Acting
Ted Fio Rito
Acting credits
6.0A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
Broadway Gondolier
1935
8.0The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing.
Melody Parade
1943
8.0An all-girl band hits paydirt—and mud—when they sign a male crooner and then sell five 25% shares of his contract.
Out of This World
1945
7.0Three young girls working in an agency have build a singing trio. They want to "lease" the Dictaphone of their boss to make a record of their singing, but they are caught and fired. When they are not able to pay their rent any longer, they decide to try it on an amateur contest at a radio station.
Every Night at Eight
1935
The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition
The Dancing Millionaire
1934
6.6Unscrupulous agent Rush Blake makes singing waiter Buddy Clayton a big radio star while Peggy Cornell, who has lost her own radio show, helps Buddy.
Twenty Million Sweethearts
1934
Musical short featuring Ted Fio Rito and his orchestra with a young Betty Grable as their singer.
This Band Age
1935
6.3The management of touring ice show faces mounting debts.
Silver Skates
1943
NRA Soundie with Ted Fio Rito and Candy Candido.
Ma, He's Making Eyes at Me
1942
5.3A campus flirt who has been "pinned" by most of the boys of Sigma Chi fraternity falls for a no-nonsense athlete who doesn't have time for such diversions as women.
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
1933
7.7In rhyme, a soapbox preacher, Mr. Blue Laws, enlists Mr. Public Opinion in the efforts of the Society for the Prevention of Jazz. Armed with an ax and a buckshot-shooting pistol, the two of them interrupt Ted Fiorito and his jazz orchestra (and showgirls). The lads head for the woods, where Ted convinces them to stand their ground. They're joined by their songstress who says it may be their last day on earth, so sing the blues for all they're worth. Then the dancers arrive to report they barely got away, and it's time for a final strut. Public Opinion brings a death sentence. Is there no appeal?
What Price Jazz
1934
8.0Ted Fio Rito and his Orchestra provide the title element with their snappy tunes fronted at different times by just starting out Betty Grable & Leif Erickson.
Air Tonic
1933