That Night in Rio (1941)
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79% of users liked it
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That Night in Rio is a musical remake of 1934's Folies Bergère. Don Ameche plays a dual role as a middle-aged Brazilian industrialist, and a young Rio de Janeiro cabaret performer who looks just like him. The highlight of the entertainer's act is an imitation of the industrialist, which… More That Night in Rio is a musical remake of 1934's Folies Bergère. Don Ameche plays a dual role as a middle-aged Brazilian industrialist, and a young Rio de Janeiro cabaret performer who looks just like him. The highlight of the entertainer's act is an imitation of the industrialist, which impresses the latter's associates. When the industrialist is unable to attend an important business conference, his lieutenants persuade the entertainer to take his place. The entertainer falls in love with the industrialist's wife (Alice Faye), treating her so gallantly that when the real husband returns, he decides to be more attentive to and appreciative of his spouse. Carmen Miranda is supposed to be playing the entertainer's jealous girlfriend, but she's really around just to let loose with such below-the-Equator hits as "Chica, Chica, Boom Chic." The Rudolph Lothar/Hans Adler play on which That Night in Rio was based was given a third go round in 1951 as the Danny Kaye vehicle On the Riviera. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Irving Cummings
- Genres
- Musical & Performing Arts, Classics, Comedy
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Apr 11, 1941 Wide
- Studio
- Twentieth Century Fox
Critic Reviews
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Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Yes, it's that kind of patently silly plot, but it works nicely here thanks to pleasant players, luminous Technicolor, a bright screenplay, and good songs.
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Cast
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Alice Faye
as Baroness Cecilia Duarte
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Don Ameche
as Baron Manuel Duarte, Larry Martin
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Carmen Miranda
as Carmen
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J. Carrol Naish
as Machado
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S.Z. Sakall
as Arthur Penna
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Curt Bois
as Felicio Salles
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Leonid Kinskey
as Pierre Dufont
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Frank Puglia
as Pedro
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Lillian Porter
as Luiza
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Maria Montez
as Inez
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Georges Renavent
as Ambassador
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Fortunio Bonanova
as Pereira
- Bettye Avery
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Monica Bannister
as Model
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Eugene Borden
as Official at Airport
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Eddie Conrad
as Alfonso
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Gino Corrado
as Clerk
- Dorothy Dearing
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Jean Del Val
as Man
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Flores Brothers
as Themselves
- Barbara Lynn
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Fred Malatesta
as Butler
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Alberto Morin
as Eca
- Roseanne Murray
- Marion Rosamond
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Fredrik Vogeding
as Trader
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Poppy Wilde
as Model
- Vivian Mason
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Charles De Ravenne
as Page Boy
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Bando Da Lua
as Carmen Miranda's Orchestra
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George Bookasta
as Bell Boy
- Lillian Eggers
- Mary Ann Hyde
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Jean O'Donnell
as Secretary
