| Brazil | |
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 A poster bearing the film's alternate title: Stars and Guitars | |
| 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.
The film also features Brazilian singer Aurora Miranda, as well as American singing cowboy Roy Rogers in a cameo appearance as himself.
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Plot
In Brazil, a composer masquerades as twins, trying to win the hand of an anti-Latin novelist.
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
- ^ "AFI|Catalog".
- ^ "The 17th Academy Awards (1945) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
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