That Night in Rio
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| That Night in Rio | |
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| Directed by | Irving Cummings |
| Written by | Rudolph Lothar (play) Hans Adler (play) |
| Starring | Don Ameche Alice Faye Carmen Miranda |
| Music by | Mack Gordon Harry Warren |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
| Release date(s) | April 11, 1941 |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
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That Night in Rio is a 1941 musical comedy film starring Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda and Don Ameche (in a dual role as an American entertainer and an aristocratic businessman he is asked to impersonate temporarily). It is one of several film adaptations of a play called The Red Cat by Rudolph 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)".
[edit] Cast
- Don Ameche as Larry Martin / Baron Manuel Duarte
- Alice Faye as Baroness Cecilia Duarte
- Carmen Miranda as Carmen, Larry's girlfriend
- S. Z. Sakall as Arthur Penna
- J. Carroll Naish as Machado, Manuel Duarte's business rival
- Curt Bois as Felicio Salles
- Leonid Kinskey as Monsieur Pierre Dufond
- Frank Puglia as Pedro, Manuel's valet
- Lillian Porter as Luiza, Cecilia's maid
- Maria Montez as Inez
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