Carmen Miranda
Biography: Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha GOIH • OMC (Marco de Canaveses, February 9, 1909 – Beverly Hills, August 5, 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda, was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress who attained fame in Brazil and the US in the 1930s. Best known to American audiences as "the lady in the tutti-frutti hat" due to her signature headdresses made of fruits, she was the first South American honoured with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: February 09, 1909
Deathday: August 05, 1955
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Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997-01-01
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
Overview: "Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-01-01
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Scared Stiff
1953-04-27
Scared Stiff
Overview: A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for a hidden treasure and encounter a ghost, a zombie, and a mysterious killer...
Genres: Music Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1953-04-27
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Springtime in the Rockies
1942-11-06
Springtime in the Rockies
Overview: Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky back on the boards with him, Dan follows her to a ritzy resort in the Canadian Rockies, where she and Victor are about to open their new act. But things get complicated when Dan wakes after a bender to find that he's hired an outlandish Latin secretary, Rosita Murphy, which makes Vicky think he's just up to his old tricks again.
Genres: Music Romance Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1942-11-06
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Down Argentine Way
1940-10-11
Down Argentine Way
Overview: The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular location shooting and parade of extravagant musical numbers, which include the larger-than-life Carmen Miranda singing the hit “South American Way” and a showstopping dance routine by the always amazing Nicholas Brothers.
Genres: Comedy Drama Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1940-10-11
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That Night in Rio
1941-04-11
That Night in Rio
Overview: An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-04-11
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The Gang's All Here
1943-12-24
The Gang's All Here
Overview: A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1943-12-24
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Week-End in Havana
1941-10-17
Week-End in Havana
Overview: A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is stuck on a reef off of the coast. He obtains waivers from all of the passengers with the exception of Nan Spencer, a department store salesgirl who wants her vacation now, not later. Jay is instructed to take Nan to Havana, set her up in the best hotel, and keep her entertained. She visits a nightclub where the star attraction is Rosita Rivas and meets Rosita's worthless manager, Monte Blanca, who makes a play for her. Trouble also comes in the form of Jay's fiancée, Terry McCracken, when a romance develops between Nan and Jay.
Genres: Comedy Romance Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1941-10-17
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Copacabana
1947-05-30
Copacabana
Overview: A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constant costume changes are too much for his girl, and the men who have fallen for the different performers.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1947-05-30
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Showbiz Goes to War
1982-12-31
Showbiz Goes to War
Overview: While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. Comedian David Steinberg plays host for this star-studded, 90-minute documentary, which looks at the way Tinseltown helped the United States' war effort.
Genres: Documentary TV Movie
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1982-12-31
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It's All True
1993-10-17
It's All True
Overview: A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1993-10-17
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A Date with Judy
1948-07-29
A Date with Judy
Overview: Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy's relationship with Carol's bumbling brother, Oogie, Judy suspects that her father is having an affair with a beautiful dance instructor. The two girls team up to expose Judy's father -- who is only taking innocent dance lessons.
Genres: Music Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1948-07-29
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Nancy Goes to Rio
1950-03-10
Nancy Goes to Rio
Overview: Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1950-03-10
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Doll Face
1945-12-31
Doll Face
Overview: Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike decides that she can get both culture and plenty of publicity by writing her autobiography. He hires a ghost writer to do all the work, but doesn't count on the possibility that Doll Face and her collaborator might have more than a book on their minds.
Genres: Comedy Music Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-12-31
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If I'm Lucky
1946-09-02
If I'm Lucky
Overview: Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate is really a stooge for a corrupt political machine, which discovers the band's handsome and appealing singer would make a better stooge. Meanwhile, romance blossoms between the band's singers. When election day approaches, the band's singer wants out of the campaign, but the machine threatens to smear him and his pals in the band if he quits.
Genres: Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1946-09-02
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It's All Brazil
1997-09-18
It's All Brazil
Overview: A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1997-09-18
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Something for the Boys
1944-11-01
Something for the Boys
Overview: The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which alas proves to be a "termite trap" and tax liability. Fortunately, Sgt. Rocky Fulton from a nearby army camp appears with a plan to convert the place to a hotel for army wives; but to pay bills until then, they decide to put on a show. Of course, romantic and military complications intervene...
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-11-01
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Greenwich Village
1944-09-27
Greenwich Village
Overview: In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-09-27
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Alô Alô Carnaval
1936-01-20
Alô Alô Carnaval
Overview: Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1936-01-20
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Bahia de Todos os Sambas
1996-09-01
Bahia de Todos os Sambas
Overview: Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brought together artists from Bahia. This film brings a recording of the event, also featuring backstage, rehearsals, testimonies and some relaxing moments of these great names in Bahia's music.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1996-09-01
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That's Entertainment!
