That Night in Rio (Fox Marquee Musicals)
by Irving Cummings
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Actor: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, J. Carrol Naish, S.Z. SakallDirector: Irving Cummings
Brand: Twentieth Century Fox
Writer: Bess Meredyth
Writer: George Seaton
Writer: Hal Long
Writer: Hans Adler
Writer: Jessie Ernst
Writer: Rudolph Lothar
Writer: Samuel Hoffenstein
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Portuguese (Original Language); Spanish (Subtitled); English (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 91 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-02-20
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Movie Reviews of That Night in Rio (Fox Marquee Musicals)
Movie Review: you'll adore spending a night with this musical gem!
Summary: 4 Stars
A fluffy musical confection with Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda and the rest of the Fox musical "gang", 1941's THAT NIGHT IN RIO is noteworthy for being Ms Miranda's first main speaking role in an American film. It's also marked by a particularly glamorous Alice Faye, dressed in some lush Travis Banton costumes.
Nightclub entertainer Larry Martin (Don Ameche) makes a specialty out of impersonating wealthy lothario Baron Duarte in his act. So when the Baron (also played by Ameche) is unexpectedly called away from Rio and can't appear at an important business function, who better to "replace" him than Larry? The ruse works perfectly...until the real Baron returns on the same night as Larry's performance, all hell breaks loose, and the Baron's wife Cecilia (Alice Faye) has no idea of whom she spent the night with!
Adding some laughs is the delicious Carmen Miranda as Larry's on-again, off-again girlfriend. This was her first big role following her debut in DOWN ARGENTINE WAY the previous year. She performs some of her most beloved numbers like "Chica Chica Boom Chic", "I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)", and "Cai-Cai". Alice Faye only has two songs ("Boa Noite" and "They Met in Rio").
This film would later be re-made as ON THE RIVIERA with Danny Kaye and Gene Tierney.
Summary of That Night in Rio (Fox Marquee Musicals)
Her girl-next-door looks combined with a sultry singing voice made Alice Faye one of Hollywood?'s biggest stars in the Golden Age of Cinema.Don Ameche and Alice Faye pair up as husband and wife, Baron and Baroness Duarte and head to South America in this musical classic. In order to avoid some financial problems, the Baron switches places with impersonator Larry Martin ?"Direto da Broadway?" (also Ameche). When Martin?'s affections for the Baroness are too kind and romantic, both the Baroness and Martin?'s girlfriend Carmen (Carmen Miranda) realize their men are up to something. Filmed in brilliant Technicolor?(r), That Night in Rio is a delightful comedy filled with rousing musical numbers including Faye?'s passionate and romantic, ?"They Met in Rio.?"
"It don't make sense, the chica chica boom chic. But it's immense, the chica chica boom chic." Let us pause to ponder the immortal wisdom of these words, sung by Carmen Miranda in That Night in Rio, and then move swiftly on to effortless enjoyment of this splashy nonsense. Here we are in Rio--well, the Fox backlot--for an absurd tale of mistaken identity and romantic trading-off. Nightclub performer Don Ameche looks exactly like a famous South American airline magnate (also played by Ameche, natch), and so doubles for him during a lavish party when the Baron is away on delicate business. Alice Faye, still the top female star at Fox at this time, takes a supporting role, slightly miscast, as the Baroness. Faye always had the down-on-the-farm appeal expressed in her all-American face, but the form-fitting gold gown she wears during the party gives evidence of another kind of appeal; she's drop-dead sexy here.
The songs by Mack Gordon and Harry Warren are not copious, but Carmen Miranda has a couple of signature numbers and Faye sings "They Met in Rio." The plot had been adapted once before, as Folies Bergere, and would later surface as On the Riviera, with Danny Kaye. Extras include an informative 14-minute documentary about Alice Faye's life after quitting movies in 1945 (her two daughters contribute) and a deleted scene that has Faye and Ameche doing--you guessed it--"The Chica Chica Boom Chic." --Robert Horton
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