Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995)
Overview
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.
Cast
Carmen Miranda
Self (archive footage)
Aurora Miranda
Self
Laurindo Almeida
Self
Cesar Romero
Self
Alice Faye
Self
Rita Moreno
Self
Cynthia Adler
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