Carmen Miranda

3 Obás de Xangô (2025)

The friendship between Jorge Amado, Dorival Caymmi, and Carybé, artists who were largely responsible for creating an image of the culture of Bahia that persists to this day, and who believed that the strength of their work lay in documenting what they saw ...

Nas Ondas de Dorival Caymmi (2024)

The film reveals the creation of poet Dorival Caymmi's musical works with testimonies from researchers, journalists and friends who lived with him and were able to enjoy his wisdom and talent. ...

Dorival Caymmi - Um Homem de Afetos (2024)

An irresistible journey through the universe of the singer and composer that revolutionized the song in Brazil and influenced generations of musicians, paving the way for movements such as Bossa Nova and Tropicália. ...

Garoto - Vivo Sonhando (2020)

A prodigy of stringed instruments, a pioneer of Bossa Nova, a modernizing master of the guitar: Aníbal Augusto Sardinha, better known as Garoto (1915-1955), is one of the hidden pillars of Brazilian music. Woven by rare archival material, personal diaries ...

Dê Lembranças a Todos (2018)

Dorival Caymmi was one of the inventors of the Bahian imagination. In his 94 years of life, Caymmi composed, sang, wrote, illustrated and thought about his Bahia, even far from it. His family, partners, friends and fans remember his history, which made him ...

Rio 50 Degrees: Carry on CaRIOca (2014)

A look at Rio's cultural, political and technical revolutions since the 1970s to 2011 ...

Naked Eye (2014)

"Naked Eye" is a film-documentary of long-length of the artistic and existential universe of the singer Ney Matogrosso, which proposes to recreate through archive's images in counterpoint with the current production of the artist, thirty-five years of care ...

Vito (2011)

In the aftermath of Stonewall, a newly politicized Vito Russo found his voice as a gay activist and critic of LGBTQ+ representation in the media. He went on to write "The Celluloid Closet", the first book to critique Hollywood's portrayals of gays on scree ...

Busby Berkeley: A Journey with a Star (2007)

Profile of famed dance director Busby Berkeley's career, in particular "The Gang's All Here" ...

The Bronze Screen: 100 Years of the Latino Image in American Cinema (2002)

Documentary about the presence of Latin American culture and actors in American movies. ...

It's All Brazil (1997)

A film essay about Brazil discovered through Orson Welles' eyes during the shooting of It's All True. ...

Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional (1997)

"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema. ...

Bahia de Todos os Sambas (1996)

Between August 23 and 31, 1983, at the "Circo Massimo", in Rome, there was a musical event that brought together artists from Bahia. This film brings a recording of the event, also featuring backstage, rehearsals, testimonies and some relaxing moments of t ...

Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995)

A biography of the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti-frutti hat. From her arrival in the US as the "Brazilian Bombshell" to her Broadway career and Hollywood stardom in the 1940s. ...

That's Entertainment! III (1994)

Some of MGM'S musical stars review the studios history of musicals. From The Hollywood Revue of 1929 to Brigadoon, from the first musical talkies to Gene Kelly in Singin' in the Rain. ...

It's All True (1993)

A documentary about Orson Welles's unfinished three-part film about South America. ...

A Embaixatriz do Samba (1991)

Showbiz Goes to War (1982)

While a few Hollywood celebrities such as James Stewart and Clark Gable saw combat during World War II, the majority used their talents to rally the American public through bond sales, morale-boosting USO tours, patriotic war dramas and escapist film fare. ...

Mulheres de Cinema (1978)

Documentary on famous Brazilian actresses, female directors and the role of women in Brazilian film history. ...

Salsa (1976)

The Fania All Stars perform for 44,000 fans at Yankee stadium in New York. Besides concert footage, there's also included a history of Salsa, and vintage film clips of Hollywood's portrayal of Latinos in movies during the 1930's and 40's. ...

That's Entertainment! (1974)

Various MGM stars from yesterday present their favorite musical moments from the studio's 50 year history. ...

Carmen Miranda (1969)

Short documentary about Carmen Miranda, with some of her songs, rare footage of the "lost" film "Banana-da-Terra" and scenes of her funeral, in 1955. ...

Scared Stiff (1953)

A nightclub singer and his partner escape mobsters by fleeing to Cuba with a beautiful heiress, who has inherited a haunted castle on an isolated island. The trio hunt for a hidden treasure and encounter a ghost, a zombie, and a mysterious killer... ...

Nancy Goes to Rio (1950)

Mother and daughter compete over same singing role and, unbeknownst to each other, the same man. ...

A Date with Judy (1948)

Best friends Judy and Carol compete for the affection of an older man during their high school dance. As Carol tries to rekindle Judy's relationship with Carol's bumbling brother, Oogie, Judy suspects that her father is having an affair with a beautiful da ...

Copacabana (1947)

A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constant costume changes are too much for his girl, and the men who have fallen for the different performers. ...

If I'm Lucky (1946)

Out of work swing band maneuvers a gig working for a political campaign, by drawing in and entertaining prospective voters at rallies. The candidate is really a stooge for a corrupt political machine, which discovers the band's handsome and appealing singe ...

Doll Face (1945)

Burlesque queen Doll Face Carroll is dismissed from an audition for a legitimate Broadway show because she lacks culture. Her boss/manager Mike decides that she can get both culture and plenty of publicity by writing her autobiography. He hires a ghost wri ...

The All-Star Bond Rally (1945)

Inspirational documentary short film featuring Hollywood stars promoting the sales of War Bonds through songs and skits. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive. ...

Something for the Boys (1944)

The oddly-assorted Hart cousins: revue singer Blossom, con man Harry, and machinist Chiquita (who gets radio through her teeth!), inherit southern plantation Magnolia Manor, which alas proves to be a "termite trap" and tax liability. Fortunately, Sgt. Rock ...

Greenwich Village (1944)

In 1922, a would-be classical composer gets involved with people putting on a musical revue. ...

Four Jills in a Jeep (1944)

Reenactments of actual USO experiences of its female stars entertaining troops overseas. ...

The Gang's All Here (1943)

A soldier falls for a chorus girl and then experiences trouble when he is posted to the Pacific. ...

Springtime in the Rockies (1942)

Broadway partners Vicky Lane and Dan Christy have a tiff over Christy's womanizing. Jealous Vicky takes up with her old flame and former dance partner, Victor Price, and Dan's career takes a nosedive. In hopes of rekindling their romance and getting Vicky ...

Week-End in Havana (1941)

A ship company employee, Jay Williams, is sent to Florida where one of the company cruise ships is stuck on a reef off of the coast. He obtains waivers from all of the passengers with the exception of Nan Spencer, a department store salesgirl who wants her ...

That Night in Rio (1941)

An entertainer in Rio impersonates a wealthy aristocrat. When the aristocrat's wife asks him to carry the impersonation further, complications ensue. ...

Down Argentine Way (1940)

The story—in which an American heiress on holiday in South America falls in love with an Argentine horse breeder against the wishes of their families—takes a backseat to the spectacular location shooting and parade of extravagant musical numbers, which ...

Banana-da-Terra (1939)

A man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas decides to kidnap the Queen of 'Bananaland', a tropical island paradise, and take her to Rio, where she falls in love with a member of Carmen Miranda's backing ensemble, 'Bando da Lua'. ...

Alô Alô Carnaval (1936)

Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical. ...

Estudantes (1935)

Plot unknown. ...

Hello, Hello, Brazil! (1935)

A man is looking for a radio singer named "Dulcineia." For this, he goes through the biggest hassles and problems. The plot, in fact, is an excuse for the exhibition of the musical numbers of the greatest Brazilian Radio artists. ...