- Copacabana (1947 film)
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Copacabana 
Directed by Alfred E. Green Produced by Sam Coslow Written by Allen Boretz
Howard Harris
László Vadnay (story and screenplay)Starring Groucho Marx
Carmen MirandaDistributed by United Artists Release date(s) July 11, 1947 Running time 92 minutes Country United States Language English Copacabana is a 1947 musical comedy film starring Groucho Marx and Carmen Miranda.
The film is a showcase for Miranda, who performs several numbers in her usual style, including a high-energy rendition of "Tico-Tico". Groucho, as Lionel, her fiance and agent, by then was wearing a normal mustache in real life, but he also sings a song, "Go West, Young Man", wearing his traditional greasepaint brows and mustache, and baggy suit. This was Groucho's first significant film appearance as a solo act, minus Harpo and Chico. Anne (Gloria Jean), at the urging of Andy, sings a song called "Stranger Things Have Happened", admitting her unrequited love for her employer, Steve.
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Synopsis
Lionel Devereaux and Carmen Navarro (who have been engaged for ten years) are highly unsuccessful nightclub performers, due to Lionel's total lack of talent. In desperation, he pretends to be a successful show business agent and tries to persuade a nightclub owner to engage Carmen. But Steve, the owner, isn't interested in a dancer and wants a chanteuse. Carmen pretends to be an exotic veiled French singer 'Mlle Fifi' and gets the job, but then the club also engages Carmen in her real persona.
Mlle Fifi becomes more successful than Carmen and Lionel decides to 'kill her off'. She disappears, but then makes a sudden return and all is revealed.
Cast
- Groucho Marx as Lionel Q. Devereaux
- Carmen Miranda as Carmen Navarro / 'Mademoiselle Fifi'
- Steve Cochran as Steve Hunt
- Andy Russell as himself
- Gloria Jean as Anne Stuart
- Abel Green as himself (editor of Variety magazine)
- Louis Sobol as himself, columnist
- Earl Wilson as himself
- Ralph Sanford as Liggett
Kay Mavis, Groucho's then-wife, has a small role as a clerk from whom Groucho tries to mooch a cigar.
Availability
The film is in the public domain and is available on DVD.
External links
- Copacabana at the TCM Movie Database
- Copacabana at the Internet Movie Database
- Copacabana at AllRovi
- Carmen Miranda performs "Tico-Tico"
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