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Romance à Rio

Original title: Romance on the High Seas
  • 1948
  • Approved
  • 1h 39m
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
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Doris Day, Jack Carson, Don DeFore, Janis Paige, and S.Z. Sakall in Romance à Rio (1948)
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Classic MusicalHoliday RomanceRomantic ComedyComedyMusicalMysteryRomance

Romantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.Romantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.Romantic misunderstandings abound when spouses suspect each other of being unfaithful, and a nightclub singer takes a cruise under a false identity.

  • Directors
    • Michael Curtiz
    • Busby Berkeley
  • Writers
    • Julius J. Epstein
    • I.A.L. Diamond
    • Sixto Pondal Ríos
  • Stars
    • Jack Carson
    • Janis Paige
    • Doris Day
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.0/10
    2.9K
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    • Directors
      • Michael Curtiz
      • Busby Berkeley
    • Writers
      • Julius J. Epstein
      • I.A.L. Diamond
      • Sixto Pondal Ríos
    • Stars
      • Jack Carson
      • Janis Paige
      • Doris Day
    • 52User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
    • 58Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 2 Oscars
      • 1 win & 2 nominations total

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    Jack Carson
    Jack Carson
    • Peter Virgil
    Janis Paige
    Janis Paige
    • Elvira Kent
    Doris Day
    Doris Day
    • Georgia Garrett
    Don DeFore
    Don DeFore
    • Michael Kent
    Oscar Levant
    Oscar Levant
    • Oscar Farrar
    S.Z. Sakall
    S.Z. Sakall
    • Uncle Lazlo Lazlo
    Fortunio Bonanova
    Fortunio Bonanova
    • Plinio
    Eric Blore
    Eric Blore
    • Ship's Doctor
    Franklin Pangborn
    Franklin Pangborn
    • Rio Hotel Clerk
    Leslie Brooks
    Leslie Brooks
    • Miss Medwick
    William Bakewell
    William Bakewell
    • Dudley
    John Berkes
    John Berkes
    • The Drunk
    • (as Johnny Berkes)
    Avon Long
    Avon Long
    • Specialty Singer
    Page Cavanaugh
    • Page Cavanaugh
    Page Cavanaugh Trio
    Page Cavanaugh Trio
    • Page Cavanaugh Trio
    Sir Lancelot
    Sir Lancelot
    • Specialty Singer
    Samba Kings
    • The Samba Kings - Musical Ensemble
    John Alvin
    John Alvin
    • Charles - Travel Agent
    • (uncredited)
    • Directors
      • Michael Curtiz
      • Busby Berkeley
    • Writers
      • Julius J. Epstein
      • I.A.L. Diamond
      • Sixto Pondal Ríos
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    6AlsExGal

    Mildly amusing musical confection

    In this Technicolor musical rom-com from Warner Brothers and director Michael Curtiz, married couple Michael (Don DeFore) and Elvira Kent (Janis Paige) have been together 3 years but they still don't trust one another. When Michael cancels their anniversary cruise to South America at the last minute due to business, Elvira doesn't believe him, so she concocts a dubious plan: she'll tell Michael that she's going on the cruise by herself, but will send nightclub singer Georgia Garrett (Doris day) in her place. That way Elvira can stay in New York and watch to see if Michael is cheating. However, Michael hires private investigator Peter Virgil (Jack Carson) to go on the cruise and watch to see if Elvira is cheating. Mistaken identities and blossoming romance produce havoc and laughter.

    This mildly amusing confection was Doris Day's movie debut, and her persona is a bit different from her later "virginal" image. Here she's a distinctly blue collar dame, with attitude and some rough edges. She's still likable, and clicks with Carson. The color cinematography pops, and there are some nice set designs. The movie earned two Oscar nominations, for Best Score (Ray Heindorf) and Best Song ("It's Magic").
    7Doylenf

    Breezy, pleasant and loads of fun...Doris Day is a pro in her film debut!

    It's hard to believe 'Romance on the High Seas' is Doris Day's first flick. She's awesome in a role originally intended for Betty Hutton--and everyone has a great time poking fun at manners and morals in this breezy sea breeze of a farce.

    When Day and Jack Carson aren't coming up with one-liners, she takes time to sing some nifty tunes--among them, 'Put 'Em in A Box', 'It's You Or No One' and, of course, 'It's Magic'. Her rendering of the latter song in a Cuban nightclub is one of the highlights of the film--and her career. Never has she expressed the simple emotions of the lyric more beautifully with a honey of a voice that is always directly on pitch, warming the heart with great phrasing and tone. And her comedic skills are already in evidence here.

    Especially enjoyable is her first night on board the cruise ship when she and Carson mistakenly dress up. "Nobody dresses on first night shipboard," Carson tells her. Posing as a society lady, she asks in cultivated tones, "Really? Don't they get chilly?" She turns and peers into the dining room. "This I gotta see!" she says in her own voice. She uses the cultivated tones to disguise herself as society lady (Janis Paige) whose identity she has taken.

    The slim plot revolves entirely around the mistaken identity theme and it's all played for laughs with lots of punch lines. Doris has an amusing scene with the fabulous Eric Blore as a doctor who comes to check on her "illness" and ends up feeling weak when she checks his pulse.

    Janis Paige, Don de Fore, S.Z. Sakall, Oscar Levant and the usual Warner Bros. stock players are all adept at this sort of thing. Highly amusing comedy with some great songs--easy to take and always good for a few laughs. Doris Day at the peak of her form.
    7bkoganbing

    "The Magic Is My Love For You"

    Watching Romance on the High Seas I could have sworn that the Brothers Warner hijacked one of the plots of an RKO Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers film. It's got that kind of silliness in the plot, the usual case of mistaken identities and false suspicions that characterized the Astaire- Rogers films.

