree, despite its departure from their formula.

Rio rita, an expensive filmization of the legendary florenz ziegfeldproduced broadway musical of 1928, was the first major production for fledgling rko radio studios. Heres a complete list of early color talkies from 19291933. Rio rita, lobbycard, from left, john boles, bebe daniels. It was a massive hit and as such was ripe for adaptation in a hollywood just learning to talk and sing. Rio rita 1929 t he legendary flo ziegfeld opened the broadway theater bearing his name with the premiere of rio rita in february 1927. Its adaptation of the popular broadway musical rio rita was an early hit for the studio, and also the first appearance on film of the comedic team of bert wheeler and robert woolsey who would go on to make a series of extremely popular comedies for the studio. Rio rita lost footage found on you tube all talking. The staginess of parading chorus girls walking up and down stairs in the second fragment is very 1929 but had no place in 1932. The other film is manhattan parade starring winnie lighter.

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 1929 luther reed synopsis, characteristics. A nother soundie for the dydamic rita rio again looks like sheis peforming in a film clip though it isnt. Bebe daniels collection 19251935 complete by popularjazzarchive the popular jazz archive. Rio rita, a character in the femforce comic book series published by ac comics. Reviewed in the united states on december 10, 2019. Find video, photos, forums, blogs and shop for some of.

Rio rita was adapted from a broadway musical produced by florenz ziegfeld jr the original production opened at the ziegfeld theater in new york on feb. Lets hope these fragments ends up in a complete 1929 version soon. Turner classic movies presents the greatest motion pictures of all time from one of the largest film libraries in the world. Applause helen morgan stars as a burlesque star plagued by tragedy. Its fiesta time in vista del rio, and that means much musical celebration. 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. One of the rare film musicals to capture a sense of what ziegfelds productions were like, the film featured numbers mostly shot as if on a stage. Rio rita 1929 the stillinfant rko pictures put itself on the map with this lavish musical adaptation of flo ziegfelds stage hit, complete with 40 minutes of early technicolor footage. The original 140minute version is not known to exist, although a complete print once. This was bud and lous only film for mgm, which was their good fortune. Rio rita would be the first major film for rko who went all out with a very large budget and especially when you consider they were just an upstart company and had everything to lose. This original broadway musical opened at the ziegfeld theater in new york on. Youre always in my arms but only in my dreams sheet music from the film rio rita, which was released in 1929.

This posh parttechnicolor talkie from the ziegfeld stage musical was the first big. The 1932 audience was experienced and probably found rio rita quite dull even after it had been modernized. The hotblooded female owner of a dude ranch is romanced by a texas ranger whos pursuing a masked bandit. Unless you know too much about movies or you are 100 years old, you probably never heard of the 1929 musical extravaganza rio rita. Early color talkies classic movies, great and historic. Bebe daniels collection 19251935 complete internet archive. Watch rio rita starring bud abbott in this comedy on directv. The film was a great success in its day and played up until the remake by abbott and costello in the early 40s. Two ranch hands bud abbott, lou costello and a radio singer foil nazi spies in a texas border town.

Radio studios to orchestrate the film adaptation of ziegfelds rio rita 1929. Mar 14, 2008 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 existing 104minute print is from the cut down 1932 rerelease of the film. Rio rita, a town in panama rio rita song, a song recorded by the four coins. Its kind of funny but i simply signed up using a site id and wanted to change it to my actual name but cant figure out how. Rio ritaa connecticut yankee, rca victor m lk1026 earl wrightson and the guild choristers with al goodman and his orchestra 6. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. Posted in 1929, box office weekly tagged 1929, bebe daniels, box office. Jun 11, 2011 the staginess of parading chorus girls walking up and down stairs in the second fragment is very 1929 but had no place in 1932. Another film based on the musical was made in 1942.

Rio rita 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 writer to think up. 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. Rio rita passed 2h 20min adventure, music, romance 15 september 1929 usa capt. Alternately fascinating and flat, and not much singing, but amazing manhattan location shots and a surprisingly dark plot make this is a must see for dedicated film buffs. Rio ritathe rounders with harry reser 1929 duration. Once in mexico, he falls for local girl rita bebe daniels, whose brother, roberto don alvarado, could be the criminal jim is looking for. Rio rita 1929 a great early chorus number that for some reason is not included in copy of this film that is available today. Posts about rio rita written by box office madness. Luther reed, bebe daniels, john boles, bert wheeler, robert woolsey, dorothy lee. I found both leads quite charming, and i hope i get to see the fulllength version of rio rita some day. Rio rita trailer 1929 bebe daniels and john boles youtube. At any rate, mgm showed itself unable to use their talents to the foremost, as was the case in their use of the marx brothers in their three last mgm films. Jun 24, 2017 posts about 1929 written by box office madness. Watch rio rita movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at.