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 features Brazilian singer Aurora Miranda, as well as American singing cowboy Roy Rogers in a cameo appearance as himself.

## 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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* 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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