Flying down to Rio : Hollywood, tourists, and Yankee Clippers / by Rosalie Schwartz.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schwartz, Rosalie, 1936-

Series:

Centennial of flight series ; no. 10.

Centennial of flight series ; no. 10

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flying down to Rio (Motion picture).

Popular culture--United States--History--20th century.

Popular culture.

Technological innovations--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Technological innovations.

Motion picture industry--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Motion picture industry.

Aeronautics--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Aeronautics.

Tourism--Social aspects--United States--History--20th century.

Tourism.

United States--Civilization--20th century.

United States.

United States--Territorial expansion.

United States--Relations--Latin America.

Latin America--Relations--United States.

Latin America.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (397 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A & M University Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The 1933 RKO-Radio Pictures musical comedy Flying Down to Rio connected airplanes, movies, and tourism, ending spectacularly with chorus girls dancing on the wings of airplanes high above Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Schwartz uses this production to examine the interplay of technology and popular culture that shaped the twentiethcentury. From Wilbur and Orville to Fred and Ginger, Schwartz's narrative follows the fortunes of aviation and movie pioneers and the foundations and growth of Pan American Airways and RKORadio Pictures, the two companies that came together in Flying Down to Rio.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [357]-373) and index.

ISBN:

1-299-05265-7

1-60344-634-6

OCLC:

826658053