Rio Rita
(1929) American
Color/B&W : Feature film
Directed by Luther Reed

Cast: Bebe Daniels, John Boles, Bert Wheeler, Robert Woolsey, Georges Renevant, Dorothy Lee, Don Alvarado, Helen Kaiser

Radio-Keith-Orpheum Corporation [RKO] production; distributed by RKO Distributing Corporation. / Produced by William LeBaron. Screenplay by Luther Reed, from a play by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson. Art direction by Max Rée. Dances staged by Pearl Eaton. / Photophone 35mm spherical 1.20:1 format [?] and Standard 35mm spherical 1.37:1 format? Technicolor two-strip color process sequences. RCA Photophone sound-on-film sound system. / The river barge finale was shot in Technicolor. / Full-sound film.

Drama: Musical.

Survival Status: Print exists.

Keywords: Color cinematography - Synchronized sound film

Listing updated: 19 November 2007.

References: Basten-Technicolor p. 170; Bohn-Light p. 184; Dardis-Keaton p. 182; Everson-American p. 226; Everson-Detective p. 64; Jewell-RKO pp. 10, 16, 18, 20, 22, 25, 29; Shipman-Cinema p. 104 : ClasIm-279 pp. 32, C1; Variety-19291030 p. 24; Variety-19291106 p. 10.