Which duo's films included Rio Rita' and The Wistful Widow of Wagon Gap'?
"1, 2011 by Warner Bros. on the WB Archive Collection. Rio Rita (1942 film) Rio Rita is a 1942 comedy film starring Abbott and Costello. It was based upon the 1927 Flo Ziegfeld Broadway musical, which was previously made into a 1929 film also titled ""Rio Rita"" that starred the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey. Kathryn Grayson (in her first starring picture) and John Carroll replace the 1929 version's Bebe Daniels and John Boles. Nazi spies have infiltrated the Hotel Vista del Rio, a resort on the Mexican border. They plan to use a radio broadcast by a famous"
"In Love, You'll Waltz"" and ""The Kinkajou""). Rio Rita (1929 film) Rio Rita is a 1929 American Pre-Code RKO musical comedy starring Bebe Daniels and John Boles along with the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey. The film is based on the 1927 stage musical produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, which originally united Wheeler and Woolsey as a team and made them famous. The film was the biggest and most expensive RKO production of 1929 as well as the studio's biggest box office hit until ""King Kong"" (1933). Its finale was photographed in two-color Technicolor. ""Rio Rita"" was chosen as one"
"the MGM film Rio Rita, with Abbott and Costello. She would be compared to Carmen Miranda by local media. Eros Volúsia Heros Volúsia Machado (1 June 1914 — 1 January 2004), known as Eros Volúsia was a Brazilian dancer and actress. Her dancing style blended classical ballet to Afro-Brazilian dancing traditions. Volúsia participated in several movies in Brazil and Hollywood, among them the 1942 film Rio Rita, starring Abbott and Costello. Volúsia was born in Rio de Janeiro, in 1914; her parents were the poets Gilka Machado and Rodolfo Machado. Volúsia entered the ballet school in 1928, where she studied"
"Rio Rita (1929 film) Rio Rita is a 1929 American Pre-Code RKO musical comedy starring Bebe Daniels and John Boles along with the comedy team of Wheeler & Woolsey. The film is based on the 1927 stage musical produced by Florenz Ziegfeld, which originally united Wheeler and Woolsey as a team and made them famous. The film was the biggest and most expensive RKO production of 1929 as well as the studio's biggest box office hit until ""King Kong"" (1933). Its finale was photographed in two-color Technicolor. ""Rio Rita"" was chosen as one of the ten best films of 1929"
"Road to Rio Road to Rio is a 1947 American semi-musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about two inept vaudevillians who stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off her niece to a greedy fortune hunter. ""Road to Rio"" was the fifth of the """"Road to …"""" series. Scat Sweeney and Hot Lips Barton, two out-of-work musicians, travel the United States trying to find work and stay away from"
"Girl from Rio Girl from Rio (Spanish:Chica de Río) is a 2001 film, written and directed by Christopher Monger, starring Hugh Laurie, Vanessa Nunes, Santiago Segura, Lia Williams, and Patrick Barlow. Raymond Woods, a junior manager in a bank in the City, is becoming increasingly bored of his life as it takes a downhill tumble. First he finds out that he has missed the promotion opportunity at work by his bad tempered and disapproving boss, Strothers, and then he catches his wife a couple of days before Christmas having an affair with Strothers. (MISSING:) There is a plot detail left"
"to Rio. Catching a taxi, when a couple leave, he recognises them as his wife and Strothers who have evidently just returned from their holiday in Tenerife. He tells his wife he'll leave her the address of where he's living in Rio to send the divorce papers, resigns from his job and goes back to Rio. He is next shown living with Orlinda and Paulo some years later with two babies and Bichero as his servant. Girl from Rio Girl from Rio (Spanish:Chica de Río) is a 2001 film, written and directed by Christopher Monger, starring Hugh Laurie, Vanessa Nunes,"
"Laura Harring Laura Elena, Countess von Bismarck-Schönhausen (""née"" Martínez-Herring; March 3, 1964), commonly known as Laura Harring, is a Mexican-American actress. In 1985, Harring became the first Hispanic woman crowned Miss USA. She later began her acting career in television and film. She is best known for her dual roles as Rita and Camilla Rhodes in the 2001 postmodern neo-noir film ""Mulholland Drive"". She is also known for her roles in other films, including ""The Forbidden Dance"" (1990), ""John Q"" (2002), ""Willard"" (2003), ""The Punisher"" (2004), ""The King"" (2005), and ""Love in the Time of Cholera"" (2007). Harring was born"
