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Copacabana
Copacabana

Copacabana (1947)

54% User Rating
1h 32min
Comedy
Music

"So LAVISH! So LILTING! So LADEN with LAUGHTER!"

A talent agent sells his girlfriend to a nightclub – as two separate acts. The deception and constant costume changes are too much for his girl, and the men who have fallen for the different performers.

Alfred E. GreenDirector

Cast

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Groucho Marx

Groucho Marx

Lionel Q. Deveraux

Carmen Miranda

Carmen Miranda

Carmen Novarro / Mlle. Fifi

Steve Cochran

Steve Cochran

Steve Hunt

Andy Russell

Andy Russell

Andy Russell

Gloria Jean

Gloria Jean

Anne Stuart

Earl Wilson

Earl Wilson

Self

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Abel Green

Self

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Louis Sobol

Self

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Peggy De Castro

Singer

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Cherie De Castro

Singer

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Babette De Castro

Singer

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Raul Reyes

Rhumba Dancer

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Eva Reyes

Rhumba Dancer

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Igor Dega

Specialty

Ralph Sanford

Ralph Sanford

Liggett

Kay Marvis

Kay Marvis

Cigarette Girl

Chili Williams

Chili Williams

Sobel's Showgirl

Merle McHugh

Merle McHugh

Copa Girl

Abigail Adams

Abigail Adams

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Dee Turnell

Copa Girl

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Jill Meredith

Copa Girl

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Maxine Fife

Announcer

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Toni Kelly

Wilson's Showgirl

Reviews (1)

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CinemaSerf
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Rating 60%

July 7, 2022

The thing that frequently gets me about films like this, is that we would ever have got dressed up to the nines for a evening/early morning of entertainment that is all so very rigid and regimented... The dancing routines are so very heavily choreographed and the size of the places - with a band, dancers and a spotlit leading performer - must have been most off putting for diner and entertainer alike. This one has quite a quirky storyline: Graucho Marx ("Devereaux") has just one act - Carmen Miranda - on his books but venue owner Steve Cochrane ("Steve") is looking for more, so Marx hits upon a plan whereby his star does her Brazilian samba act for some of the time, then upscales as the more elegantly alluring "Madame. Fifi" during the downtime - a recipe for a fast paced juggling act that Barnum would have been proud of. There are some gently amusing sub-plots as their success attracts Holywood producers; Gloria Jean ("Anne") tries to have her way with the unsuspecting boss and crooner Andy Russell gets a few numbers in too. As you'd expect, there are plenty of quippy one-liners from Marx, many of which still raise a smile 70-odd years later, but otherwise time hasn't really been kind to the rest of it. Miranda never did strike any chords with me; and though doubtless an hugely charismatic woman, her act was limited and her thick accent quite difficult to comprehend - it really was all about the fruit bowl with her. Both have some fun trashing the dressing room towards the end which is quite jolly, but the set-piece dancing elements are unremarkable and the story is, well, daft... Nothing not to like, really, but nothing much to remember either.

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1947 Copacabana - Movie Trailer

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