Today in Pop Culture History:
Dec 22, 1932 #FredAstaire & #GingerRogers 1st joint movie “ #FlyingDowntoRio, ” directed by Thornton Freeland, premieres in NYC.

youtu.be/KAd0sZnE3Yw

"1930s Wacky & Surreal" is one of my favorite movie genres. #FlyingDownToRio #TCMParty

I think I'm right in calling this out as the sexiest dress that Ginger ever wore? #FlyingDownToRio #TCMParty

Ooooo, I want one!
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My favorite origin story? Fred and Ginger in #FlyingDownToRio #TCMParty

Conflicted bc I both love and am frustrated by the segregated Carioca performances 💃🏾🕺 #FlyingDownToRio #TCMParty

"Boy, no wonder it never gets cold in this country." #FlyingDownToRio #TCMParty

So not only didn’t director Thornton Freeland get his own card in the mains but it wasn’t even at the end as they are [mandated by the DGA] today. #FlyingDownToRio #TCMParty

Ginger Rogers

Real Name: Virginia Katherine McMath

Birth: 16 Jul 1911
Independence, Jackson County, Missouri, USA

Death: 25 Apr 1995 (aged 83)
Rancho Mirage, Riverside County, California, USA

www.findagrave.com/memorial/162...

#OTD #GingerRogers #Actress #Dancer #Singer #FlyingDownToRio #Harlow

There are some seriously classy Pre-Code movie libations in here. Can't wait to get stuck in this summer.

#ThePublicEnemy #ShanghaiExpress #RedDust #KingKong #FlyingDownToRio

#FilmSky #BookSky

Todays Friday film is part of IG series #28RomanceMovies #FlyingDownToRio (1933)
A band leader (#GeneRaymond), who keeps getting his group fired for flirting, falls for #DeloresDelRio, but she’s engaged to his best friend (#RaulRoulien).

It’s the first pairing of #FredAndGinger.

Stephen Fry plays Butler Jeeves. He straightens the tie of Bertie Wooster (played by Hugh Laurie)

Add Stephen Fry and I'm in
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This final big number is so deliciously demented. I hope it cheered up Depression-era audiences in 1933 as it does me 91 years later. #FlyingDownToRio #TCMParty

Absolutely! But - I'm not gonna lie - I also look forward to all this nonsense at the end. #TCMParty #FlyingDownToRio

#FlyingDownToRio is so deliciously nutty, I always stop to watch it whenever it pops up. It's one of those cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs '30s movies (like Madam Satan) that I adore! #TCMParty

My guess for the TCM programmers airing #FlyingDownToRio at this time, a movie Roger/Astaire aren’t in that much, is to give people a chance to watch some of the Macy’s parade.
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Eric Blore, Franklin Pangborn and Ginger Roger’s in FLYING DOWN TO RIO

I wish Franklin Pangborn and Eric Blore ran the universe. #FlyingDownToRio #TCMParty

Me seeing #FlyingDownToRio will knock the Fred/Ginger watch list to one (Vernon and Irene Castle) #TCMParty