The Lady In The Tutti Frutti Hat

[@keithsly3268]

I was under ten years of age when I fell in love with Carmen Miranda, 70 years ago. It was at The Grand Palace cinema in my home town in England. At last, when I was In Brazil after a Christmas cruise (2017) I was reintroduced to her by Wilson a Brazilian. He helped me to find her again. Thank you Wilson.

[@gabriela000]

Keith Sly, hi! I'm Brazilian. I do not speak English. I have suggestions: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eKO9c5yngJWjb6c kzbin.info/www/bejne/jHarlJ6gn8d4bqs

[@cherpylatina]

I love her and im 30. I feel I lived those times

[@maps_cat8380]

Me 2 I'm 63..I wish she lived longer

[@АлександрВасильков-з4о]

I am russian man , I Love it !!! Carmen , i love , remember , and miss you !!!

[@doncapon5483]

The camera crew are the unsung heroes of this scene. Absolutely brilliant

[@stephenindc9102]

And using big, bulky old-style technicolor cameras! Busby Berkeley was an insane genius!

[@Rimskey1]

Visually its beautiful without computers or blue screens. That is what a real color movie is all about.

[@Lady_A.R]

This brings back my childhood years ... oh my gosh! ❤❤❤😂 Carmen Miranda was my very first love of Brasilian music and American theater music. ❤❤❤ I will never ever forget her charming and colorful singing and dancing. 💃😇💖💝

[@maps_cat8380]

Me too

[@isabella-a-a-a]

Aw ❤️ what era did you grow up in?

[@Lady_A.R]

@@isabella-a-a-a The best 1960s. 🎼🎺🎵🤗

[@maps_cat8380]

The 60's

[@maps_cat8380]

@@isabella-a-a-a The 1960.s born

[@allisonyoung4285]

Always loved seeing Carmen Miranda! Fabulous star and talent.💃❤️💯

[@mattmammone2338]

She was very versatile. She's kind of like Judy Garland in that way, singing dancing acting, playing different roles. She had so much potential besides your pan-Latina image. Carmen could dance and move and speak in a way that nobody in the States had seen before even in Brazil her band mates in Bando da Lua said she could speak and make up nonsense words, like American Jazz scatting. A decent singer, I'm always impressed by her vocal range too. I love her. Even if she was stereotyped, I adore her as if she comes from a culture of her own invention. Ay Ay Ay I like her, VERY much lol

[@l23722]

She was not "latina", she was portuguese and therefore european.

[@rungatunga5703]

Cohen Sommer we, the portuguese, are europeans and latins...

[@rungatunga5703]

Cohen Sommer from oxford dictionary, latin is a native or inhabitant of a country whose language developed from Latin, especially a Latin American.

[@l23722]

Runga Tunga, "...specially a Latin American". She was not Latin American, she was european. Maria do Carmo was portuguese, and thefore not "Latina".

[@catiaferreira6469]

amazing artist from Portugal who went to Brazil and conquer the world :)

[@wahzit2u]

This is so fun! It is goofy, super fun, sweet, and sexy in the most surreal yet innocent way. I cannot imagine how long they had to work to get everything so perfectly coordinated. It is just great fun. And Carmen Miranda us just the best!! So talented, so lovely

[@gradetwelve5799]

Back when TALENT was indispensable in the entertainment industry. A true classic Hollywood moment.

[@denniswilliams6447]

1943 was a terrible time.This must have been a ray of sunshine in those dark days.Still works today,great to watch.

[@dayane_nutri]

Why?

[@marcelooo2930]

@@dayane_nutri ww2

[@mratkins2611]

Not in the USA

[@bennygoodmanisgod]

@@dayane_nutrimaybe the world war that was going on? 💀💀💀

[@dayane_nutri]

@@bennygoodmanisgod watching a colorful video like this doesn't make us think about history btw

[@hlywdplayer]

Whenever i feel down i watch Carmen ,she picks up my spirits,love her cheerie persona in character,what a gal !!! and this number is so classic ---Fabulous Busby Berkley imagination of ...Way BIG musicals ......mmmmm !! Strawberry-Banana combo cant be beat !

