Flight to Rhythm

Flight to Rhythm, also known as The Delora Bueno Show, was an early American television program broadcast on the now defunct DuMont Television Network.

Broadcast history

The series ran from March to September of 1949. It was a musical program hosted by Latin musician Delora Bueno. The program, produced and distributed by DuMont, was originally titled Delora Bueno (or The Delora Bueno Show), and aired Thursday nights at 7 (Eastern Standard Time) on most DuMont affiliates.^[1]

In May, the series was retitled Flight to Rhythm and was expanded to thirty minutes. The revamped production was set in a fictional Brazilian nightclub called Club Rio. In addition to Bueno, Flight featured Larry Carr and the Miguelito Valdez Orchestra. The program aired on Sunday nights at 6:30 during the summer, and moved to Thursday at 8 PM in August.^[1]

Episode status

Two episodes are stored at the Paley Center for Media.

See also

• List of programs broadcast by the DuMont Television Network
• List of surviving DuMont Television Network broadcasts

References

Bibliography

• David Weinstein, The Forgotten Network: DuMont and the Birth of American Television (Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2004) ISBN 1-59213-245-6
• Alex McNeil, Total Television, Fourth edition (New York: Penguin Books, 1980) ISBN 0-14-024916-8
• Tim Brooks and Earle Marsh, The Complete Directory to Prime Time Network TV Shows, Third edition (New York: Ballantine Books, 1964) ISBN 0-345-31864-1

External links

• Flight to Rhythm at the Internet Movie Database
• DuMont historical website