The Girl from Rio | |
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Directed by | Tom Terriss |
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Cinematography | Ray June |
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Distributed by | Lumas Film Corporation |
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Running time | 60 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | Silent (English intertitles) |
The Girl from Rio is a 1927 American silent romance film directed by Tom Terriss and starring Carmel Myers, Walter Pidgeon, and Richard Tucker. [1] [2]
An American coffee purchaser arrives in Rio de Janeiro and falls in love with a local café dancer.
Prints of The Girl from Rio are in the film collections of the Library of Congress, UCLA Film and Television Archive, and Library and Archives Canada. [3]
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