Rio Rita (1942)

Directed by

S. Sylvan Simon

Genre

comedy film, musical film, romantic comedy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 31m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 18 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Bud Abbott and Lou Costello help a woman search for her missing brother. They get involved in romantic mix-ups and sing along the way.

lightheartedplayfulcheerfulupbeatromanticcomedicmusicalsentimental

What happens

Rio Rita is a 1942 American comedy film directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Abbott and Costello. It was based upon the 1927 Flo Ziegfeld Broadway musical, which was previously made into a 1929 film also titled Rio Rita that starred the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey. Kathryn Grayson (in her first starring picture) and John Carroll replace the 1929 version's Bebe Daniels and John Boles. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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