[@Mezzy..]

I am simply amazed by the cinematography.

[@voleibrazil2892]

Carmen Miranda canta com inglês cheio de sotaque "latino" de propósito, faz parte da personagem que ela magistralmente criou não só para o Brasil mas para o mundo. Sinceramente, não vi até hoje nenhuma artista brasileira tão multimídia como ela. Olhares, mil expressões do rosto, voz, dança, figurino, cenário. Parece que Carmen é uma comissão de frente e o carro abre-alas de uma escola de samba. Será que o carnaval carioca teria se inspirado nela em suas fantasias e na organização das alas? A maior artista pop brasileira sem dúvida insuperável até hoje. E não é nenhuma ofensa dizer que ela é brasileira, mesmo tendo nascido em portugal porque tudo que ela canta, dança e seu figurino são da cultura brasileira. Agradeço aos irmãos portugueses por ter nos enviado tão lindo talento. Sem a cultura brasileira não existiria Carmen Miranda e vice-versa rs ... Que interessante: Carmen Miranda e Luis Gonzaga dois grandes artistas que influenciaram a cultura brasileira contemporânea, migrantes. Ela de portugal para o Rio, do Rio para os EUA. Ele, de Pernambuco para o Rio.

[@jeremymlad]

What on earth is this marvelous fever dream? I love it - why can't we still have some beautifully whacko films like this these days?

[@mateusmoura7059]

Maravilhoso! Tenho 16 anos e Carmen Miranda é minha artista favorita! É um orgulho para Brasil ter uma artista histórica, fenomenal e maravilhosa! Pena que a maioria das pessoas de hoje em dia não conhecem ela...

[@AloysiusEmanuel-.-]

Eu tenho poster de Carmen Miranda em minha casa. Tenho uma gatinha com o nome de Miranda. Eu tenho gosto musical eclético e, embora minha formação musical seja erudita, aprecio músicas populares; gosto de composições brasileiras dos Anos Vinte, Trinta, Quarenta... Era tudo muito inocente, puro..., mas saudável. O Brasil começou a degringolar no final dos Anos Setenta, mas quase ninguém percebeu. Sair dessa situação não vai ser nada fácil. Quanto à Música atual o que dizer? Lamentável!

[@ianffelipe]

tenho doze e considero Carmen uma Deusaa

[@igorrezende2086]

Mateus Moura verdade

[@renatamedeiros7339]

E para mim também ela sempre será a minha Diva eterna Carmen Miranda.

[@guely55]

Carmen Miranda era portuguesa.

[@Mezzy..]

Everything about this is simply amazing. So much joy and imagination

[@immaterialimmaterial5195]

Oh Carmen, you are wonderful. The whole thing just makes you smile. They sure knew how to dazzle and entertain us back then! Love it!

[@soulniceman]

Ela não falava inglês desse jeito na vida real.. ela usava esse sotaque pesado, pois os americanos achavam engraçado...ela era caricata, fazia parte do personagem dela...era uma mulher inteligente e muito bem articulada para a época.

[@renarga6886]

+Cláudio Ogando E muito à frente do seu tempo.

[@marirocha1969]

renarga, muito mesmo

[@SuperBullaMan]

This is so Racist!!

[@dayane_nutri]

@@SuperBullaMan whyyy??

[@michellecristina3517]

@@SuperBullaMan Obrigar ela a falar com sotaque, porque era engraçado? É isso que você diz que é racista?

[@leomarcucci2524]

She was wonderful, and what a charisma she had!!!!

[@viniciusoliveira5600]

"Não é certo nem verdadeiro, que eu tenha afirmado nos Estados Unidos a minha nacionalidade, sou brasileira, porque aqui me encontro desde a idade de um ano; e nesta terra me eduquei e fiz minha carreira artística. É ao povo brasileiro - aos meus patrícios - que devo todo este incentivo, todo este aplauso, todas estas homenagens. E não ha, sequer, uma entrevista minha, em qualquer órgão de imprensa, em que não tivesse sempre reafirmado, categoricamente, este meu amor, este meu meu carinho, esta minha admiração pelo Brasil." _Carmen Miranda_

[@ianffelipe]

gostaria de me comunicar vom vc

[@ianffelipe]

com* sou fã de carmen

[@jailmasilva563]

Lindinha

[@Jabutilendario]

Por isso eu me recuso acreditar quando alguém diz que Carmen é portuguesa

[@CharlesWesleyCanal]

@@Jabutilendario Portuguesa de nascimento, mas uma brasileira de coração.

