Brazil (1944 film)
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Brazil is a 1944 film directed by Joseph Santley. It is set in Brazil, and involves a composer masquerading as twins, trying to win the hand of an anti-Latin novelist.
Cast
- Tito GuízarTito GuízarFederico Arturo Guízar Tolentino was a Mexican singer and actor. He was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico....
as Miguel Soares - Virginia BruceVirginia BruceVirginia Bruce was an American actress and singer.-Career:Born Helen Virginia Briggs in Minneapolis, Minnesota, she went with her family to Los Angeles intending to enroll in the University of California when a friendly wager sent her seeking film work. She got it as an extra in Why Bring That...
as Nicky Henderson - Edward Everett HortonEdward Everett HortonEdward Everett Horton was an American character actor. He had a long career in film, theater, radio, television and voice work for animated cartoons. He is especially known for his work in the films of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers.-Early life:Horton was born in Brooklyn, New York, to Isabella...
as Everett St. John Everett - Robert LivingstonRobert Livingston (actor)Robert Livingston was an American film actor. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1975.Often billed as "Bob Livingston," he was the original "Stony Brooke" in the "Three Mesquiteers" Western B-movie series, a role later played by John Wayne for eight films...
as Rod Walker - Veloz and YolandaVeloz and YolandaFrank Veloz and Yolanda Casazza were a dance team during the 1930s and 1940s.-Biography:They received an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film nomination for their "Cavalcade of Dance with Veloz and Yolanda" in 1943....
as themselves - Fortunio BonanovaFortunio BonanovaFortunio Bonanova is the pseudonym of Josep Lluís Moll , who was a baritone singer and a film, theater, and television actor...
as Senor Renaldo Da Silva - Richard Lane as Edward Graham
- Frank PugliaFrank PugliaFrank Puglia was an Italian film actor. Puglia had small but memorable roles in films including Casablanca and 1942's The Jungle Book. Born in Sicily, the actor started his career as a teen on stage in Italian operas. He emigrated to the U.S...
as Senor Machado - Aurora MirandaAurora MirandaAurora Miranda da Cunha was a Brazilian entertainer. Her sister was Carmen Miranda. Miranda began her career at the age of 18 in 1933...
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 RogersRoy RogersRoy Rogers, born Leonard Franklin Slye , was an American singer and cowboy actor, one of the most heavily marketed and merchandised stars of his era, as well as being the namesake of the Roy Rogers Restaurants franchised chain...
as Himself, Roy Rogers - TriggerTrigger (horse)Trigger was a palomino horse, made famous in American Western films with his owner/rider, cowboy star Roy Rogers.-Pedigree:...
as Trigger, Roy's Horse - Billy Daniel as Dancer (as Billy Daniels)
Awards
The film was nominated for three Academy Awards:- Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
- Music (Song)
- Sound Recording (Daniel J. Bloomberg)