That Night in Rio (1941)
- Directed by
- Irving Cummings
- Genre
- operetta, musical film, musical comedy
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 31m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.3 of 10 from 20 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
An American entertainer is asked to impersonate a lookalike aristocratic businessman in Rio de Janeiro. He gets caught up in romantic and comedic situations while trying to keep his true identity secret.
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What happens
That Night in Rio is a 1941 American Technicolor musical comedy film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche (in a dual role as an American entertainer and an aristocratic businessman he is asked to impersonate temporarily) and Carmen Miranda. It was produced and distributed by Hollywood Twentieth Century Fox. It is one of several film adaptations of the 1934 play The Red Cat by Rudolf Lothar and Hans Adler. Others are Folies Bergère de Paris (1935) and On the Riviera (1951). The original songs for the film were written by the musical partnership of Harry Warren and Mack Gordon. These include: "Boa Noite", "They Met in Rio (A Midnight Serenade)", "Chica Chica Boom Chic" and "I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)". (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Fiesta (1941)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.