[@Mezzy..]

Her voice is so amazing.

[@gatamanhosa6206]

Nossa quanta gente brigando tentando provar a nacionalidade dela rsrsr. Ela so nasceu em Portugal, veio ainda bebe, aos 9 meses de idade. Cresceu e se criou aqui no Brasil. Ela tinha nacionalidade brasileira, era uma brasileira, de cultura brasileira, nunca morou em Portugual. Viveu no brasil, estudou, trabalhou e comecou sua carreira no lugar onde ela sempre morou : Brasil. Musicas brasileiras... Ai vem alguns portugueses querendo da o merito da carreira dela a Portugual so porque ela apenas nasceu la. Me poupe ne rsrsr. Ela so nasceu em Portugual, mas a Terra e patria dela foi o Brasil. E bananas de presente para cada um de voces. FIM

[@julie26ce]

👏👏👏👏

[@exeletry]

É verdade. Ela é da minha familia, sempre tentei aprender sobre ela. :D

[@wendellchagas9656]

Sabe de uma coisa, os europeus ou os norte americanos, ou o dois, tentam sempre criar identidades ideológicas que os firmem como "superiores" as outras nações. Eles criam narrativas históricas que os favoreçam.

[@nijario9690]

Oq tu ganha com isso se ela for do Japão, Portugal, Colômbia, Brasil? Todos nós somos seres humanos e isso que importa

[@animesdahora]

Caramba, quanta gente brigando pela origem dela. Se portugal tivesse algum significado maior pra ela, ela cantaria que tava com saudade de Lisboa.. ela tinha era saudade da bahia. rsrs

[@matheusjuniordossantos9771]

Aí sim haha

[@Kakakaker]

E queria comer bacalhau ao invés do chuchu

[@michellecristina3517]

Eu nasci na capital de São Paulo, fui pra Guarulhos com 2 anos e me sinto apenas de Guarulhos kkk e é o mesmo Estado kkk imagina vc nascer em um PAÍS e crescer em outro,deve ser como se o que vc nasceu não existisse pra você

[@marialuizaneves1166]

Pois é. Chegou com 1 ano de idade ao Brasil e nunca voltou a Portugal. Se não tivesse tido a relevância que teve ninguém faria questão da nacionalidade.

[@mariluleon7520]

¡Que despliegue,cuanto trabajp y cuanto talento del coreografo,los decoradores,las bailarinas y por supuesto,Carmen!. Hermoso y espectacular video. ME ENCANTO.

[@leprechaunstud582]

There never was another production number quite like this one! Thanks for posting.

[@50YearOldTeenager]

I always though the water ballet in Footlight Parade was Busby's best, possibly I still do simply because of it's so ridiculous scenario. But hey! It's pure entertainment and this clip is the 'Dry land' equal. You just have to love those dancing Bananas, they almost upstage Carmen .

[@gregorbaby4269]

And people think Lady Gaga or D. Bowies videos were unusual 😂 😂

[@SaxonC]

I wish Carmen Miranda knew how many fans she still has, even after almost 64 years after passing. I wish all those great legends of Hollywood’s Golden Age knew that the internet would keep them alive to millions and millions of new fans! God rest your sweet soul Miss Miranda! ✝️😊💃

[@viniciusoliveira5600]

The Queen of Brazil

[@renataargaratetradutora2769]

+Vinícius Oliveira Love her!!!

[@kezy111]

you cant help but smile when you watch this

[@hannawilck7571]

+Kezycat111 by fear...

[@kezy111]

+Hanna Wilck hahaha

[@JoopSloot]

Leftovers from Wizard of Oz.

[@tilerman]

For me, after 10 hours graft on a building site, total escapism. I adore this lady.

[@cardiffbear]

This never fails to cheer me up and the lyrics are so camp.

