Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Robert Z. Leonard

Writers:

Ralph Block (writer)
Jane Hall (writer)
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Release Date:

10 March 1950 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Musical

Plot:

Mother and daughter (Sothern and Powell) compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man. |

Plot Keywords:

Beautiful Woman | Remake | Character Name In Title | Actor Shares First Name With Character

Cast

Ann Sothern	...	Frances Elliott
Jane Powell	...	Nancy Barklay
Barry Sullivan	...	Paul Berten
Carmen Miranda	...	Marina Rodrigues
Louis Calhern	...	Gregory Elliott
Scotty Beckett	...	Scotty Sheridan
Fortunio Bonanova	...	Ricardo Domingos
Glenn Anders	...	Arthur Barrett
Nella Walker	...	Mrs. Harrison
Hans Conried	...	Alfredo
Frank Fontaine	...	The Masher
Bando da Lua	...	Themselves
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pierre Watkin	...	Michael (unconfirmed)
Jean Andren	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Sig Arno	...	Georges - Captain of Waiters (uncredited)
Carlos Barbe	...	South American Man (uncredited)
Leon Belasco	...	Prof. Gama (uncredited)
Irene Booth	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Dolores Boucher	...	Drama Student (uncredited)
Anna Camargo	...	South American Woman (uncredited)
Sue Casey	...	Woman Backstage (uncredited)
Teresa Celli	...	Receptionist (uncredited)
Freddie Chapman	...	Drama Student (uncredited)
Bert Davidson	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Helen Dickson	...	Mrs. Ballard (uncredited)
Ted Eckelberry	...	Drama Student (uncredited)
Joaquin Elizondo	...	Man at Table (uncredited)
Bess Flowers	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
William Forrest	...	Attorney (uncredited)
John Goldsworthy	...	Butler (uncredited)
Dickie Humphreys	...	Drama Student (uncredited)
Fred Kelsey	...	Morony (uncredited)
Cy Kendall	...	Captain Ritchie (uncredited)
Leonid Kinskey	...	Ivan Putroff (uncredited)
Rena Lenart	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Wilbur Mack	...	Mr. Harrison (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Forbes Murray	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
Michael Raffetto	...	Purser (uncredited)
Jerry Rush	...	Drama Student (uncredited)
Danny Scholl	...	Charles (uncredited)
Ransom M. Sherman	...	Dr. Ballard (uncredited)
Charles Smith	...	Summer Stock Guitar Player (uncredited)
Bobby Valentine	...	Drama Student (uncredited)
Frank Wilcox	...	Kenneth - Paul's Father (uncredited)
Rudy Wissler	...	Drama Student (uncredited)
Wilson Wood	...	Party Guest (uncredited)

Directed by
Robert Z. Leonard

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ralph Block		writer
Jane Hall		writer
Frederick Kohner		writer
Sidney Sheldon		writer

Produced by
Joe Pasternak	....	producer

Original Music by
Ray Gilbert

Cinematography by
Ray June

Film Editing by
Adrienne Fazan

Art Direction by
Cedric Gibbons
Jack Martin Smith

Set Decoration by
Edwin B. Willis

Costume Design by
Helen Rose

Makeup Department
Jack Dawn	....	makeup artist
Sydney Guilaroff	....	hair stylist

Art Department
Richard Pefferle	....	associate set decorator

Sound Department
Douglas Shearer	....	recording director

Special Effects by
A. Arnold Gillespie	....	special effects

Music Department
George Stoll	....	musical director

Other crew
Nick Castle	....	choreographer
James Gooch	....	technicolor color consultant
Henri Jaffa	....	technicolor color consultant

Production Companies

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Distributors

• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) (1950) (USA) (theatrical)
• ClassicLine (2004) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (USA) (DVD)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Certification:

Canada:PG (Ontario) | Australia:G | Finland:S

Company:

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)

Trivia:

This is a remake of the Deanna Durbin film It's a Date (1940). Both films were produced by Joe Pasternak, and in both the young star sings "Musetta's Waltz Song" from Puccini's opera "La Boheme".

Goofs:

Continuity: When Nancy returns to her room after the shipboard dinner, it is late at night, but whenever we see the ocean behind her, it is bright day.

Movie Connections:

Featured in That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Soundtrack:

Embraceable You

Carmen Miranda and the Explosion at the Technicolor Factory

A so-so musical comedy, chipper and competently shot on the studio back lot far, far away from Rio. If there's any reason to watch this corny confection, it would be for the show-stopping number by Carmen Miranda in the nightclub. The hues alone are incredible! Everything is dripping in rich, over-saturated color - the costumes, the set - it's like an explosion at the Technicolor factory. The production designer and director were surely using the process to "wow" the audience used to common, flatter black and white films for so long, similar to the 3D process that would come along later. Inside this gem of a scene is Miranda's dance performance, which is really energetic and quite imaginative. If you ever wanted to test your TV screen color and balance, this scene from this piece of 50s flash might be the one to do that with. The rest of the film? Meh... hokum, but quaint.