Just for fun
Bookworm on Apr 01 2008 at 12:36 pm | Filed under: Uncategorized
Because they weren’t top billed, many people forget that Fred & Ginger were together in 1933’s Flying Down to Rio, when Ginger was the bigger star. It’s a wonderfully fun movie, with beautiful location shots from Rio, gorgeous costumes, wild music and great dancing. Here’s Ginger in a great solo piece:
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Rio, one of the most beautiful places on this earth. Too bad it is totally out of control.
I spent some time there in the early 90s when British Aerospace, my employer, was trying to start an airline in “Brazil.
One of the highlights was a photo flight to develop advertising for the airline. A photo airplane followed us around the city and took pictures of us with the scenic spots in the background. Thus, I have in my collection photos of me (you can’t see me) flying over Sugar Loaf, the Cristos, and Copacabana.
Another highlight was the state visit of Prince Charles and “THE PRINCESS” to Brazil. The Embassy worked a deal with BAe to fly the press around. Hence we followed them all over Brazil. (The press had no interest whatsoever in him; but they were dying for pictures of HER). As a reward for faithful service we were allowed to shake hands with the Royals. So, I have a picture of me (wish I had lost some weight) with both Him and HER.
Now, the other side of Rio. You had to be very careful where you went; and it wasn’t always good enough. One night we hosted a dinner for the RAF crew who were flying the Royals. Afterwards, as the 9 or 10 sturdy young men were walking around Copacabana absorbing the atmosphere the hoodlums managed to separate two of them from the pack and beat and mug them. Lucky they didn’t just shoot them. Sao Paulo was no better.
From all accounts it is worse now.
On the other hand we were actually based in the city of Belo Horizonte and I walked all over the city without incident, and without too much apprehension.
So, you ask, what does this have to do with Fred Astaire & Giner Rogers?