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- TriviaIncluded as a special feature in the Something for the Boys (1944) DVD of The Carmen Miranda Collection.
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Carmen Miranda: That Girl from Rio is an excellent documentary of her career that appears on the Something for the Boys DVD
Just watched this documentary of the Brazilian Bombshell on the Something for the Boys DVD as one of that disc's special features. It appeared in four parts: Part One-Coming to America, Part Two-The Spirit of Brazil, Part Three-Hollywood, and Part Four-Life After Fox. With interviews of both Brazilian culture experts and of musical-both Broadway and Hollywood-historians, one gets the full spectrum of this one-of-a-kind entertainer's life and career and of the sacrifices and toll she had that helped her become legendary. It's especially touching when we're shown her very last performance on "The Jimmy Durante Show" and find out she'd eventually have a fatal heart attack that same night. Still, despite many setbacks Ms. Miranda would go through, she'd always publicly present herself as a joyous and energetic trouper wherever she went. So on that note, That Girl from Rio is highly recommend. P.S. Among the interviewed was one Darrylin Zanuck, the daughter of Darryl F. Zanuck, who was the head of the studio that put Ms. Miranda under contract, 20th Century-Fox.
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- tavm
- Mar 18, 2010
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