Sunday, November 2, 2014

Rio Rita (1929)


Radio Pictures
Directed by  Luther Reed
My rating: 1.5 stars out of 4
IMDb
(Turner Classic Movies)

A Texas ranger crosses the border into Mexico in search of "The Kinkajou", a bandit patronizing Texas banks. He falls in love with pretty Rita, whose brother may or may not be the bandit. Rita is also pursued by a wealthy Mexican who could also be the bandit. A strange mix of western, operetta and dreadful misogynistic comedy relief from the duo of Wheeler and Woolsey who almost single-handedly ruing the film. For some reason the last 30 minutes or so is in a sickly turquoise and brown early Technicolor.

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