Brazil

1944
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1h 31m

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Virginia Bruce, Billy Daniel, Tito Guízar, and Aurora Miranda in Brazil (1944)

A songwriter struggles to produce another successful hit for the National Brazilian song contest.A songwriter struggles to produce another successful hit for the National Brazilian song contest.A songwriter struggles to produce another successful hit for the National Brazilian song contest.

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5.8/10

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Nominated for 3 Oscars
- 3 nominations total

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Tito Guízar

Miguel Soares

Virginia Bruce

Nicky Henderson

Edward Everett Horton

Everett St. John Everett

Robert Livingston

Rod Walker

Veloz

Veloz
(as Veloz and Yolanda)

Yolanda

Yolanda
(as Veloz and Yolanda)

Fortunio Bonanova

Senor Renaldo Da Silva

Richard Lane

Edward Graham

Frank Puglia

Señor Machado

Aurora Miranda

Bailarina, Specialty Dancer

Alfredo DeSa

Master of Ceremonies
(as Alfred de Sa)

Henry Da Silva

Comerciante
(as Henry De Silva)

Edward Coch

Airport Official
(as Rico De Montez)

Leonardo Scavino

Reporter
(as Leon Lenoir)

Roy Rogers

Roy Rogers

Billy Daniel

Dancer
(as Billy Daniels)

María Belmar

Woman at Window
(uncredited)

Edward Biby

Nightclub Patron
(uncredited)

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- Joseph Santley
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Trivia
The book that the heroine writes was inspired by the notorious magazine article "Latins Are Lousy Lovers" by Helen Lawrenson, which appeared in Esquire in 1936. It created a tremendous sensation, with many individuals and even governments denouncing Lawrenson, who confessed later that it hadn't done a lot for her own love life. She would be introduced to handsome Latin men who were at first friendly, and then, hearing the name of her most famous article, would drop her like a stone, unlike the character in the movie who saw it as a challenge.

Connections
Referenced in Brazil (1985)

Soundtracks
Brazil
Written by Ary Barroso
English Lyrics by Bob Russell (as S.K. Russell)
Performed by Tito Guízar

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10/10

The song "Rio de Janeiro"

I wonder if the award-winning song really was called "Rio de Janeiro." According to my resource book on the Academy Awards, the song "Brazil" from this movie was the Academy Award winner for "Best Song" category in 1944.

I checked with sheetmusicplus.com and could not find a song called "Rio de Janeiro." If there is such a song in print, I would like to know about it as I love Latin music.

I agree this film should have been in color. Maybe Ted Turner can colorize it for us. Also, I should like to see it available on DVD soon.

As for Edward Everett Horton being in the film, I believe he appeared in other films set in South America in this era. No doubt the interest in Latin America expressed through movies in the 1940s and television in the 1950s was because of South American oil the United States and Canada bought for military use during World War II and during the industrial expansion and prosperity that followed the war. If you think about it, you can see the political undertones in the films of this era.