Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
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52% of users liked it
(83 ratings)
Ann Sothern closed out her MGM contract with the Technicolor musical Nancy Goes to Rio. As Frances Elliot, Sothern is billed second to Jane Powell, who plays Nancy Barklay. A popular Broadway star, Frances heads to Rio for R&R before starting her next production. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Frances,… More Ann Sothern closed out her MGM contract with the Technicolor musical Nancy Goes to Rio. As Frances Elliot, Sothern is billed second to Jane Powell, who plays Nancy Barklay. A popular Broadway star, Frances heads to Rio for R&R before starting her next production. Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Frances, her daughter Nancy is hired to appear in her mother's starring vehicle. This would seem to be enough to sustain a plot, but the screenwriters contrive to have Frances mistakenly believe that Nancy is about to become an out-of-wedlock mother. In addition, both ladies vie for the romantic attentions of leading man Paul Berten (Barry Sullivan). Also appearing is Carmen Miranda, just to remind us that the film takes place in Brazil. Producer Joe Pasternak handles the material with the same tastefulness that he'd applied to his Deanna Durbin pictures at Universal: in fact, Nancy Goes to Rio is a remake of Durbin's 1940 vehicle It's a Date. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Robert Z. Leonard
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Mar 10, 1950 Wide
Critic Reviews
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Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews
Who could completely resist a picture with Carmen Miranda having a bowl of fruit on top of her head?
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Cast
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Jane Powell
as Nancy Barklay
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Ann Sothern
as Frances Elliott
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Barry Sullivan
as Paul Benton
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Carmen Miranda
as Marina Rodriguez
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Louis Calhern
as Gregory Elliott
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Scotty Beckett
as Scotty Sheridan
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Fortunio Bonanova
as Ricardo Domingoz
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Glenn Anders
as Arthur Barrett
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Nella Walker
as Mrs. Harrison
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Hans Conried
as Alfredo
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Frank Fontaine
as Masher
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Sig Arno
as Captain of Waiters
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Leon Belasco
as Professor Gama
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Bess Flowers
as Party Guest
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Leonid Kinskey
as Ivan Putroff
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Forbes Murray
as Party Guest
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Ransom Sherman
as Dr. Ballard
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Pierre Watkin
as Kenneth
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Danny Scholl
as Charles
