Flying down to Rio. Roberta. Follow the fleet. Story of Vernon and Irene Castle. Beer and pretzels. I like mountain music. Follow the fleet, the origins of those dancing feet. Melody masters, Jimmie Lunceford and his dance orchestra. Let it be me. Happily buried. Puss gets the boot.
Notes:
Flying down to Rio -- Roberta -- Follow the fleet -- The story of Vernon and Irene Castle. Flying down to Rio special features: Vintage comedy short, "Beer and pretzels", with Ted Healy and his Stooges; classic cartoon: "I like mountain music"; Theatrical trailer. Flying down to Rio: From a play by Anne Caldwell; based on an original story by Lou Brock. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1933. Flying down to Rio: Delores Del Rio, Gene Raymond, Raul Roulien, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Franklin Pangborn, Eric Blore. Flying down to Rio: This film, containing the first of many Fred Astaire - Ginger Rogers partnerships, concerns a band in Rio. Songs include "The Carioca," "Orchids in the Moonlight," and the title song. Pilot and band leader Gene Raymond woos Dolores Del Rio, and then learns that she is engaged to a friend of his, after he flys her home to Rio. Fred & Ginger provide the musical moments. Notable for a brilliantly photographed finale with chorus girls on the wings of flying airplanes, the movie was the musical that broke with the rather contrived Busby Berkeley production and moved toward a closer integration of musical and narrative elements. Astaire's dance numbers come not as interruptions but as extensions of the plot. Roberta special features: Musical short, "Starlit days at the Lido"; cartoon, "The calico dragon" ; audio-only bonus, "Hollywood on the air" ; radio promo; Theatrical trailer. Roberta: Irene Dunne, Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Helen Westley, Claire Dodd, Victor Varconi. Roberta: From the play Roberta by Otto Harbach and the novel Gowns by Roberta by Alice Duer Miller; adaptation of the 1933 Broadway hit. Originally released as a motion picture in 1935. Follow the fleet includes: featurette, Follow the fleet ; The origins of these dancing feet ; Musical short, Melody master ; Jimmie Lunceford and his dance orchestra ; Cartoon, Let it be me ; theatrical trailer. Follow the fleet: includes: muscial short, Happily buried ; cartoon, Puss gets the boot. Follow the fleet: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Randolph Scott, Harriet Hilliard, Astrid Allwyn, Betty Grable, Harry Beresford, Russell Hicks, Brooks Benedict, Ray Mayer, Lucille Ball. Follow the fleet (?): Based on the play Shore leave by Hubert Osborne as produced by David Belasco. Follow the fleet: Special features: "Follow the fleet: the origins of those dancing feet" featurette; "Melody master: Jimmie Lunceford and his dance orchestra" musical short; "Let it be me" classic cartoon; Theatrical trailer. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle: Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers, Edna May Oliver, Walter Brennan, Lew Fields, Etienne Girardot, Janet Beecher. The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle: Special features: Vintage musical short "Happily buried"; Classic cartoon "Puss gets the boot."
Contents:
The story of Vernon and Irene Castle. Roberta -- Follow the fleet -- The story of Vernon and Irene Castle.
Summary:
Roberta: Fred and Ginger sing I Won't Dance, but their feet prove otherwise in a tale of Parisian high fashion and hijinks. Follow the fleet: Astaire plays a hoofer-turned-sailor. Rogers is his ex-partner, now convoying the Navy around for 10 cents a dance. One day the fleet returns to home port and the partnership is renewed--at least for one more show. Follow the fleet: A Navy sailor tries to rekindle a romance with the woman he loves while on shore leave in San Francisco. Fred and Ginger dance up a storm as they dramatize the careers of the early-1900's renowned ballroom dancers, Vernon and Irene Castle.
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