The first and only female leader in the Big Band era. Lots and swing and dancing.The first and only female leader in the Big Band era. Lots and swing and dancing.The first and only female leader in the Big Band era. Lots and swing and dancing.
Storyline
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- TriviaVitaphone production reel #B229.
- Quotes
Rita Rio: We're going to do our new Look Look Dance. You ready Billy?
Billy: Solid.
Rita Rio: Let's swing!
Rita Rio, Rita Rio's All Girl Orchestra: [singing] This is the Look Look! This is the Look Look! This is the Look! This is the Look! This is the Look Look! You look at your partner and you count to two. One. Two. He looks at her. She looks at him. You look at us. We look at them. Look! Look! This is the Look Look! This is the Look! This is the Look!
Rita Rio: This is the Look Look!
- SoundtracksWhen You're Smiling (the Whole World Smiles with You)
Written by Larry Shay, Mark Fisher and Joe Goodwin
Played on the phonograph
Featured review
Roy Mack directs another nice musical short at the Vitagraph Studios out in Brooklyn -- if you go out to the neighborhood, you can still see the company logo on the chimney, although it hasn't been used as a studio in decades. Production shifted for the war in 1942 and never got moving again afterward.
Rita Rio -- also known as Dona Drake -- is a jitterbug, like Betty Hutton and June Allyson in her early shorts, leading the band and dancing and having a fine old time. This sort of short was a staple of Warner Brothers' Vitaphone division from 1926 through 1944 and this is a good example of the genre.
Rita Rio -- also known as Dona Drake -- is a jitterbug, like Betty Hutton and June Allyson in her early shorts, leading the band and dancing and having a fine old time. This sort of short was a staple of Warner Brothers' Vitaphone division from 1926 through 1944 and this is a good example of the genre.
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- Also known as
- Melody Masters (1938-1939 season) #16: Rita Rio and Her Orchestra
- Production company
- See more company credits at IMDbPro
- Runtime9 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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