[@hifrommike2120]

New York Times reviewer Bosley Crowther said the Freudian implications of this sequence were inescapable.

[@koln1996]

"When you're gay, you dress that way, and there's nothing wrong with that!!!" Campy, deranged, FABULOUS!!!

[@noelmaldonado2903]

koln1996 very much a legend and icon

[@sinisterteaser4464]

Skye88 everyone knows that

[@ArizonaWillful]

How can anyone not like this? It is wonderfully zany and from a more innocent time when a giant banana was just a giant banana!

[@gxtmfa]

Everything I've read about this indicates that the giant bananas were 100% innuendo and everyone not only knew it at the time, but was scandalized by this.

[@isabella-a-a-a]

@@gxtmfaExactly. It’s more “exotic sexualized foreign women dancing with GIANT bananas in a post-code film”, not meant to be at the time a totally innocent & random performance about fruit lol

[@nandoferreira1980]

Será que era apenas isso?

[@sheilaholmes8455]

It’s great in a theater!

[@sheilaholmes8455]

The bananas and the strawberries.

[@EduarquiRJ]

This film is fabulous, and our beloved Carmen Miranda appeared at her best! Thanks a lot for sharing with us this moment.

[@foradoar3029]

I love Brazil !

[@alicebatbar1]

Carmen is Portuguese and never gave up her citizenship. i love Brazil too :)

[@FOLIPE]

@@alicebatbar1 she also never set foot in Portugal, I mean, since she left it as a baby before 1yo maybe she crawled over it, or maybe she was only carried.

[@israeldiaz2392]

the first diva ever!!!

[@renarga6886]

Carmen Miranda + Busby Berkeley = Pure genius

[@syhooverman5418]

+renarga Couldnt agree more. Stanley Baxter did a brilliant parody of this and many others. Busby Berkely certainly was a cinematic genius and way ahead of his time

[@Arlan1501]

Portugal se diz orgulhoso da "filha portuguesa", mas os correios de lá, nunca emitiram um selo comemorativo sequer, para homenageá-la, já o Brasil, emitiu vários selos e carimbos comemorativos a Pequena Notável. Recentemente, os correios dos Estados Unidos, a homenageou, em uma série de cantores de renomes.

[@voleibrazil2892]

Não podemos negar a influência da cultura portuguesa no Brasil e vice-versa. Afinal, ela sendo nascida portuguesa adquiriu toda a cultura brasileira aqui: suas roupas, seu ritmo, seus olhares, o samba, tudo que está em Carmen Miranda é fruto da cultura brasileira, mesmo ela tendo cantado nos EUA e em alguns momentos em inglês.

[@renarga6886]

Não importa. O que importa é que ela era DIVA!!!

[@danielatt1620]

Arlan dos Santos Argôlo Carmen se dizia filha de Portugal e brasileira de coração. Ela é o mais belo símbolo da irmandade entre o Brasil e Portugal.

[@pedroluiz9928]

o

[@lusosaylor]

Curioso que seja a Carmen Miranda que associou o turbante ao Brasil no imaginário de todos... tendo sido uma espanhola, Rainha Consorte Carlota Joaquina que pós turbante no mapa, ao desembarcar a recém estreada Capital do império, cheia de piolho em 1808... Viva o Brasil!

[@omordomo9685]

The first pop star ever!

[@jorgemunoz3545]

GRANDIOSA CARMEN MIRANDA

[@tilerman]

Totally bonkers and i love it! 1943, 76 years ago! As much as i love the dancing, the beautiful girls dancing, i can't help it knowing that every time i watch this, i know that none of these people are no longer with us.

[@andersoncambises3417]

Brazil!!! Carmen Miranda, luso-brasileira maravilhosa; quande orgulho para o meu país, o Brasil.

[@frankiebowie6174]

Busby Berkeley was a lieutenant in WWI and watched and learned from the drills the men were put through. He was an infamous taskmaster. Judy Garland got him fired from Girl Crazy. He must’ve been hell to work for, but I can’t help admiring what he came up with. There is a reality to the number that seems almost quaint. Today, CG would make his kaleidoscopes geometrically perfect. It’s practically rock ‘n’ roll! You have to have somebody as strong as Carmen Miranda on the human side of this machine to make it work.

