Copacabana 1947  N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Alfred E. Green
Cast: Groucho Marx, Carmen Miranda, Andy Russell, Steve Cochran, Gloria Jean, Louis Sobol, Abel Green, Earl Wilson
Talent agent Lionel Q. Deveraux (Groucho Marx) has only one client, Carmen Novarro (Carmen Miranda), but he tricks a nightclub owner (Steve Cochran) into believing that Carmen is actually two entertainers. The ploy works until Carmen is assigned to perform roles simultaneously.
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A Date with Judy 1948  N/R, 113 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Richard Thorpe
Cast: Wallace Beery, Jane Powell, Elizabeth Taylor, Carmen Miranda, Xavier Cugat, Robert Stack, Leon Ames, Selena Royle, Scotty Beckett, George Cleveland
Judy Foster (Jane Powell) and Carol Pringle (Elizabeth Taylor) compete for the attention of an older man, Stephen I. Andrews (Robert Stack). Featured songs include "Cuanto La Gusta" and "It's a Most Unusual Day."
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Doll Face 1945  N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
aka: Come Back to Me
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Vivian Blaine, Dennis O'Keefe, Perry Como, Carmen Miranda, Martha Stewart, Stephen Dunne, Reed Hadley, Stanley Prager, Charles Tannen, George E. Stone, Frank Orth, Donald MacBride
Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll (Vivian Blaine) and her manager, Mike Hannegan (Dennis O'Keefe), have their share of problems in the romance department when Mike tries to refine Doll Face's image to make her more acceptable on the Broadway scene.
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 Down Argentine Way 1940 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy / Romance
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood, J. Carrol Naish, Henry Stephenson, Kay Aldridge, Leonid Kinskey, Chris-Pin Martin, Robert Conway, Gregory Gaye, Bobby Stone, Charles Judels
American heiress Glenda (Betty Grable) visits Argentina where she hopes to find wealthy racehorse owner Ricardo Quintana (Don Ameche). She succeeds in reaching Ricardo, and they fall in love but must deal with their feuding families before living happily ever after. The film received three Academy Award nominations, including Best Original Song ("Down Argentine Way")
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The Gang's All Here 1943  N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
aka: The Girls He Left Behind
Director: Busby Berkeley
Cast: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Benny Goodman, Eugene Pallette, Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, James Ellison, Frank Faylen, June Haver, Jeanne Crain, Phil Baker, Tony De Marco, Sheila Ryan, Dave Willock
This World War II musical tells the story of American soldier Andy Mason (James Ellison) who returns from duty in the Pacific and is in love with chorus girl Edie Allen (Alice Faye). Busby Berkeley numbers are highlighted by "The Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat" featuring Carmen Miranda and dancing bananas.
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Greenwich Village 1944 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Musical / Romance
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Carmen Miranda, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Vivian Blaine, Felix Bressart, Tony De Marco, Sally De Marco, The Revuers, B.S. Pully, The Four Step Brothers, Emil Rameau, Oliver Blake, Tom Dugan, J. Farrell MacDonald, Judy Holliday
Danny O'Mara (William Bendix) owns a speakeasy in New York City during the early 1920s and is raising money to put on a Broadway show. Unknown to songwriter Ken Harvey (Don Ameche), Danny is adapting Ken's concerto into his musical show. Meanwhile, Ken falls for singer Bonnie Watson (Vivian Blaine) who is the speakeasy's star performer. By story's end, all comes together, and the result is a great show. Songs include "This is Our Lucky Day," When You Wore a Tulip," and "I'm Just Wild about Harry."
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If I'm Lucky 1946 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Vivian Blaine, Perry Como, Harry James, Carmen Miranda, Phil Silvers, Edgar Buchanan, Frank J. Scannell, Charles Tannen, Harry Cheshire, Frank Fenton, Harry Hayden, Edward Keane, Paul Maxey, Dewey Robinson, Charles C. Wilson
In this remake of "Thanks a Million" (1937), Perry Como takes on the Dick Powell role of singer Allan Clark who receives an offer to sing at gubernatorial candidate Magonnagie's (Edgar Buchanan) rally. The campaign backers really want Allan to be the stooge candidate for their corrupt political machine–and, wonder of wonders, Allan wins the election. Songs include "One More Kiss," and "Bet Your Bottom Dollar."
