Ted Fio Rito

Movies

Out of This World
Ted Fio Rito
After struggling to become a success, Betty Miller and her all-girl orchestra finally hit pay dirt when crooner Herbie Fenton comes on board. Problems arise when Betty and her girls try to find backers to invest in Herbie and they sell 125 percent of him.
Melody Parade
Orchestra Leader
The owner and staff of a Hollywood nightclub struggle to keep their establishment from closing.
Silver Skates
Orchestra Leader
The management of touring ice show faces mounting debts.
Every Night at Eight
Ted - Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
Three 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.
Broadway Gondolier
Ted Fio Roto - Orchestra Leader
A taxi driver travels to Venice and poses as a gondolier to land a radio singing job.
The Dancing Millionaire
Orchestra Leader
The Blondes and Redheads series: To prove his sophistication, a brutish gangster enlists the girls' help in winning a dancing competition
What Price Jazz
Orchestra Leader
In 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?
The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi
Ted Fio Rito, Orchestra Leader
A 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.