Brazil (1944 film)

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

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

Cast

• 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

The film was nominated for three Academy Awards:

• Music (Scoring of a Musical Picture)
• Best Original Song: Ary Barroso for Rio de Janeiro
• Sound Recording (Daniel J. Bloomberg)

See also

• List of American films of 1944

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