[@SuperBrianMak]

"Some people I dress too gay, but every day I feel so gay, and when I'm gay, I dress that way. Is something wrong with that?" LMAO. Classic.

[@someyoungguyhere8896]

I'm sure that's on a t-shirt or bumper sticker somewhere.

[@TTatitalks]

That needs to be on a T-shirt definitely .

[@SuperBrianMak]

@Pip Cheerio 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿

[@GingysToys]

and still to this day some dummies didn't learn lol smh

[@sonospiacente3334]

@Pip Cheerio nah better keep the original

[@KENACT1]

The musical that is high in vitamins, fiber and potassium; low in calories. Brought to you by Dole, Contadina and Del Monte Productions in association with General Mills Breakfast Cereals. Can't have one without the other.

[@truthbetoldagain]

Carmen Miranda was spectacular ! And also from this fine film , " No Love , No Nothing ," vocalized by the great Alice Faye .

[@KauandiMorais]

...ela nasceu em portugal,mas disse até o fim da sua vida que era brasileira de coração,vamos curtir a musica dela,homenagea-la,não esquece-la e discutir menos.

[@renatamedeiros7339]

Concordo

[@Pertusetian]

How extraordinary! Thank you

[@colinmennie6447]

They could not do this today . Imagine seeing this in a huge movie theater It’s was a very special time in Hollywood . Absolute magical . Pure escapism 👏👏👏❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@SilveniumTheDrifter]

Man, this is so light hearted and frivolous; it's hard not to have your spirits boosted watching it.

[@William_R_S_A]

Brasileira ou portuguesa, tanto faz. Ela tá representando a nossa cultura, aliais, foi com ela que ela chegou a Hollywood.

[@danillofigueiredo4807]

O fato é que ela própria se considerava brasileira e pronto.

[@TheGKarla]

It is gorgeous watch Carmen Miranda. She and her music are wonderful!

[@edierw]

I wanted to see a biopic of her... I'm a young brazilian but I like her. I love your history. Is amazing your talent and carism... She's the lady with the hat of fruit, leading Brazil to the joy of the world, but she was not Brazilian, she had a piece of every place of the world on his little body.

[@gregoryagogo]

Technicolor is a superior color process, even in '43. Color was 'stepped up a notch' even exaggerated. They've been toying around with color in movies since the silent days.

[@peekaboo1575]

Pure art.

[@hidanship]

Miranda... apesar de ser jovem .. amo suas musicas! pois pra musica boa nao existe idade!

[@gregoryagogo]

I'd say she many things to many people! I wish people wouldn't get so possessive of her and "her country!!" Her personal journey took her from Portugal, to Brazil, then to the USA... She's got an amazing life story! She belongs to the world! We all love her!

[@laudemar-A.B.6386]

But Carmen always considered herself Brazilian, that's a fact 😒

[@lua-user]

Wonderful Carmen!!

[@MayraYPerez]

I simply just love her!

[@johnpopowski9838]

The Greatest Musical of it's time.

[@crabstick250]

Love her!

[@mrsoft6884]

The amount of effort for this shot is amazing!

[@sierrajohnson717]

The painted hat in the end was gorgeous

[@WillScarlet16]

Suddenly I really feel like a smoothie

[@Andreaestreladamanhã369]

Awesome!!!!!! I love Carmen Miranda.

[@murraywoldman473]

magnificent and unequalled!

