Alice Ardell

Flying Down to Rio -- First teaming of Oscar-winning duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers ('Top Hat,' 'The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle') in this Oscar-nominated musical about a dance-band leader who finds love and success in Brazil.

Charles Laughton stars in this hilarious tale of Marmaduke Ruggles, a stuffy British butler, traded in a poker game from an English Earl (Roland Young) to a wealthy and rowdy American, Egbert Floud (Charlie Ruggles). Ruggles' new home is Red Gap, Washington, where he is introduced by Egbert as "Colonel" Ruggles. The town ladies are quite taken by the sophisticated servant in disguise as he enamors them with fictitious stories of battles gone by. Ruggles proves his newfound patriotism in one of the best scenes of the film, his recitation of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address in the Silver Dollar Saloon. The dream of freedom leads him to open his own restaurant, where one of his first customers is the Duke who has come to reclaim his former servant. Supporting performances by ZaSu Pitts and Mary Boland add to the popularity of this charming, light-hearted classic.

First teaming of Oscar-winning duo Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers ("Top Hat," "The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle") in this Oscar-nominated musical about a dance-band leader who finds love and success in Brazil.

An American heiress flees from her planned wedding to a Prince with a man whom she doesn't know is a reporter. When they steal an airplane in the process, they discover secret spy plans hidden inside that inadvertently embroil them in a spy chase.