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Nancy Goes to Rio 1950 N/R, 99 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Robert Z. Leonard
Cast: Jane Powell, Ann Sothern, Barry Sullivan, Carmen Miranda, Scotty Beckett, Fortunio Bonanova, Hans Conried, Louis Calhern, Nella Walker, Leon Belasco, Glenn Anders, Frank(2) Fontaine, Pierre Watkin, Sig Arno, Leonid Kinskey
Broadway star Frances (Ann Sothern) goes to Rio to prepare for her next show, and her daughter Nancy (Jane Powell) follows. Frances doesn't know that 17-year-old Nancy has been hired to appear in her show, and problems develop when rumors have Nancy rehearsing for Frances' role. As if that were not enough, rumors also mistakenly tell that Nancy is pregnant. Then to complete the problems, Frances and Nancy both fall for leading man Paul Berten (Barry Sullivan). Songs include "Time and Time Again" and "Shine on Harvest Moon."
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Scared Stiff 1953 N/R, 108 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: George Marshall
Cast: Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis, Lizabeth Scott, Carmen Miranda, Dorothy Malone, George Dolenz, Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, William Ching, Jack Lambert
A slave trader's ghost resides in a haunted house visited by Martin and Lewis in this remake of Bob Hope's "The Ghost Breakers."
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Something for the Boys 1944 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
Director: Lewis Seiler
Cast: Carmen Miranda, Michael O'Shea, Vivian Blaine, Phil Silvers, Sheila Ryan, Perry Como, Glenn Langan, Rory Calhoun, Thurston Hall, Eddie Acuff, Clarence Kolb, Paul Hurst, Murray Alper, Judy Holliday, Jimmy Dodd
Distant cousins–Chiquita (Carmen Miranda), Blossom (Vivian Blaine), and Harry Hart (Phil Silvers)–inherit a Texas plantation that is in very bad condition. In an effort to make money for repairs and turn the plantation into a hotel for World War II Army wives, they decide to put on a show in the plantation's back yard. This musical features songs from Cole Porter and include "I Wish I Didn't Have to Say Goodnight" and "Wouldn't It Be Nice." This film marks Perry Como's film debut.
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That Night in Rio 1941  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Comedy / Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Carmen Miranda, S.Z. Sakall, J. Carrol Naish, Curt Bois, Leonid Kinskey, Bando da Lua, Frank Puglia, Maria Montez, Lillian Porter, Georges Renavent, Fortunio Bonanova, Eddie Conrad
Baron (Don Ameche) and Baroness (Alice Faye) Duarte head for South America, but, in order to save his business, the Baron must slip out of the country. He hires entertainer Larry Martin (also Don Ameche) to impersonate him and allow time for him to complete the deal. But, Larry treats the Baroness so nicely that when the Baron returns he knows that he must be more attentive to his wife. 1 User Review
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| | Apple 03/06/2007 | My husband and I loved it. The re-mastering of the DVD is wonderful, Don Ameche is in fine voice and Carmen Miranda moves better than most women...ever! She and her bad knock out those Brazilian melodies with great gusto and the Samba is danced much better by her than by the other dancers choreographed by Hermes Pan. Carmen was really the star. She should have had top billing over Alice Faye who floated through the film as if she was stoned. But I heard she was ill around this time. Still...she's beautiful and her voice is lovely and mellow. The costumes by Travis Banton were magnificent and there were many of them...including Carmen Miranda's. Althought they were as usual a bit over-the-top they were more elegant than usual.
I searched and searched thru they DVD and I'll be darned if I could find Maria Montez. Maybe somebody can post here which character she was (I know her name was Inex but never heard it mentioned in the movie.)
All in all it was a very good night of entertainment. |
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Weekend in Havana 1941 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Musical / Comedy
aka: Week-End in Havana
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, John Payne, Cesar Romero, Cobina Wright, George Barbier, Sheldon Leonard, Leonid Kinskey, Billy Gilbert, Chris-Pin Martin, Hal K. Dawson, William B. Davidson, Hugh Beaumont
After Nan Spencer's (Alice Faye) ship gets hung up on a reef while she is headed for a Caribbean vacation, the company sends Jay Williams (John Payne) to escort her on a tour of Havana. While enjoying the local hot spots, Nan meets gambler Monte Blanca (Cesar Romero), and before the vacation ends both Monte and Jay become romantically interested in her.
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| 1. Copacabana (1947)
2. A Date with Judy (1948)
3. Doll Face (1945)
aka: Come Back to Me
4. Down Argentine Way (1940)
5. The Gang's All Here (1943)
aka: The Girls He Left Behind
6. Greenwich Village (1944)
7. If I'm Lucky (1946)
8. Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)
9. Scared Stiff (1953)
10. Something for the Boys (1944)
11. That Night in Rio (1941)
12. Weekend in Havana (1941)
aka: Week-End in Havana
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