Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)


Nancy Goes to Rio
Release Date10 March 1950
GenreComedy, Musical
CountryUSA
LanguageEnglish
Sound MixMono
ColorColor
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassMusical Comedy
ThemesLove Triangles, Mothers and Daughters, Actor's Life
TonesBright, Upbeat, Light
TagsActor, Celebrity, Daughter, Love Triangle, Misunderstanding, Mother

Nancy Goes to Rio is a musical comedy film released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer in 1950. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard and produced by Joe Pasternak from a screenplay by Sidney Sheldon, based on a story by Ralph Block, Frederick Kohner and Jane Hall. The music was directed and supervised by George Stoll and includes compositions by George and Ira Gershwin, Giacomo Puccini, Jack Norworth and Stoll.


Cast and Crew


Cast

Frances Elliott

Nancy Barklay

Paul Berten

Marina Rodrigues

Gregory Elliott

Scotty Sheridan

Ricardo Domingos

Glenn Anders
Arthur Barrett

Mrs. Harrison

Alfredo

The Masher

Bando da Lua
Themselves

Michael

Jean Andren
Party Guest

Georges - Captain of Waiters

Carlos Barbe
South American Man

Prof. Gama

Irene Booth
Party Guest

Dolores Boucher
Drama Student

Anna Camargo
South American Woman

Woman Backstage

Receptionist

Freddie Chapman
Drama Student

Bert Davidson
Party Guest

Helen Dickson
Mrs. Ballard

Ted Eckelberry
Drama Student

Joaquin Elizondo
Man at Table

Party Guest

William Forrest
Attorney

John Goldsworthy
Butler

Dickie Humphreys
Drama Student

Morony

Cy Kendall
Captain Ritchie

Ivan Putroff

Rena Lenart
Party Guest

Wilbur Mack
Mr. Harrison

Bert Moorhouse
Party Guest

Forbes Murray
Party Guest

Michael Raffetto
Purser

Jerry Rush
Drama Student

Danny Scholl
Charles

Ransom M. Sherman
Dr. Ballard

Summer Stock Guitar Player

Bobby Valentine
Drama Student

Kenneth - Paul's Father

Rudy Wissler
Drama Student

Wilson Wood
Party Guest

Director

Producer

Ralph Block
writer

Jane Hall
writer

producer

Original Music

Ray Gilbert
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Cinematographer

Ray June
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Editor

Adrienne Fazan
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Art Director

Jack Martin Smith
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Set Decorator

Edwin B. Willis
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Costume Designer

Helen Rose
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Makeup Department

Jack Dawn
makeup artist

hair stylist

Art Department

Richard Pefferle
associate set decorator

Sound Department

recording director

Special Effects

A. Arnold Gillespie
special effects

Music Department

George Stoll
musical director

Other Crew

Nick Castle
choreographer

James Gooch
technicolor color consultant

Henri Jaffa
technicolor color consultant

Production Company

MGM-International Dist.
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Distributor

MGM-International Dist.

ClassicLine

Warner Home Video






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The films of Robert Z. Leonard
Bright Lights (1925)
Dance Madness (1926)
Dancing Lady (1933)
Maytime (1937)
Nancy Goes to Rio
Secret Love (1916)
The Bribe (1949)
The Divorcee (1930)
The Firefly (1937)
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