[@mateusmoura7059]

😍😘

[@quecarai2580]

*Mas foi msm querido!! Isso é apenas uma performance musical q ela fez no filme e em todos os filmes (até mesmo de Charles Chaplin tinha) videoclipes só apareceram nos anos 50 e através de outros cantores/grupos*

[@juliaevelyns]

cof cof. Os videoclipes só apareceram na segunda metade dos anos 60, qdo se popularizaram. Carmen Miranda, assim como Elvis Presley e até os próprios Beatles, antes de 67, *não produziam videoclipes* - até pq nenhum artista produzia clipes até então. Na época os artistas costumavam promover suas músicas com filmes. A exemplo disso cito novamente Carmen Miranda (ela fazia filmes nos EUA nos anos 40, mas tb já fez filmes no Brasil pra promover suas músicas nos anos 30), Elvis Presley que já fez vários filmes, sobretudo na década de 50, The Beatles, com A Hard Days Night (1964, vale mt a pena assistir), Help! (1965 esse é "legalzinho") e Magical Mystery Tour (1967 horrível, não assistam kkkk só as músicas são boas). Em 1967, os Beatles já não estavam mais fazendo shows, mas como ainda estavam no auge da fama, sempre eram convidados pra ir a programas de TV. Foi então q eles gravaram os primeiros videoclipes para promoção de música (foram as músicas" Strawberry Fields 4Ever" e "Penny Lane". Se vc vir, vai reparar q são quase iguais os clipes - mesmos cenários, roupas... mas é pq foram lançados juntos mesmo). Elvis Presley não sei qdo gravou seu primeiro videoclipe, mas sei q os Beatles foram os primeiros artistas a fazê-lo. Carmen Miranda nunca gravou videoclipes, porque faleceu nos anos 50... Acho importante registrar isso pq a gente vê hoje "clipes" de músicas de Carmen Miranda, Judy Garland, Marilin Monroe... mas muitos se confundem porque não sabem q esses "clipes" na verdade são cenas de filmes, capice? ;)

[@deepalmer3960]

She was the most fabulous actress of the 20th century!

[@elissastuart6691]

Just wonderful ! Don't know how I missed this !

[@pierrebinot149]

How did this ever get any "unlike " votes. Who could not love Carmen Miranda, I have loved her ever since I was a kid. If you are having a bad day to watch her the dancing eyes, her timing dancing and singing and team with Busby I never get tired of watching her and it always make me laugh and smile.

[@BethFelixkat]

Beautiful!

[@leonardmirone8215]

Carmen was well before my time, but I do recognize her as a great entertainer who thrilled many of her audiences with her unique style and talent.

[@leoppsmarilia]

Greetings from Brazil! There is only a word that defines our feelings about Carmem, a unique Portuguese word: 'saudade'!

[@concettadileo2343]

Thanks for the fun memories, Jay.

[@stupidcatgirl514]

esperando alguém no BR superá-la zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[@CAIODAVIOFC]

Nunca

[@jailmasilva563]

Nunca

[@LorenaAnjoss]

Carmen ajudou a disseminar lá fora a cultura de que o Brasil era uma floresta nessa época

[@joemuniz520]

infelizmente não temos mais essas florestas, tá tudo virando pasto pra gado!

[@LorenaAnjoss]

Igual sempre. Se você acha que essa visão é de agora vc ta bem enganado

[@myll3n4]

Brasileiro agora tem fama de ignorante, burro e vulgar lá fora.

[@divasusanavieira1523]

Carmen Miranda já tinha fama de vulgar naquela época, todo mundo achava um escândalo a barriga de fora dela. Fora, uma vez que fotografaram ela e apareceu suas parte intimas...

[@PedroRodrigues-jq7dx]

Diva Susana Vieira Sério? Por essa eu não esperava!

[@Mezzy..]

This is the perfect video to watch while high on the couch in a soft blanket.

[@halan1001]

The last musical number of the movie is incredible. One of Busby's best, and a truly great movie swan song for Alice Faye. She was never more beautiful.

[@RebeccaJ720]

I want a smoothie right now.

[@gregoryagogo]

"I'm Chiquita banana and I've come to say - Bananas have to ripen in a certain way - When they are fleck'd with brown and have a golden hue - Bananas taste the best and are best for you - You can put them in a salad - You can put them in a pie-aye - Any way you want to eat them - It's impossible to beat them - But, bananas like the climate of the very, very tropical equator - So you should never put bananas in the refrigerator."

[@weepomineeyesmusic]

RIP Goddess!

[@allisonyoung4285]

💃🙏

[@annetteegerton6153]

I'll never think about bananAs the same way again!!! HAHAHAH GLORIOUS FILM, SUCH FUN

[@tilerman]

Just awesome!