1974-06-21
That's Entertainment!
Overview: Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history.
Genres: Documentary Family Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1974-06-21
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Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
1995-04-13
Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
Overview: A biography of the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti-frutti hat. From her arrival in the US as the "Brazilian Bombshell" to her Broadway career and Hollywood stardom in the 1940s.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1995-04-13
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Four Jills in a Jeep
1944-03-17
Four Jills in a Jeep
Overview: Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas.
Genres: Comedy Music War
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1944-03-17
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Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
2024-04-25
Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos
Overview: An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the song in Brazil and influenced generations of musicians, paving the way for movements such as Bossa Nova and Tropicália.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-04-25
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Banana-da-Terra
1939-02-10
Banana-da-Terra
Overview: A man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas decides to kidnap the Queen of 'Bananaland', a tropical island paradise, and take her to Rio, where she falls in love with a member of Carmen Miranda's backing ensemble, 'Bando da Lua'.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1939-02-10
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Carmen Miranda
1969-01-01
Carmen Miranda
Overview: Short documentary about Carmen Miranda, with some of her songs, rare footage of the "lost" film "Banana-da-Terra" and scenes of her funeral, in 1955.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1969-01-01
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Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
2007-02-20
Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star
Overview: Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here"
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2007-02-20
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Hello, Hello, Brazil!
1935-01-12
Hello, Hello, Brazil!
Overview: A man is looking for a radio singer named "Dulcineia." For this, he goes through the biggest hassles and problems. The plot, in fact, is an excuse for the exhibition of the musical numbers of the greatest Brazilian Radio artists.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1935-01-12
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That's Entertainment! III
1994-07-01
That's Entertainment! III
Overview: Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1994-07-01
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A Embaixatriz do Samba
1991-01-01
A Embaixatriz do Samba
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1991-01-01
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Mulheres de Cinema
1978-06-06
Mulheres de Cinema
Overview: Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history.
Genres: Documentary History
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1978-06-06
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The All-Star Bond Rally
1945-05-10
The All-Star Bond Rally
Overview: Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1945-05-10
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Salsa
1976-08-18
Salsa
Overview: The Fania All Stars perform for 44,000 fans at Yankee stadium in New York. Besides concert footage, there's also included a history of Salsa, and vintage film clips of Hollywood's portrayal of Latinos in movies during the 1930's and 40's.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1976-08-18
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Steps of Life
1930-12-31
Steps of Life
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Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1930-12-31
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Estudantes
1935-07-08
Estudantes
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 1935-07-08
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Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
2014-08-21
Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca
Overview: A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2014-08-21
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Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
2020-09-10
Garoto - Vivo Sonhando
Overview: A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal diaries and testimonies, this documentary reveals his influence and the artistic conflicts of an avant-garde artist in the golden age of Brazilian radio.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2020-09-10
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Dê Lembranças a Todos
2018-07-01
Dê Lembranças a Todos
Overview: Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life, Caymmi composed, sang, wrote, illustrated and thought about his Bahia, even far from it. His family, partners, friends and fans remember his history, which made him one of the pillars of Brazilian culture.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2018-07-01
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I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
2024-09-12
I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story
Overview: An aspiring singer is tasked with promoting the music catalogue of his great-grandfather, the famous songwriter Jimmy McHugh, recorded by everyone from Sinatra to Lady Gaga. While licensing these songs for movies, commercials, TV and Broadway shows, the singer journeys through the magic of his great-grandfather's stellar career.
Genres: Documentary Music
Original Language: en
Release Date: 2024-09-12
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Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
2024-11-28
Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi
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Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2024-11-28
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Naked Eye
2014-05-15
Naked Eye
Overview: “Naked Eye” is a film-documentary of long-length of the artistic and existential universe of the singer Ney Matogrosso, which proposes to recreate through archive’s images in counterpoint with the current production of the artist, thirty-five years of career marked for inventive and transgressing spectacles, always symphonize with its time. Through a coherent boarding with its intransigent trajectory, the film intends to translate the language musical-corporal of Ney Matogrosso, trying audiovisuals resources that express signs evoked poetical politicians and in the repertoire of the singer. A film-song that that looks for to, ultimately, embody the voices of an artist who searches for a nation.
Genres: Documentary
Original Language: pt
Release Date: 2014-05-15
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