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Revision as of 05:43, 4 January 2021
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Directed by | Joseph Santley |
Written by | Richard English Frank Gill Jr. Laura Kerr |
Produced by | Robert North |
Starring | Tito Guízar Virginia Bruce Robert Livingston Henry Da Silva Edward Everett Horton Veloz & Yolanda |
Cinematography | Jack A. Marta |
Edited by | Murray Seldeen, Harry Gerstad(not credited)[1] |
Music by | Walter Scharf |
Production company | Republic Pictures |
Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Brazil (also known as Stars and Guitars) is a 1944 American musical comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce and Edward Everett Horton. It is set in Brazil, and involves a composer masquerading as twins, trying to win the hand of an anti-Latin novelist.
The film also features Brazilian singer Aurora Miranda, as well as American singing cowboy Roy Rogers in a cameo appearance as himself.
Cast
- Tito Guízar as Miguel Soares
- Virginia Bruce as Nicky Henderson
- Edward Everett Horton as Everett St. John Everett
- Robert Livingston as Rod Walker
- Veloz and Yolanda as themselves
- Fortunio Bonanova as Senhor Renaldo Da Silva
- Richard Lane as Edward Graham
- Frank Puglia as Senhor Machado
- Aurora Miranda as Bailarina, Specialty Dancer
- Alfredo DeSa as Master of Ceremonies (as Alfred de Sa)
- Henry De Silva as Comerciante
- Rico De Montez as Airport Official
- Leonardo Scavino as Reporter (as Leon Lenoir)
- Roy Rogers as Himself, Roy Rogers
- Trigger as Trigger, Roy's Horse
- Billy Daniel as Dancer (as Billy Daniels)
Awards
The film was nominated for three Academy Awards:[2]
- Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
- Best Original Song: Ary Barroso for Rio de Janeiro
- Sound Recording (Daniel J. Bloomberg)
See also
References
- ^ https://catalog.afi.com/Film/24300-BRAZIL?cxt=filmography
- ^ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
External links
Categories:
- 1944 films
- American films
- English-language films
- Films directed by Joseph Santley
- Films scored by Walter Scharf
- Republic Pictures films
- 1944 musical comedy films
- 1944 romantic comedy films
- Films set in Brazil
- American romantic musical films
- American musical comedy films
- Films about composers
- Films produced by Robert North
- 1940s romantic musical films
- American black-and-white films
- Romantic musical film stubs