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Buy This Item Rio Rita by MGM (Warner)  Available from Amazon  $19.98  on 8-31-2008     RIO RITA <br /> Release Date: April 1942 <br /> <br /> Directed by: <br /> S. Sylvan Simon <br /> <br /> Writing credits: <br /> Richard Connell (screenplay) and <br /> Gladys Lehman (screenplay) <br /> John Grant (special material for A & C) <br /> <br /> Cast (in credits order): <br /> Bud Abbott..Doc <br /> Lou CostelloWishy Dunn <br /> Kathryn GraysonRita Winslow <br /> John CarrollRicardo Montera <br /> Patricia Dane..Lucette Brunswick <br /> Tom Conway..Maurice Craindall <br /> Peter Whitney..Jake <br /> Barry NelsonHarry Gantley (hotel announcer) <br /> Arthur SpaceTrask <br /> Dick RichGus <br /> Eva Puig.Marianna (Rita's maid) <br /> Joan ValerieDotty <br /> Mitchell Lewis.Julio (Credits)/Pete, the Mechanic <br /> Eros VolusiaHerself (dancer) <br /> rest of cast listed alphabetically: <br /> Eros Volusia Brazilian Dancers.Themselves <br /> King Baggott.Hotel Guest (uncredited) <br /> Janet BarrettWoman (uncredited) (unconfirmed) <br /> Vangie BeilbyClub woman (uncredited) <br /> Robert BradfordWhistling solo (uncredited) <br /> Diane Brook..Woman (uncredited)(unconfirmed) <br /> Ruth Cherrington..Club woman (uncredited) <br /> Mina FarragutWoman (uncredited)(unconfirmed) <br /> Nano Galindo..Soloist in "The Ranger's Song" (uncredited) <br /> Alfred Garmo..Soloist in "The Ranger's Song" (uncredited) <br /> Dorthory GilmoreWoman (uncredited) <br /> Delos Jewkes..Soloist in "The Ranger's Song" (uncredited) <br /> Eleanore Kallejian..Woman (uncredited) (unconfirmed) <br /> Jennie MacClub woman (uncredited) <br /> Wilbur Mack..Fiesta guest (uncredited) <br /> Anita MaisnikWoman (uncredited) (unconfirmed) <br /> Mary Manners.Woman (uncredited) (unconfirmed) <br /> Johnny Mitchell.Control man (uncredited) <br /> Dorthory Morris.Gas station attendant (uncredited) <br /> Lee MurrayLittle Mexican (uncredited) <br /> David Oliver.Golfer (uncredited) <br /> Frank Penny..Chef (uncredited) <br /> Charles Ray..Hotel Guest (uncredited) <br /> Marjorie Raymond..Woman (uncredited) (unconfirmed) <br /> Grace RitchieWoman (uncredited) (unconfirmed) <br /> Julian RiveroMexican agent (uncredited) <br /> Mercedes Ruffino..Woman (uncredited) <br /> Morton Scott.Man (uncredited) <br /> Flores Brothers Trio.Group Performers (uncredited) <br /> The Guadalajara Trio..Group Performers (uncredited) <br /> Dorthory WardWoman (uncredited) (unconfirmed) <br /> Tudor WilliamsMan (uncredited) <br /> <br /> Produced by: <br /> Pandro S. Berman.producer <br /> <br /> Original Music by: <br /> Harold Arlen.songs - "LONG BEFORE YOU CAME ALONG", <br /> "A COUPLE OF CABALLEROS", "POOR WHIPPOORWILL", and <br /> "SUCH UNSUAL WEATHER" (uncredited) <br /> Herbert Stohart.(uncredited) <br /> Non-Original Music by: <br /> Harry Tierney.(songs-"RIO RITA"/"THE RANGER'S SONG" <br /> Nilo Barnet(song-"BRAZLIAN DANCE")(uncredited) <br /> Werner R. Heymann.(stock music)(uncredited) <br /> Bronislau Kaper..(stock music)(uncredited) <br /> Lacerdo.(song "ORA O CONGA")(uncredited) <br /> Giacomo Meyerbeer.(songs "OMBRES LEGERES"{SHADOW SONG}from opera "DINORAH, OU LE PARDON DE PLOEMEL)(uncredited) <br /> Franz Waxman..(stock music)(uncredited) <br /> <br /> Cinematography by: <br /> George J. Folsey.