[@MultiCappie]

They _definitely_ don't make movies like this anymore. They should though, this is fun!

[@michaeloleary1867]

love it!!!

[@AhoraTV]

Carmen Miranda was a young hatmaker before she was invited to display her singing talents at a music academy. That attempt proved successful and she went on to become a popular singer in clubs and on radio in Brazil. It was during this time that she developed the costume with the distinctive fruit hat from the traditional headdress seen on black women fruit sellers. In the mid-thirties, a theatrical producer named Lee Shubert saw her act in Brazil and offered her a spot on his new Broadway show. Knowing the need for a real Brazilian band to keep the appropriate music true, she insisted that her backup band be included in the deal. With the help of the Brazilian government who saw the good national image opportunity in Carmen, her demand was met. She proved to be a hit on Broadway, though her image was that of a foreign bimbo because she didn't know english. She later made films, but by then much of Brazil thought she became too "Americanized". When the US entered World War II, South America became the subject of American diplomatic attention, because it was an alternative source for raw materials that previously came from Europe. Carmen was the showpiece of Hollywood's contribution to this attitude of trans-Continental chumminess. Unfortunately, in doing so, Carmen became trapped in the image of the fruit dancer that every producer insisted on having. Even her attempt at a break-out role in Copacanba had to have her doing the same dance act for part of the film. It proved to be a disaster in many ways since it failed and she married the producer of the film, David Sebastian. He proved to be an abusive and opportunistic brute who made Carmen's life hell. Yet Carmen was a good Catholic and never considered a divorce. Instead she kept up a grueling schedule of shows, taking uppers and downers to remain functional, even when they began to damage her health. Eventually she collapsed and her doctor ordered her to go back to Brazil. She recovered and returned to America to resume the grind until she died of a heart attack hours after her final appearance on the Jimmy Durante Show.

[@omordomo9685]

It WAS GORGEOUS!!!!!

[@Mezzy..]

6:06 I feel like if this was sampled and put into a modern song it would be so cool

[@dasuna714]

What are they singing? I can't understand

[@mikhailantipin514]

I like Carmen! Fantastic LADY-singer!

[@patriciacunhaconstantinoal7482]

This fantastic

[@fernandasophyamorais]

Portugal já levou nosso ouro, A Carmem é nossa!

[@bielzin3969]

Fernanda Morais kkkkkk PENA ELA NUNCA NEM MENCIONOU portugal

[@coop4476]

1.2m views and just 7.5k likes. Either same people are watching over and over or this is so dazzling people forget to like

[@israelferreira646]

Que musical digno de uma rainha.

[@preciousbash3749]

Will always love this broad!!!

[@Ribeiro2501]

She was born in Portugal, but with less than a year she came to Brazil where it was created, it is culturally carrying one Brazilian, one was born in Portugal and nothing else. Ela nasceu em Portugal, porém com menos de um ano ela veio para o Brasil onde foi criada, portando ela é culturalmente uma Brasileira, só nasceu em Portugal e nada mais.

[@manuelferreira6970]

NÃO DEIXEM MORRER O QUE DE BOM TEMOS EM CANTANTE NA LÍNGUA PORTUGUESA. CARMEN MIRANDA MERECE SER ETERNA.

[@JudgeJulieLit]

The late singer dancer musician Prince at times mimicked her spot-on.

[@Kerub4in]

Adorei o vídeo! A criatividade musical e dos espetáculos daquela época foram com certeza incomparáveis! A sequência das dançarinas com as bananas gigantes é esplendorosa!!! Mas deixando um pouco a visão artística de lado, fico pensando "Será que era assim mesmo que os americanos nos imaginavam (ou imaginam) naquela época?!?!?!" Porque eu nunca vi um macaco se não os saguis (que são como os esquilos que aparecem em lugares isolados por lá).

[@RAVELMUSIC11]

essa é a portuguesa...mais brasileira que já vi..... maravilhosa... ....seu talendo incontestável...única... happy b day...onde quer q vc esteja

[@soulierinvestments]

wow this could keep Freudian psychiatrists up at night

[@kaf890890]

What fun! and I totally forgot about the War!