JAZZ MUSIC IN AEROPLANES

Evening Star, Issue 21744, 12 June 1934, Page 12

JAZZ MUSIC IN AEROPLANES

NOVELTY OF STATE’S ATTRACTION In ‘ Flying Down to Rio,’ which will be shown at the State Theatre to-night, commencing with a midnight •matinee, Gene Raymond'takes his American jazz band to Rio Me Janeiro to open a show in a new hotel. He falls in love with Dolores Del Rio, daughter of the hotel owner, and a rivalry develops between Raymond and Raoul Roulieu, a situation complicated .by the fact that Roulien has been engaged to Del Rio for years. When the “ heavies,” a syndicate of Greek gamblers, try to spoil the deal and ruin Dolores’s father by getting city officials to prohibit Gene’s show, that young man foils them all by taking lus band and his 20 beauties aloft. In full view of thousands of awed Brazilians girls sing and dance on- the wings of aeroplanes; adagio dancers hurl their fair partners from one plane to another, and ballet dancers trip the light fantastic while fluttering earthward in parachutes. Dolores and Gene are then married by an aeroplane pilot, and everybody lives happily ever afterward. Any attempt to list the delightful and thrilling' innovations introduced, in this production is futile. ‘ Flying Down to Rio ’ is one of those films that has to be seen ,to be appreciated. Del Rio, as a Latin-American beauty, gives a fine performance as does Raoul Roulien celebrated Spanish and South American star, whose beautiful tenor voice lends enchantment to many of the romantic melodies written for the production by Vincent Youmans, with lyrics by Edward Eliscu and Gus Kahn.

The picture also marks the.film debut of Fred Astaire in a stellar role. Astaire, idol of. New York and London musical comedies, and one of the best character comedians on the stage today, is paired with Ginger Rogers in a humorous romance.