Rio Rita (1929 film)

Rio Rita
Rio Rita
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Luther Reed
Written by	Luther Reed
Based on	the play; by Guy Bolton and; Frederick A. Thompson
Produced by	William LeBaron; Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.
Starring	Bebe Daniels; John Boles; Bert Wheeler; Robert Woolsey; Dorothy Lee
Cinematography	Robert Kurrle (Technicolor); Lloyd Knechtel
Edited by	William Hamilton
Music by	Victor Baravalle (director); Joseph McCarthy (lyrics); Harry Tierney (music)
Production; company	RKO Radio Pictures
Distributed by	RKO Radio Pictures
Release date	September 15, 1929;
Running time	Original release: 141 minutes;; Surviving reissue:; 103 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$678,000
Box office	$2,400,000

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 (Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey in their first starring role in a film).^[2] 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).^[3] Its finale was photographed in two-color Technicolor. Rio Rita was chosen as one of the 10 best films of 1929 by Film Daily.

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