The Brazilian performer was a huge hit with American audiences who loved her outrageous costumes and beautiful voice. But she's been less... Of Fruit Hats And 'Happy Tropics,' A Renaissance For Carmen ...
The New York Times and the [UK] Guardian both published articles commemorating the 60th anniversary of Carmen Miranda's (1909-55) death on August 5. Although her indelible Hollywood image is one of ...
Carmen Miranda - Entre Divãs E Balangandãs narrates a cut in Carmen Miranda's life, when, already consecrated as one of the main Brazilian personalities in the United States, she returned for a show ...
Out of the 480 steamship passengers stranded on a reef, Nan Spencer (Alice Faye), a hosiery salesgirl at Macy’s, is the only one who refuses to sign a waiver. Fearing a hefty lawsuit, cruise ship ...
Relations between the U.S. and Brazil are strained by conflicting alliances in the Ukraine war. Decades ago, a Disney cartoon parrot and Carmen Miranda once played a part in U.S.-Brazilian diplomacy.