Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)

Directed by

Robert Z. Leonard

Genre

musical film, romantic comedy

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 4 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young singer travels to Rio de Janeiro to pursue a role in a play. She competes with an older actress who also wants the part.

lightheartedplayfulcheerfulupbeatcolorfulenergeticromanticwhimsical

What happens

Nancy Goes to Rio is a 1950 American Technicolor musical-comedy film directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Joe Pasternak from a screenplay by Sidney Sheldon, based on a story by Jane Hall, Frederick Kohner, and Ralph Block. The music was directed and supervised by George Stoll and includes compositions by George and Ira Gershwin, Giacomo Puccini, Jack Norworth, and Stoll. The film stars Jane Powell, Ann Sothern, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Louis Calhern, and Scotty Beckett. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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