Rio Rita (1929)
135 mins | Musical | 15 September 1929
Cast:
Bebe Daniels , John Boles, Don Alvarado [ More ]Director:
Luther ReedWriter:
Luther ReedProducer:
William Le BaronCinematographers:
Lloyd Knechtel, Robert KurrleEditor:
William HamiltonProduction Designer:
Max RéeProduction Company:
RKO Productions, Inc.According to a studio production chart in the 10 August 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, production began on 1 July 1929.
The film was copyrighted twice on 15 Sep 1929, once for the claimant RKO Productions, Inc., under number LP811 and a second time for the claimant RKO Distributing Corp., under number LP899. Credit information in copyright records for the two registrations is otherwise the same.
Voted one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1929 by a FD poll, announced in its 7 Feb 1930 issue.
M-G-M produced a 1942 film entitled Rio Rita, directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson and John Carroll. For information on that film, which retained only two of the Broadway musical's songs and bore little resemblance to the original story, please consult the entry below. ...
According to a studio production chart in the 10 August 1929 Exhibitors Herald-World, production began on 1 July 1929.
The film was copyrighted twice on 15 Sep 1929, once for the claimant RKO Productions, Inc., under number LP811 and a second time for the claimant RKO Distributing Corp., under number LP899. Credit information in copyright records for the two registrations is otherwise the same.
Voted one of the Ten Best Pictures of 1929 by a FD poll, announced in its 7 Feb 1930 issue.
M-G-M produced a 1942 film entitled Rio Rita, directed by S. Sylvan Simon and starring Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Kathryn Grayson and John Carroll. For information on that film, which retained only two of the Broadway musical's songs and bore little resemblance to the original story, please consult the entry below.
In a Mexican border town, reward signs are posted for a mysterious bandit known as the Kinkajou. Also in the town is a mysterious Gringo, Jim, who wins the affections of Rita and the hatred of General Ravinoff. Rita refuses to believe the lies of the rascally Ravinoff about Jim until, at a party given at his villa, he offers proof that Jim is a Texas Ranger assigned to arrest her brother (rumored to be the Kinkajou). Broken-hearted, Rita dismisses Jim, but later she saves his life from assassins who lie in wait for him. Ravinoff constructs, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, a palatial barge, in which he operates a gambling resort, and one evening he stages a party, hoping to impress Rita. Jim appears in disguise, and his explanations bring renewed faith and love. Rita diverts Ravinoff while Jim frees the barge, permitting it to float to the American side. There, Jim unmasks Ravinoff as the Kinkajou, clearing Rita's brother, and a wedding follows with the Texas Rangers ...
In a Mexican border town, reward signs are posted for a mysterious bandit known as the Kinkajou. Also in the town is a mysterious Gringo, Jim, who wins the affections of Rita and the hatred of General Ravinoff. Rita refuses to believe the lies of the rascally Ravinoff about Jim until, at a party given at his villa, he offers proof that Jim is a Texas Ranger assigned to arrest her brother (rumored to be the Kinkajou). Broken-hearted, Rita dismisses Jim, but later she saves his life from assassins who lie in wait for him. Ravinoff constructs, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande, a palatial barge, in which he operates a gambling resort, and one evening he stages a party, hoping to impress Rita. Jim appears in disguise, and his explanations bring renewed faith and love. Rita diverts Ravinoff while Jim frees the barge, permitting it to float to the American side. There, Jim unmasks Ravinoff as the Kinkajou, clearing Rita's brother, and a wedding follows with the Texas Rangers officiating.
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