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

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.

livelycolorfulupbeatromanticlightheartedwhimsicalfast-pacedescapist

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)

Trailer

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