Good neighbor policy? Wartime exigencies inspired an intra-hemisphere cultural exchange, with the movies seizing on the new popularity of Latin music. Republic’s contribution gives us the great songs of Ady Barroso and a full soundtrack of his compositions — in a featherweight musical romance, of course.
Brazil
Blu-ray
Olive Films
1944 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 91 min. / Street Date December 6, 2016 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98
Starring Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Livingston, Veloz and Yolanda, Fortunio Bonanova, Richard Lane, Frank Puglia, Aurora Miranda, Billy Daniel, Dan Seymour, Roy Rogers.
Cinematography Jack A. Marta
Film Editor Fred Allen
Songs Ary Barroso, Hoagy Carmichael
Written by Frank Gill Jr., Laura Kerr, Richard English
Produced by Robert North
Directed by Joseph Santley
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
The wartime ‘Good Neighbor Policy’ was a P.R. blitz intended to steer South America toward the U.S. and away from the Axis.
Brazil
Blu-ray
Olive Films
1944 / B&W / 1:37 flat Academy / 91 min. / Street Date December 6, 2016 / available through the Olive Films website / 29.98
Starring Tito Guízar, Virginia Bruce, Edward Everett Horton, Robert Livingston, Veloz and Yolanda, Fortunio Bonanova, Richard Lane, Frank Puglia, Aurora Miranda, Billy Daniel, Dan Seymour, Roy Rogers.
Cinematography Jack A. Marta
Film Editor Fred Allen
Songs Ary Barroso, Hoagy Carmichael
Written by Frank Gill Jr., Laura Kerr, Richard English
Produced by Robert North
Directed by Joseph Santley
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
The wartime ‘Good Neighbor Policy’ was a P.R. blitz intended to steer South America toward the U.S. and away from the Axis.
- 12/10/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
By Massiel Bobadilla
HollywoodNews.com: I don’t know whose idea it was to put this movie together, but frankly, it sounds like movie magic in the making.
Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana is currently collaborating with actor Benjamin Bratt, and brother Peter Bratt, to put together a biopic, with Ben in the title role, sources revealed earlier this week.
Set to begin filming sometime in 2011, the currently unnamed project is still being written.
“They’ve already told the story of Selena, of Ritchie Valens, and before that there was Tito Guízar, but still no Santana,” Carlos said. “We’re going to start having interviews in order to present my story clearly, so that people know where I come from, who I am…so that people know that my mother is conviction and my father is charisma.”
I’ll be keeping my ears peeled for more info on this movie! It...
HollywoodNews.com: I don’t know whose idea it was to put this movie together, but frankly, it sounds like movie magic in the making.
Legendary guitarist Carlos Santana is currently collaborating with actor Benjamin Bratt, and brother Peter Bratt, to put together a biopic, with Ben in the title role, sources revealed earlier this week.
Set to begin filming sometime in 2011, the currently unnamed project is still being written.
“They’ve already told the story of Selena, of Ritchie Valens, and before that there was Tito Guízar, but still no Santana,” Carlos said. “We’re going to start having interviews in order to present my story clearly, so that people know where I come from, who I am…so that people know that my mother is conviction and my father is charisma.”
I’ll be keeping my ears peeled for more info on this movie! It...
- 7/2/2010
- by Massiel Bobadilla
- Hollywoodnews.com
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