

An American bandleader woos a Brazilian beauty who is already engaged to his employer. His friends try to help him, while learning the local dance, The Carioca. The first pairing of Fred Astaire & Ginger Rogers, and their only pre-Code film.
Practical Effects
Real aerial stunts over actual Rio that terrified insurance companies.

Director
Thornton Freeland
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Astaire and Rogers were fourth and fifth billed; the studio had no idea they'd become the main attraction.
The 'Carioca' dance was invented for this film — Brazilian critics found it hilariously inauthentic, American audiences didn't care.