Rio Rita is a 1927 stage musical with a book by Guy Bolton and Fred Thompson, music by Harry Tierney, lyrics by Joseph McCarthy, and produced by Florenz Ziegfeld. This musical united Bert Wheeler and Robert Woolsey as a comedy team and made them famous.
Gladys Moncrieff wearing the Montezuma dress used in Rio Rita, St. James Theatre, Sydney, 1928
Florenz Edward Ziegfeld Jr. was an American Broadway impresario, notable for his series of theatrical revues, the Ziegfeld Follies (1907–1931), inspired by the Folies Bergère of Paris. He also produced the musical Show Boat. He was known as the "glorifier of the American girl". Ziegfeld is a member of the American Theater Hall of Fame.
Ziegfeld in 1928
The Sandow Trocadero Vaudevilles (poster), produced by Ziegfeld, (1894)
Caricature by Ralph Barton, 1925
Florenz Ziegfield, Jr. in 1904