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Girl of the Rio (1932)

Girl of the Rio poster
Directed by
Herbert Brenon
Genre
musical film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 18m
Rated
NR
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 6 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman in a Mexican cantina gets involved with a wealthy American and a local gambler. She must choose between two men and their different worlds.

livelyromanticlightheartedplayfulmusicalwhimsicalcomedicfast-paced

What happens

Girl of the Rio is a 1932 American pre-Code RKO musical film starred Dolores del Río and Leo Carrillo. Directed by Herbert Brenon, the screenplay was written by Elizabeth Meehan and Louis Stevens, based on the play, The Dove by Willard Mack, which was itself based on a magazine article by Gerald Beaumont. The film is a remake of the 1927 silent film, The Dove, starring Norma Talmadge. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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