Overview
Rio Rita, one of Florenz Ziegfeld’s most successful and spectacular
shows, is set in Texas and Mexico along the Rio Grande. The Texas
Rangers are hunting a notorious bandit known only as the Kinkajou. The
Rangers are lead by the handsome Captain Jim Stewart, who is in love
with Rita Ferguson, an Irish-American-Mexican girl known as Rio Rita,
who sings in the local hotel after being displaced from her family ranch
along with her brother Roberto. The regional Mexican Governor, General
Esteban, also loves Rita and convinces her that Jim courts her only
because he believes that the man they are looking for is her brother.
Only when Jim arrests Esteban as the real villain can he and Rita hope
for happiness.