RogerMooreTheBestBond Review of Nancy Goes to Rio

Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)

Jane Powell, Louis Calhern & Carmen Miranda are Wonderful!

[9/10 · 12 May 2009]

This is a great little movie starring the great Jane Powell. Lousie Calhern, Carmen Miranda and Ann Southern round out a nice cast. Jane Powell plays the granddaughter of Louis Calhern and the daughter of Ann Southern. Her mother is a star of the stage and Jane wants badly to be as star as well. She has done several small plays, but nothing big. There is a delightful scene with Jane, Louis and Ann singing and dancing to Shine on Harvest Moon. A great song and well done by all three performers. Jane gets a chance to star in a big musical after performing for the plays head man. She goes to Rio to get coaching from her mom. She finds out she is to replace her mother in the play. She feels awful and leaves a message that she can't do it. She finds a friend in Carmen Miranda during the way. She also has a boyfriend, Scotty Beckett, that supports her as well. Louis has a funny scene later in the movie where he practices boxing to beat up the older man(Barry Sullivan) Jane says she is going to marry. Ann ends up marrying him and Jane ends up doing the play. I have no complaints as Jane Powell shines and is the star of this film.