Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business
1995•1h 31m•7.4•Released
Documentary
A biography of the Portuguese-born Brazilian singer Carmen Miranda, whose most distinctive feature was her tutti-frutti hat. From her arrival in the US as the "Brazilian Bombshell" to her Broadway career and Hollywood stardom in the 1940s.
Director
Helena Solberg
Languages
Portuguese, Spanish, English
Studio
RioFilme
Cast
Carmen Miranda
Self (archive footage)
Maria José Queiroz Miranda
Self
Aurora Miranda
Self
Mario Cunha
Self
Caribé da Rocha
Self
Laurindo Almeida
Self
Synval Silva
Self
Aloysio de Oliveira
Self
Cesar Romero
Self
Alice Faye
Self
Jeanne Allan
Self
Estela Romero
Self
Raul Smandek
Self
Ivan Jack
Self
Cássio Barsante
Self
Production
Company
RioFilme
Company
Channel 4 Television
Producer
Helena Solberg
Producer
David Meyer
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