flying down to rio

Have you ever seen the movie, flying down to rio?? It's a funny little film that features Delores del Rio... the outfits are great and zany, just the kind of imagery that keeps me sane.




at first Ginger and Fred don't think much of the South American band musicians...

maybe it was because of their silly floppy hats, that I also kind of like...


they later realize that the South Americans know how to make music and dance! better than they ever did, so they do their best to try their version of the scandalous dance, The Carioca!!



later, as the hackneyed plot continues, the chorus girls show off more 1930's outfits of my dreams, while dancing in the sky...

the poor girls have to dance on top of airplanes, and they get harnessed into uncomfortable ropes and pullies...


some of their shirts are shockingly see-through...




my favorite clothing can be found on the yes girls...

I love this white romper, if I don't find it somewhere, I will probably make one.


but, I really love it when Ginger tries desperately to buy cookies! some of her outfits in this movie are really outrageous, and I cannot imagine anyone else pulling them off...


Flying Down to Rio (1933) directed by Thornton Freeland

these screenshots, by me