"Rio (1939 film) Rio is a 1939 American crime film directed by John Brahm starring Basil Rathbone and Victor McLaglen. French financier Paul Reynard (Rathbone) is sentenced to a ten-year term in a South American penal colony for bank fraud. His wife Irene (Gurie) and Paul's faithful servant Dirk (McLaglen) travel to Rio de Janeiro to arrange for Paul's escape. But once she's landed in the Brazilian capital, Irene falls in love with American engineer Bill Gregory (Cummings). After his escape Paul realizes that he's lost his wife forever to a better man. Seeking revenge, he prepares to shoot Bill"
"which continues to credit CPT as the copyright holder, as evidenced by recent video releases by BCI Eclipse, and now, as of the present, Shout! Factory (under Fremantle's license). The film was preserved by the UCLA Film & Television Archive. Road to Rio Road to Rio is a 1947 American semi-musical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about two inept vaudevillians who stow away on a Brazilian-bound ocean liner and foil a plot by a sinister hypnotist to marry off"
"The Girl from Rio The Girl from Rio (1968) is a Spy-fi film written and produced by Harry Alan Towers, directed by Jesús Franco and starring Shirley Eaton, Richard Wyler and George Sanders. In the film, a tribe of Amazonian women led by their queen attack wealthy men as part of a long-term plan to take over the world. A co-production between West Germany, Spain and the United States, it is also known as The Seven Secrets of Sumuru, City Without Men, Sumuru, Queen of Femina, Rio 70 and Future Women. The film is a sequel to 1967's ""The Million"
"""Rio Rita"", starring Abbott and Costello; he played one of the Spanish officials in the Spencer Tracy-Katharine Hepburn comedic film, ""Woman of the Year"" (1942); he played a monk in ""The Song of Bernadette"", starring Jennifer Jones; he played a waiter in the final Laurel and Hardy film, ""The Bullfighters"" (1945); he played a government clerk in ""Anna and the King of Siam"", starring Irene Dunne and Rex Harrison; as a manservant in the Bob Hope-Bing Crosby road picture, ""Road to Rio"" (1947); and the barber in John Huston's classic western, ""The Treasure of the Sierra Madre"" (1948). In the"
"wealth. Sutton barely makes it out of Femina before it self-destructs, presumably killing both Sumuru and Masius. Nevertheless, the film concludes with Sumuru aboard a ship leaving Rio, joined by a group of women who are apparently her followers. ""The Girl From Rio"" was released in West Germany on March 14, 1969. The Girl from Rio The Girl from Rio (1968) is a Spy-fi film written and produced by Harry Alan Towers, directed by Jesús Franco and starring Shirley Eaton, Richard Wyler and George Sanders. In the film, a tribe of Amazonian women led by their queen attack wealthy men"
"Rio das Mortes (film) Rio das Mortes is a 1971 color film written and directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. One of the early Fassbinder films it stars Hanna Schygulla as Hanna, as Michael/Mike and Günther Kaufmann as Gunther. Mike and Gunther lead a boring life in Munich. Hanna, Mike’s girl friend, wants to get married but he is not interested. The two friends get hold of a treasure map of the Rio das Mortes area and decide to set out to find it in Peru. They are looking for freedom and adventure. Against Hanna’s opposition, the car is sold, and"
"sequences in the film ""Rumba"" (Paramount, 1935) starring George Raft, and in some sequences Veloz doubled for Raft. The film ""Under the Pampas Moon"" (Fox, 1935) starring Warner Baxter featured tango. Rita Cansino, later to achieve fame as Rita Hayworth, performed an exuberant blend of flamenco and tango. The high point of the movie was a performance of a ""cobra-tango"" by Veloz and Yolanda. As the leading ballroom dance team in the United States, Veloz and Yolanda made US$8,500 in one week in Chicago in 1939. They appeared on the cover of ""Life"" magazine on 30 October 1939, which called"
"The girl's name was a tribute to her father. In 2011, the couple separated. Camila Pitanga Camila Manhães Sampaio (born June 14, 1977), better known as Camila Pitanga, is a Brazilian actress and former model. She is internationally renowned for her roles in films and telenovelas. In films, she is known for her roles in ""Quilombo"", """", ""Redentor"", ""Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios"", """" among others. In television she is known for her roles in ""Paraíso Tropical"", ""Cama de Gato"", ""Lado a Lado"", ""Babilônia"" and ""Velho Chico"". Camila Pitanga starred the film ""I'd Receive the Worst"
