Rumba

Rumba (1935)

THE DANCING LOVERS OF "BOLERO"

A bored society girl sets her sights on a dancer in a Broadway show.

Date of release
1935-02-08
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (8)
Runtime
1h 11m
Genres
Drama
Director
Marion Gering

Casting

Interesting facts

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.

Production

The film was based on an original story by Guy Endore which was purchased by Paramount in September 1933 as a vehicle for Raft.

Filming took place in November and December 1934. The film starred Margot a Mexican dancer who had just made her film debut in Crime Without Passion.

Danvce team Veloz and Yolanda coached Lombard and Raft in the dance sequences. The signature rumba danced near the end by Raft and Lombard seems to be a simplified variation of rumba performed by Veloz and Yolanda themselves the year before in another Paramount film starring George Burns and Gracie Allen, Many Happy Returns.

George Raft reportedly fought with Lombard during the shoot and refused to make a film with her later. He claimed this was because Paramount assigned Ted Tetzlaff to shoot the film and on Rumba Raft thought Tetzlaff favored Lombard rather than him.

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