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Roger
Bond, the playboy leader of the "Yankee Clipper Band," is fired from an
engagement in a Miami hotel when he violates the hotel's policy against
fraternizing with the guests by dancing with Belinha De Rezende, a beautiful
Brazilian woman.
Later, Roger arranges for the band to play at a
friend's hotel in Rio de Janeiro and, when he discovers that Belinha also
wants to go there because her father is ill, he connives to fly her in his
two-seater airplane without her vigilante aunt and chaperon, Dona Elena.
In spite of warnings from his best friend, Fred Ayers, the band's
choreographer and accordian player, Roger fakes engine trouble and lands his
airplane (which he has equipped with a piano) on a quiet, moonlit beach in
Haiti. Against her better judgment, Belinha allows Roger to romance
her with words and music but tells him that, as part of a family
arrangement, she must marry a young Brazilian as soon as she reaches Rio.
The next morning, Belinha discovers Roger's
repair ruse and deserts him to join Dona Elena on the regular flight to
Brazil. In Rio, Roger confesses to his friend, Julio Rubeiro, his love
of Belinha, unaware that Julio is Belinha's fiancée and that the hotel's
financially beleagured owner, Carlos De Rezende, is her father.
At a casino gala, while the band's singer, Honey
Hale, and Fred investigate their musical competition, Roger is introduced to
Belinha by Julio. Although dismayed by his discovery, Roger determines
to win Belinha from Julio. Honey and Fred, meanwhile, are pleasantly
surprised to discover the "Carioca," a popular local dance.
Soon after, a syndicate of Greek financiers and
Alfredo Vianna, a local banker, conspire to take over Carlos' hotel.
Confident that Carlos will be unable to obtain entertainment permits while
the mayor of Rio is out of town, Alfredo arranges for the police to shut
down rehearsals for the hotel's opening night show. Roger, however,
outsmarts Alfredo by devising a plan whereby the show will be executed on
top of a fleet of airplanes while flying over the hotel.
Just before the show, Roger receives a letter of
gratitude from Carlos and, moved by the old man's words, informs Julio that
he is leaving immediately for Buenos Aires. After Roger and Belinha
say a tearful goodbye, the show, performed by dozens of chorus girls
strapped to the airplanes, proves to be a hit and guarantees Carlos'
solvency. Although Honey advises Julio to elope with Belinha, Julio
chooses to sacrifice his claim on Belinha and unites her with Roger on board
the Buenos Aires-bound airplane. As Roger and Belinha are about to be
married by the pilot, Julio jumps out of the airplane and parachutes back to
Rio. |
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