"to perform in summer stock theater and in nightclubs, either alone or with a partner (first writer-comedian Hank Ladd, later comedian-singer Tom Dillon). The duo, although largely forgotten now, were at the peak of their careers in the 1930s and were the biggest inspiration to the British team of Morecambe and Wise. Nine of the 21 movies the duo made together were released in a DVD collection entitled ""Wheeler & Woolsey: RKO Comedy Classics Collection"" in March 2013 by Warner Archive. ""Rio Rita"" made its way to DVD in February 2006. ""Girl Crazy"" and ""Peach O'Reno"" were released as a"
"While in Mexico, both Selena and Georges continued to be active in the arts and put out various cookbooks, including ""Pheasants for Peasants"", ""A Gringa's Guide to Mexican Cooking"", and ""Guadalajara As I Know, Live It, Love It"". His first American film appearance was in ""The Seven Sisters"" (1915). Fourteen years later, Renavent played an impressive starring role as the Kinkajou in the musical spectacular, ""Rio Rita"" (1929). ""Rio Rita"" was based on a 1927 stage musical by Florenz Ziegfeld, which originally united Wheeler and Woolsey as a team and made them famous. In 1929, Radio Pictures, later known as"
"Heart of the Rio Grande Heart of the Rio Grande is a 1942 American Western film directed by William Morgan and starring Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette, Fay McKenzie, and Edith Fellows. Based on a story by Newlin B. Wildes, the film is about a singing cowboy and dude ranch foreman who helps a spoiled teenager and her business tycoon father discover what is most important in life. The film features the songs ""Let Me Ride Down in Rocky Canyon"", ""Deep in the Heart of Texas"", ""Dusk on the Painted Desert"", and ""Rainbow In the Night"" performed by Edith Fellows. Spoiled"
"she married Count Carl-Eduard von Bismarck-Schönhausen, great-great-grandson of Otto von Bismarck. Though the couple divorced in 1989, she retains the title of Countess von Bismarck-Schönhausen. Laura Harring Laura Elena, Countess von Bismarck-Schönhausen (""née"" Martínez-Herring; March 3, 1964), commonly known as Laura Harring, is a Mexican-American actress. In 1985, Harring became the first Hispanic woman crowned Miss USA. She later began her acting career in television and film. She is best known for her dual roles as Rita and Camilla Rhodes in the 2001 postmodern neo-noir film ""Mulholland Drive"". She is also known for her roles in other films, including ""The"
"Girl of the Rio Girl of the Rio is a 1932 American Pre-Code RKO musical film starred Dolores del Río and Leo Carrillo. Directed by Herbert Brenon, the screenplay was written by Elizabeth Meehan and Louis Stevens, based on the play, ""The Dove"" by Willard Mack, which was itself based on a magazine article by Gerald Beaumont. The film is a remake of the 1927 silent film, ""The Dove"", starring Norma Talmadge. South of the U.S. border, Don José Tostado, a Mexican cabellero, falls in love with Dolores Romero, a dance-hall girl. Owning one of the larger ranches in the"
"inheritance and Maria. Romance of the Rio Grande (1941 film) Romance of the Rio Grande is a 1941 American Western film directed by Herbert I. Leeds and written by Harold Buchman and Samuel G. Engel. The film stars Cesar Romero, Patricia Morison, Lynne Roberts, Ricardo Cortez, Chris-Pin Martin and Aldrich Bowker. The film was released on January 17, 1941, by 20th Century Fox. Knowing that his greedy nephew Ricardo hopes to inherit his ranch, aging and ailing Don Fernando de Vega sends for his grandson, Carlos Hernandez, his preferred heir. The stagecoach carrying Carlos is attacked and he is shot"
"she appeared opposite Milland in the Technicolor romance ""Untamed,"" a remake of the Clara Bow vehicle, ""Man Trap"" (1926). Despite Morrison's promising beginnings, she was assigned to several second-tier pictures such as ""Rangers of Fortune"" (1940) and ""One Night in Lisbon"" (1941), both with Fred MacMurray, and ""The Round Up"" (1941) with Richard Dix and Preston Foster. On a loan-out to 20th Century-Fox she played one of her first villainess roles in ""Romance of the Rio Grande"" (1941), which starred Cesar Romero as the Cisco Kid. She left Paramount after a series of unrewarding roles, such as ""Night in New"
"Rio Rita (musical) Rio Rita is a 1927 stage musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, music by Harry Tierney, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, and produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. This musical united Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey as a comedy team and made them famous. It premiered on Broadway on February 2, 1927, at the new Ziegfeld Theatre and, after moving to the Lyric Theatre and Majestic Theatre, closed on April 7, 1928 after 494 performances, a very long run for its time. In Sydney, Gladys Moncrieff appeared in a successful production at the St James Theatre."
