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...completely believable. Lynn Carter makes an attractive pick-up girl and injects a much-needed note of natural humor. Doubling in the role of author and actor, Harold Kennedy plays the faithful friend Tony as if the part had been written for him. Louise Valery, Lee Nugent, Allan Tower, Miranda Swanson and David Tyrell round out the cast. It should be said that Andrew Mack's set is probably the best of its kind that has been seen in many a straw-hat season...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: PLAYGOER | 6/20/1944 | See Source »

They finished far ahead of such-popular favorites as Carmen Amaya, Carmen Miranda and Rosario & Antonio. Nobody questioned the justice of the verdict. After the ball was over, Raul & Eva returned to their four-to-six shows a day (divided between Broadway's Mexican Hayride and the Havana-Madrid night club) that earn them about $1,000 a week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Raul & Eva | 4/24/1944 | See Source »

...drifts homeward to find detectives chewing cigars and chicle over his strangled wife. All efforts to find his alibi prove useless. The bartender (Andrew Tombes) has never seen her. Neither has the randy little drummer (Elisha Cook Jr.) who ogled her all evening. Neither has the Latin singer (Carmen Miranda's sister, Aurora), who threw a jealous tantrum because she and the Lady were wearing duplicate hats. Henderson is convicted of murder...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Pictures, Feb. 28, 1944 | 2/28/1944 | See Source »

...Gang's All Here," starring Alice Faye, Carmen Miranda, Phil Baker, etc., in technicolor...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Navy Recreation | 1/7/1944 | See Source »

...unpopular term as Federal Interventor in the rebellious State of São Paulo. He plays the piano beautifully, has almost memorized his favorite book, The Arabian Nights. He speaks English, is pro-American, has a son in the U.S. Air Forces. Among his pals: Sumner Welles and Carmen Miranda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE AMERICAS: Jo | 12/20/1943 | See Source »

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