(director of photograpy)(uncredited) <br /> <br /> Film Editing by: <br /> Ben Lewis <br /> <br /> Art Direction by: <br /> Cedric Gibbons <br /> <br /> Set Decoration by: <br /> Edwin B. Willis <br /> <br /> Costume Design by: <br /> Robert Kalloch(gowns)(as Kalloch) <br /> <br /> Second Unit Director or Assistant Director: <br /> William Ryanassitant director (uncredited) <br /> <br /> Art Department: <br /> Eddie Imazu.associate art director <br /> Buford Robert..associate set director (uncredited) <br /> <br /> Sound Department: <br /> Douglas Shearer.recording director <br /> <br /> Special Effects by: <br /> Warren Newcombe.special effects <br /> <br /> Stunts: <br /> Pat Costello.stunts/stunt double: Lou Costello <br /> (uncredited) <br /> <br /> Other crew: <br /> Leo Arnaud.music arranger:vocals/orchestrator <br /> Murray Cuttermusic arranger:vocals/orchestrator <br /> E.Y. Harburg.lyricist: "LONG BEFORE YOU CAME ALONG" <br /> Paul Marquardt..music arranger: vocals/orchestrator <br />Joseph McCarthy.lyricist: "RIO RITA" and "THE RANGER'S SONG" <br /> Gile Steele.men wardrober <br /> Herbert Stothartmusical director <br /> Jules Barbier..librettist: "OMBRES LEGERES{"SHADOW SONG"}from opera "DINORAH, OU LE PARDON DE PLOEMEL" (uncredited) <br /> Lorraine Bridgesvocal stand-in Kathryn Grayson <br /> (uncredited) <br /> Michael Carrelibberttist: "OMBRES LEGERES {"SHADOW SONG"} from opera "DINORAH, OU LE PARDON DE PLOEMEL" (uncredited) <br /> Clyde De Vinna..location director of photography <br /> (uncredited) <br />E.Y. Harburg..lyricist: "A COUPLE OF CABABELLROS", "POOR WHIPPOORWILL", and "SUCH UNSUAL WEATHER" (uncredited) <br /> Harold Lipstein.location director of photography <br /> (uncredited) <br /> David Ropel..dance director (uncredited) <br /> <br /> PLOT OUTLINE: <br /> Doc and Wishy take a wrong turn somewhere and end up near the Mexican border. There they run into some Nazi-agents, who want to smuggle bombs into the USA through a hotel business. With the help of Rita, the daughter of the hotel owner, and her love interest Hecktor, they expose the Nazi-spies. <br /> <br /> ROUTINES & HILARIOUS MOMENTS: <br /> Pike's Peke <br /> You've got 20, I've got 20 too <br /> Drunk Visions <br /> Washing machine sequence <br /> Kiss a girl <br /> <br /> (1)In order to make more money from Abbott and Costello, Universal agreed to loan out the team to MGM for picture per year. This was the first MGM production made under that deal.(2)The musical "RIO RITA" opened on Broadway in New York City, New York, USA on 2 February 1927 and closed on 7 April 1938 after 494 performances. The cast included Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey who reprised their roles in the 1929 movie of the same name. Only 2 songs were used in this 1942 movie, and the screenplay bears no resemblance to the plot of the 1929 version. In fact the SAB designated the 1942 version as an original story.(3)Some modern credits erroneously list the sone "LONG BEFORE YOU CAME ALONG" as appearing in the 1929 version. It was written for the 1942 version.(4)William Tannen is listed in the studio records for the role of "Pet Shop Owner", but he did not appear in the movie. Reader Reviews For what it's worth, "Rio Rita" (1942) is actually the first of Abbott and Costello's three films for MGM, while "Abbott And Costello In Hollywood" (1945) is the last. (The second was 1944's "Lost In A Harem.") All three are quite good - in some ways better than the more famous films the duo made for Universal - and well worth a look by anyone whose idea of GOOD comedy is something more substantial than Adam Sandler or Will Ferrell, whose popularity will forever be a source of mystery to me.

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