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Brazil
A poster bearing the film's alternate title: Stars and Guitars
Directed byJoseph Santley
Written byRichard English
Frank Gill Jr.
Laura Kerr
Produced byRobert North
StarringTito Guízar
Virginia Bruce
Robert Livingston
Henry Da Silva
Edward Everett Horton
Veloz & Yolanda
CinematographyJack A. Marta
Edited byMurray Seldeen
Music byWalter Scharf
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • November 30, 1944 (1944-11-30)
Running time
91 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

Cast

Awards

The film was nominated for three Academy Awards:[1]

References

  1. ^ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-15.