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Summary: If you are a Carmen Miranda fan
Comment: If you are a Carmen Miranda fan you will love it. I just wish it had the rest of her movies in the collection. It is well worth the money.
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Summary: Carmen Miranda
Comment: There will never be another Carmen Miranda. These are excellent examples of her best work. I highly recomend them.
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Summary: SOMETHING FOR THE BOYS (AND GIRLS) . . . AND DRAG QUEENS!
Comment: The original coochy-coochy girl was born in a small town in northern Portugal, became a Samba superstar in Brazil, making 10 films there before being whisked off to Broadway by the Brothers Shubert. From New York it was but a short hop to Hollywood and worldwide recognition.
This set preserves the Lady in the Tutti-Frutti Hat's South American charm and manic energy. Among the gems here are The Gang's All Here, proving that psychedelic color existed way before the '60s; Greenwich Village, with fast peeks at future celebs such as Betty Comden, Adolph Green and Judy Holliday; and Doll Face, based on a script by Louise Hovick, better known as Gypsy Rose Lee.
To be sure, Fox's musicals had neither the edge of Warner Brothers nor the ultra-glamour of Metro, yet for sheer exuberant charm, they can't be beat. Alice Faye, Phil Baker, Don Ameche, William Bendix, Vivian Blaine and Perry Como surround La Miranda in these films, but no one can out shine her. And no one can out "Chicka-Chicka Boom" the Brazilian Bombshell.
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Summary: Beautiful Boxset of the Brazilian Bombshell!
Comment: These box set features 5 of Carmen Miranda's best films. The three in color are beautifully clear, the colors very lush and vibrant. She has never looked better! I remember seeing "The Gang's All Here" in college--the audience howled at its campiness, but this DVD version is so sharp and clear compared to the actual film I saw at the campus theater. If you love Carmen Miranda and musicals, this is a fabulous boxset, colorfully packaged like the lady herself.
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Summary: The Tutti Frutti Girl
Comment: The Carmen Miranda Collection (The Gang's All Here / If I'm Lucky / Something for the Boys / Greenwich Village / Doll Face) Have not watched the movies but I just love any movie with Carmen in it. The original Tutti Frutti Girl, she puts the va-va into voom. The packaging is great. It is so colorful just like her. If you love old musicals you'll love this set. These movies are her earliest musicals, which I haven't seen but I have watched her later ones over and over again. It's time for a Carmen Miranda festival!!! Enjoy
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