    Don DeFore and Janis Paige are a couple each of who swears the other is cheating. When a mix-up from a travel agency in passport photos where Paige's is exchanged for Doris Day's she contacts Day and offers to pay Day's way on a South American cruise if she just travels in Paige's name. She wants to catch DeFore cheating.

    Of course DeFore goes one better. He hires private detective Jack Carson to go on the trip and catch Paige cheating. Of course he latches on to Day.

    If you are a fan of Astaire-Rogers films you know exactly where this one is going. Romance on the High Seas has all the ingredients of one of their films except the dance numbers.

    It doesn't lack for a good musical score though. Jule Styne and Sammy Cahn came up with a good one where Day sings several songs, including the Academy Award nominated, It's Magic. It's Magic lost that year to Buttons and Bows. It's Magic happens to be a favorite one of mine of Doris Day hits.

    Doris firmly establishes her image in this one. She's so radiant and sings so well, I can't believe she was a third choice for this film behind Judy Garland and Betty Hutton.

    If you hear violins coming from some unknown source it will be the magic when you're watching Romance on the High Seas.
    8harry-76

    Grand Debut for Doris

    One of the delights of "Romance on the High Seas" is the remarkable debut of Doris Day. Having replaced an indisposed Betty Hutton, Day stepped into this role with all the zest and zip that she brought to her total career.

    It's rather amazing to me how accomplished Day was in her initial screen effort: her comedic work, singing, and general enactment was like that of a seasoned professional. All the infectious Day sparkle and spirit was there from the beginning, after only a brief period as a band singer.

    Ably assisted by the multi-faceted Jack Carson, pretty other-woman Janis Paige, vulnerable foils Don DeFore and Oscar Levant, and top character actor S. Z. "Cuddles" Sakall, this Warner Bros. musical bounces along merrily. Fetching songs, a witty script, nice settings in Rio and Cuba, and a stylish specialty number by Avon Long keep things moving along right to the kaleidoscopic finale staged by Busby Berkeley.

    "Romance on the High Seas" is a pleasurable way to spend an evening. As Doris's song goes, "It's Magic."
    8planktonrules

    Day's first picture was simply terrific.

    Doris Day was a huge radio and recording star when she appeared in "Romance on the High Seas". However, she was not a movie star...as this is her first film. Some of this shows...particularly her makeup as she is very freckly...which I thought was quite cute but which the studios hid in subsequent movies. She went over very well regardless and Warner Brothers soon signed her to a seven year contract...and she soon became a mega-star in pictures.

    The plot is a bit silly. Elvira Kent (Janis Paige) suspects her husband, Michael (Don Defore), is cheating on her. And, he suspects the same thing of her. So they each come up with a plan...she pays Georgia (Doris Day) to pretend to be her and take a cruise while she stays home and secretly keeps an eye on him. And, he hires a detective (Jack Carson) to take the cruise and follow Elvira and prove she's been cheating! But there's a problem...the detective slowly begins to fall in love with the woman who he THINKS is Elvira!

    The plot is quite slight...but the picture excellent for many reasons. Carson and Day are simply terrific and Day sings some very lovely tunes. The picture also is quite romantic...and fun and made more so by the presence of some wonderful character actors (S.Z. Sakall, Franklin Pangborn and Oscar Levant). All in all, this is the sort of fun picture Warner Brothers could make best...and you can't help but enjoy it.

    By the way, while Defore and Paige receive higher billing, clearly Doris Day was the star or at least co-star of the film. I guess the studio just didn't have much faith in her drawing power...but that wasn't to last!

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    • Trivia
      According to her 1975 autobiography, "Doris Day: Her Own Story" (co-written with A.E. Hotchner), Miss Day attended a show-biz party the night before she planned to leave for New York City. Also at the gathering was lyric writer Sammy Cahn who, taking Doris aside, explained that she would be the right match for the Cahn-Jule Styne score of this upcoming film. When, at Mr. Cahn's urging, Doris sang "Embraceable You" (music by George Gershwin, lyrics by Ira Gershwin) for the party crowd, she was heard by director Michael Curtiz, who then asked her to test for the role of Georgia Garrett.
    • Goofs
      About an hour into the movie, Georgia and Peter are smoking and talking at the ship's rail. When Georgia (Doris Day) tosses her cigarette "overboard", you can hear it land on the studio floor.
    • Quotes

      Michael Kent: Are you a good detective?

      Peter Virgil: Naturally, why?

      Michael Kent: Where did you do your traning?

      Peter Virgil: In the army. Intelligence G2.

      Michael Kent: Well how are you at the job?

      Peter Virgil: We won the war didn't we?

    • Crazy credits
      The credits is opened by a businessman's hand and each credit has a different tropical and paradise scene.
    • Alternate versions
      There is an Italian edition of this film on DVD, distributed by DNA Srl: "AMORE SOTTO COPERTA (1948) + CALAMITY JANE (1953)" (2 Films on a single DVD), re-edited with the contribution of film historian Riccardo Cusin. This version is also available for streaming on some platforms.
    • Connections
      Edited into Rabbit Every Monday (1951)
    • Soundtracks
      Put 'em in a Box, Tie 'em with a Ribbon (and Throw 'em in the Deep Blue Sea)
      (uncredited)

      Music by Jule Styne

      Lyrics by Sammy Cahn

      Sung by Doris Day and the Page Cavanaugh Trio

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    • Release date
      • July 3, 1948 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
      • Portuguese
    • Also known as
      • Romance en alta mar
    • Filming locations
      • Cartagena, Colombia
    • Production companies
      • Warner Bros.
      • Michael Curtiz Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 39 minutes
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.37 : 1

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