Brazil (1944 film)

1944 film by Joseph Santley

Brazil

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

* November 30, 1944 (1944-11-30) (United States)

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 includes performances by Brazilian singer Aurora Miranda and a cameo appearance by American singing cowboy Roy Rogers.

## Plot

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In Brazil, a composer masquerades as twins, trying to win the hand of an anti-Latin novelist.

## Cast

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* 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

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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

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* List of American films of 1944

## References

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

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Brazil (1944 film).

* Brazil at IMDb

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Films directed by Joseph Santley

* The Cocoanuts (1929)
* Swing High (1930)
* The Loudspeaker (1934)
* Young and Beautiful (1934)
* Million Dollar Baby (1934)
* Harmony Lane (1935)
* Waterfront Lady (1935)
* Frisco Waterfront (1935)
* Her Master's Voice (1936)
* Dancing Feet (1936)
* Laughing Irish Eyes (1936)
* The Harvester (1936)
* We Went to College (1936)
* Walking on Air (1936)
* Smartest Girl in Town (1936)
* Meet the Missus (1937)
* There Goes the Groom (1937)
* She's Got Everything (1937)
* Blond Cheat (1938)
* Always in Trouble (1938)
* Swing, Sister, Swing (1938)
* The Spirit of Culver (1939)
* The Family Next Door (1939)
* Two Bright Boys (1939)
* Music in My Heart (1940)
* Melody and Moonlight (1940)
* Dancing on a Dime (1940)
* Melody Ranch (1940)
* Behind the News (1940)
* Sis Hopkins (1941)
* Rookies on Parade (1941)
* Puddin' Head (1941)
* Ice-Capades (1941)
* Down Mexico Way (1941)
* A Tragedy at Midnight (1942)
* Yokel Boy (1942)
* Remember Pearl Harbor (1942)
* Joan of Ozark (1942)
* Call of the Canyon (1942)
* Shantytown (1943)
* Chatterbox (1943)
* Thumbs Up (1943)
* Sleepy Lagoon (1943)
* Here Comes Elmer (1943)
* Rosie the Riveter (1944)
* Jamboree (1944)
* Goodnight, Sweetheart (1944)
* Three Little Sisters (1944)
* Brazil (1944)
* Earl Carroll Vanities (1945)
* Hitchhike to Happiness (1945)
* Shadow of a Woman (1946)
* Make Believe Ballroom (1949)
* When You're Smiling (1950)

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