Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1942-05-19
Rio Rita Returns;
With New Films
Abbott and
Costello
With Music
BY CHARLES GENTRY

BY CHARLES GENTRY
WE'RE GOING TO slip south of
the border again for another mu-
steal version Of Rio Rita" this
time with an Abbott and Costello
accent.
Since any Abbott and Costello
picture is more Abbott and Co.'S
tello than anything else, you can
expect to find Rio Rita" a
changed woman.
II certainly is going to be more
of comedy film than when John
Boles and Bebe Daniels made vocal
love in it in 1929. We suspect that
the title tune and the famous
Rangers Song" will still be found.
We also hear that they have
made il little more timely by in
sorting a spy or two just to give
those Texas Rangers something
more logical than Indians to
pursue.
- BACK IN VOICE
Principal lovely of the piece will
be young Kathryn Grayson, whom
we haven't seen since she was
Andy Hardys Private Secretary"
She has just completed leading
role in The Vanishing Virginian,"
but Rio Rita" gives her bigger
singing assignment.
John Carroll, tall, dark and
vocal star, has the male romantic
lead, although Abbott and Costello
are rivals for the fair hand of
Patricia Dane.
Also in the cast you will find
Carmen Miranda's chief rival, Eroz
Volusia, Brazil's leading dancer.
who does with her feet what La
Miranda does with her hands.
A NEW CHILD
Second feature on this bill will
be Mickey" giving Bobby Blake,
an Our Gang" alumnus, his first
shot at the big time.
This new child find is 8 years
old. but he is almost a veteran
since he got his start at the age Of
s IN amateur SHOWS.
After appearing in rs of them,
he and his brothers and sisters
headed for Hollywood. One morn
ling he and his older brother
crashed the M-G-M gate. While the
older brother kept the secretary
talking, little Bobby sneaked into a
casting directors office and gave
such an impromptu performance
that he was put Immediately under
contract.
In Mickey" he gets his first star
spot.
THE RACKET BRACKET
We hope you haven't overlooked
that very amusing racketeer farce,
Larceny Inc.," which moved into
the Palms-State to keep THE Cor
sican Brothers" company on the
current bill.
Edward G.. Robinson has one of
these roles he does so well, that of
an ex-racketeer who decides to goI
straight after his release from Sing
Sing. where he was the star catch
er of the baseball team.
But after getting out OF the
pen" his old pals throw him al
couple of fast curves and he's right
back trying to float loan at a
bank the hard way.
The break" in the bank is one
of the funniest we've seen, espe-
cially when Robinson forces his
colleague in crime, BroderickI
Crawford TO sit on an exploded
water main, la the Dutch Boy
with his finger in the dixie.
NO SLANTING EYES
AS you undoubtedly know, the
Gallo vagabond, Jean Cabin, ar
rives at the Fox, Friday, in his
first American picture, Moon
tide" but there is also a compan-l
ion film just announced for the
same bill.
1t will be Rings on Her Fin
gers" with Gene Tierney, Henry
Fonda and Laird Gregar.
A modern romantic comedy, /
this offers Miss Tierney her first
non-exotic role. Now fans will see
what Miss Tierney looks like in
modern dress, although you may
not recognize her without sarongsI
or safariS.
In way we're glad she's going
10 get out of the mysterious East
and come back West where she
belongs.