Carmen Miranda Articles

THE GANG'S ALL HERE (1943) Direction: Busby Berkeley Cast: Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, James Ellison, Phil Baker, Benny Goodman, Charlotte Greenwood, Edward Everett Horton, Sheila Ryan, Eugene Pallette, Tony De Marco, Bando da Lua Screenplay: Walter Bullock; from a story by Nancy Wintner, George Root Jr., and Tom Bridges Oscar Movies Highly Recommended From the moment The Gang's All Here opens with a nightclub production [...]

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojo3I59Gn6c[/youtube] Carmen Miranda — known as the "Brazilian Bombshell" in the US; as A Pequena Notável (either "The Notable Gal" or "The Notable Little One," I'm not sure) in Brazil — would have turned 100 today. In the clip above, the Portuguese-born, (as Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, in Marco de Canavezes) Brazilian-raised (in Rio de Janeiro) entertainer can be seen performing, along with [...]

Entertainer Aurora Miranda, Carmen Miranda's sister, died of natural causes on Wed., Dec. 21, in Rio de Janeiro. She was 90. Born in Rio on April 20, 1915, Aurora started her show business career in the late 1920s, singing on radio and pairing up with sister Carmen at Rio's then prestigious Cassino da Urca. Aurora Miranda's biggest hit came out in 1934: André Filho's "Cidade [...]

"We want to restore the image of Carmen, who has had an incredible impact on Brazil," says Fabiano Canosa, the curator of a Carmen Miranda exhibit being held at the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro. "Carmen Miranda Forever" marks (a little belatedly) the fiftieth anniversary of Miranda's death, and is being billed as the largest Carmen Miranda exhibit ever. Included are [...]