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Rumba is a 1935 American musical drama film starring George Raft as a Cuban dancer and Carole Lombard as a Manhattan socialite. The movie was directed by Marion Gering and is considered an unsuccessful follow-up to Raft and Lombard's smash hit Bolero the previous year.
A fugitive (George Raft) from Broadway brings a new dance to Havana and meets an heiress (Carole Lombard) who lets him lead. Cast: Margo as Carmelita, Lynne Overman, Iris Adrian as Goldie Allen ...
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Rumba: Directed by Marion Gering. With George Raft, Carole Lombard, Lynne Overman, Margo. A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show.
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- Drama, Music, Musical
- Marion Gering
- 1935-02-08
Feb 29, 2020 · This is the final dance sequence from the 1935 musical "Rumba" starring George Raft and Carole Lombard. It is notable for its inclusion of the scene of slaves walking in chains, said to be the...
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There Joe discovers the native dance, the rumba, and realizes its potential as a moneymaker. Joe's manager, Flash, a former reporter, convinces a Texan to back a new nightclub run by Joe.
May 20, 2018 · A follow-up to the highly successful Bolero, this lively romantic drama stars George Raft as Joe Martin, a Cuban-American dancer who lives and works in Havana with his lovely partner Goldie Allen until a bad case of varicose veins forces impacts his career.
But the elements that go into Rumba are often quite remarkable. Marion Gering, whose directing career never quite rose above the mundane, somehow infuses this story with both a visually and an emotionally intoxicating style.
