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9g068 CARMEN MIRANDA 7.5x9.5 still '40s full-length portrait in cool outfit with outrageous hat!

Date Sold 12/29/2009
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An Original Vintage Theatrical 7 1/2" x 9 1/2" Movie Still (Learn More)

Carmen Miranda was a vivacious Portuguese musical performer in many 1940s movies, best remembered for wearing a hat that looked like a basket of fruit!

The following was submitted to us by a fan of Ms. Miranda: Carmen Miranda was born Maria do Carmo Miranda Da Cunha on February 9, 1909 near Porto, Portugal in the town of Marco de Canavezes. Not long after her birth her family moved to Brazil, where her father was involved in the produce business. The family settled in the then-capital city of Rio de Janeiro. After leaving school, Carmen got a job at a local store, and often began singing on the job. Before long she was discovered and got a singing job on a local radio station. She ultimately got a recording contract with RCA. By 1928 she was a genuine superstar in Brazil. As with other popular singers of the era, she eventually made her way into the film world. She made her debut in the Brazilian documentary A Voz do Carnaval (1933). Two years later she appeared in her first feature film, Alo Alo Brasil (1935). However. it was Estudantes (1935) that seemed to solidify Carmen in the minds of the Brazilian movie audiences. Now they realized she could act as well as sing. Although there was three years between Alo, Alo Carnaval (1936) and Banana-da-Terra (1939), Carmen continued to churn out musical hits in Brazil. The latter film would be the last in her home country.

In late 1939 Carmen arrived, with much fanfare in the press, in New York City. She was now ready to capture Americans' hearts with her talent. She appeared in some musical revues on Broadway and, just as everyone thought, was a huge hit. In 1940 Carmen was signed to appear in the Twentieth Century-Fox production Down Argentine Way (1940), with Betty Grable and Don Ameche. The only complaint that critics had was the fact that Carmen was not on the screen enough. In 1941 she was, again, teamed with Ameche in addition to Alice Faye in That Night in Rio (1941). The film was extremely popular with the theater patrons. Her unique songs went a long way in making her popular. It was after A Week End In Havana (1941) that American cartoon artists began to cash in on Carmen's ever-growing popularity.

In the 1930s and 1940s cartoons were sometimes shown as a prelude to whatever feature film was showing. Sure enough, the cartoon version of Carmen came wriggling across the screen, complete with her trademark fruit hat and wide, toothy grin. In 1942 Carmen starred in Springtime in the Rockies (1942) with Betty Grable and Cesar Romero, both of whom she had worked with before. It was shortly after this that America began adopting her style of dress as the latest fad. 1944 saw her in three films: Something for the Boys (1944), Four Jills in a Jeep (1944) and Greenwich Village (1944). The first two did well at the box-office, but the last one left a lot to be desired. It was her last busy year in film. Carmen made one film each in 1945, '46, '47 and '48. After that she didn't make a film for two years, until Nancy Goes to Rio (1950), a production for MGM. Once again didn't make a film for several years, returning with Scared Stiff (1953). She did stay busy, singing on the nightclub circuit and appearing on the relatively new medium of television.

However, "Scared Stiff" was her final performance on the silver screen. On August 4, 1955 she suffered a heart attack, although she didn't realize it at the time, during a live broadcast of "The Jimmy Durante Show" (1954). She went home after attending a party in 1955. Early the next morning, on August 5, Carmen suffered a fatal heart attack (especially unusual, as she neither drank or smoked). She was just 46 years old. Her body was flown to her adopted country of Brazil, where her death was declared a period of national mourning.
Important Added Info: Note that this still measures 7 1/2" x 9 1/2", but it does not appear to be trimmed

Condition: very good.
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