"in cold blood, but Dirk intervenes and kills Reynard instead. The film was to have starred Danielle Darrieux but her return from France was delayed so Sigrid Gurie was cast. Filming started 21 July 1939. Rio (1939 film) Rio is a 1939 American crime film directed by John Brahm starring Basil Rathbone and Victor McLaglen. French financier Paul Reynard (Rathbone) is sentenced to a ten-year term in a South American penal colony for bank fraud. His wife Irene (Gurie) and Paul's faithful servant Dirk (McLaglen) travel to Rio de Janeiro to arrange for Paul's escape. But once she's landed in"
"Rio (2011 film) Rio is a 2011 American 3D computer-animated adventure-comedy film produced by Blue Sky Studios and directed by Carlos Saldanha. The title refers to the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro, where the film is set. The film features the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, George Lopez, and Jamie Foxx. It tells the story of Blu (Eisenberg), a male Spix's macaw who is taken to Rio de Janeiro to mate with a free-spirited female Spix's macaw, Jewel (Hathaway). The two eventually fall in love, and together they have to escape from being smuggled"
"these films were big hits, and Abbott and Costello were voted the third biggest box office attraction in the country in 1941. Universal loaned the team to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for a musical comedy, ""Rio Rita"" (1942). During filming, on December 8, 1941, a day after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Abbott and Costello had their hand and foot prints set in concrete at what was then ""Grauman's Chinese Theatre"". Back at Universal they made ""Pardon My Sarong"" (1942), a spoof of South Sea Island movies; and ""Who Done It?"" (1942), a comedy-mystery. In 1942 exhibiters voted them the top box office"
"the G7 in Germany and the AU in South Africa respectively, meant to set the priorities in development funding before a main UN summit in September 2015 that was to establish new development goals for the generation. Rita Wilson Margarita Ibrahimoff (born October 26, 1956) better known as Rita Wilson is an American actress, singer, songwriter and producer. She appeared in the films ""Sleepless in Seattle"" (1993), ""Now and Then"" (1995), ""Jingle All the Way"" (1996), ""The Story of Us"" (1999) and ""Runaway Bride"" (1999). Wilson has also performed on Broadway and on television, and she has produced several films,"
"television credits include guest-starring roles on ""The A-Team"", ""Knight Rider"", ""Murder She Wrote"", ""Barnaby Jones"", ""21 Jump Street"", ""The Six Million Dollar Man,"" ""NYPD Blue"", ""Beverly Hills, 90210"", ""Magnum P.I"", """", ""Streets of San Francisco"", ""In the Heat of the Night"", and ""Babylon 5"".. Her last appearance was in the 2004 film ""Cellular"". Kasdorf was married to Phil Peters from 1977 to 1983 and they have one daughter. Lenore Kasdorf Lenore Kasdorf (born July 23, 1948) is an American actress. Kasdorf was born in New York City. She is known for her role as the alluring and promiscuous nurse Rita"
"Chico and Rita Chico and Rita is a 2010 Spanish adult animated music romantic film with Spanish and English languages directed by Tono Errando, Fernando Trueba and Javier Mariscal. The story of Chico and Rita is set against backdrops of Havana, New York City, Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Paris in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Chico is a young piano player with big dreams. Rita is a beautiful singer with an extraordinary voice. Music and romantic desire unite them, but their journey—in the tradition of the Latin ballad, the bolero—brings heartache and torment. The film was produced by"
"Camila Pitanga Camila Manhães Sampaio (born June 14, 1977), better known as Camila Pitanga, is a Brazilian actress and former model. She is internationally renowned for her roles in films and telenovelas. In films, she is known for her roles in ""Quilombo"", """", ""Redentor"", ""Eu Receberia as Piores Notícias dos Seus Lindos Lábios"", """" among others. In television she is known for her roles in ""Paraíso Tropical"", ""Cama de Gato"", ""Lado a Lado"", ""Babilônia"" and ""Velho Chico"". Camila Pitanga starred the film ""I'd Receive the Worst News from Your Beautiful Lips"". Camila starred the telenovelas ""Cama de Gato"", ""Lado a"
"Rio Grande (film) Rio Grande is a 1950 Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. The picture is the third installment of Ford's ""cavalry trilogy,"" following two RKO Pictures releases: ""Fort Apache"" (1948) and ""She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"" (1949). John Wayne plays the lead in all three films, as Captain Kirby York in ""Fort Apache,"" then as Captain of Cavalry Nathan Cutting Brittles in ""She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,"" and finally as a promoted Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke in ""Rio Grande"" (scripts and production billing spell the York[e] character's last name differently in"
"Rita Cadillac (Brazilian entertainer) Rita de Cássia Coutinho, known as Rita Cadillac, (born 13 June 1954) is a Brazilian dancer and singer. She took her stage name from Rita Cadillac, an acclaimed French dancer of the 1950s and 1960s. She is a former ""chacrete"", a special name to identify the dancers who appeared in the TV shows hosted by Chacrinha. Cadillac was born in Rio de Janeiro. In 1982, she co-starred with Gretchen in the pornochanchada ""Aluga-se Moças"" and made a brief cameo appearance as herself in the 2003 film ""Carandiru"". In 2004, Cadillac (who was then 50 years of"