Word: rios
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Died. Elsie Houston, 40, concert soprano, top singer of Brazilian folk melodies, magic-ritual songs; from an overdose of sleeping tablets; in Manhattan. She was a descendant of Texas' famed General Sam Houston, daughter of an American dentist in Rio de Janeiro, a Brazilian mother...
...time thus gained makes possible the arrival of Jane Russell. Her role: Doc's girl friend, a half-breed moron called Rio. When Billy is shot by Sheriff Garrett as he resists arrest for a killing, Doc comes to the rescue, takes Billy to Rio's home. Rio nurses the Kid back to health...
From this point on The Outlaw scurries pell-mell toward the inevitable day when Billy and Rio ride off astride Red, the horse, into the phoniest Hollywood sunset yet photographed...
...audience, politely embarrassed, sat quietly for some time, the critics exchanging incredulous stares as the picture grew steadily cornier. Finally the audience broke down utterly, laughing at serious scenes, groaning at funny ones. And they guffawed when Rio, intent on nursing wounded Billy, gets undressed, with the announced intention of getting into bed with him to warm him because there are not enough blankets...
...where he dons a gancho costume and with his usual grace, assumes the role of the South American cowboy. The final and most sparkling sequence, the "Aquarela do Brasil" (watercolor of Brazil) is a beautiful spectacle of rhythmic color and samba music in which Donald Duck is introduced to Rio by Joe (Jose) Carioca, a personable young parrot of exuberant tastes...