That Night in Rio
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| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Screenplay by |
George Seaton Bess Meredyth Hal Long Samuel Hoffenstein Jessie Ernst |
| Based on |
The Red Cat 1934 play by Rudolph Lothar Hans Adler |
| Starring |
Don Ameche Alice Faye Carmen Miranda |
| Music by |
Mack Gordon Harry Warren |
| Cinematography |
Ray Rennahan Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | Walter Thompson |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
That Night in Rio is a 1941 Technicolor American musical comedy film directed by Irving Cummings and starring Alice Faye, Don Ameche (in a dual role as an American entertainer and an aristocratic businessman he is asked to impersonate temporarily) and Carmen Miranda. It is one of several film adaptations of a play called The Red Cat by Rudolf Lothar and Hans Adler. Others are Folies Bergère de Paris (1935) and On the Riviera (1951).
The original songs for the film were written by the musical partnership of Harry Warren and Mack Gordon. These include: "Boa Noite", "They Met in Rio (A Midnight Serenade)", "Chica Chica Boom Chic" and "I, Yi, Yi, Yi, Yi (I Like You Very Much)".
Larry Martin (Don Ameche) is an American entertainer in the Casino Samba in Rio de Janeiro. He has a skit in his show, making fun of the womanizing Baron Manuel Duarte (also Ameche). On one particular evening, the Baron and his wife, Baroness Cecilia Duarte (Alice Faye) come to see Larry's impersonation. To the surprise of the couple, the act is amazingly realistic. Backstage, the Baron meets Larry's girlfriend, Carmen (Carmen Miranda), and invites her to a party he is going to hold. Carmen declines.
Later in the evening, Larry meets Cecilia and is attracted to her singing and her beauty. He does an impersonation of the Baron for her. But the real Baron receives a telegram that his airline is in danger because a contract is not being renewed and he has already purchased 51% of the stock. Needing money to repay the bank he borrowed it from, he flies down to Buenos Aires.
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