9 January 1955 - 'Ue...paisano!' is a 1953 production directed by Manuel Romero made in Argentina to cash in on Nicola Paone's world hit 'Uei...paesano!' recorded originally in Buenos Aires. Susana Campos plays the main female role; Fidel Pintos & Vicente Rubino are also in the cast.
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Original Argentine 78 rpm recorded at Radio Splendid in Buenos Aires.
6 February 1955 - Watson Macedo's eagerly-awaited 'Carnaval em Marte' (Carnival in Mars) with heart-throb Anselmo Duarte, his then-wife Ilka Soares, sensationally zany Violeta Ferraz, dead-pan Catalano plus a millionaire line-up of singers like Angela Maria, Emilinha Borba, Linda Baptista, Jorge Veiga, Jorge Goulart, Cauby Peixoto, Carmen Costa, Aracy Costa & Radio Nacional MC Cesar de Alencar.
6 February 1955 - Italian bombshell Silvana Pampanini is 'A Presidenta' (La Presidentessa)... some 55 years before Dilma Rousseff was elected the first Brazilian female President in 2010. Disaffected rightwing commentators would argue that the word 'presidenta' does not exist in the Portuguese language just to spite those who addressed Ms Rousseff as 'Presidenta'. As you may as well see, Ms Pampanini was 'Presidenta' in 1955; at Cine Broadway and Cine Alhambra Cuban bombshell Maria Antonieta Pons dances to 'Conga selvagem'.
6 February 1955 - at Teatro Maria Della Costa, 'Com a pulga atras da orelha' directed by Gianni Ratto; at Cine Marabá & 12 other cinemas Ankito in 'Angú de caroço' with wonderful Heloisa Helena plus Consuelo Leandro.
16 February 1955 - Ademar Gonzaga's 'Carnaval em l'a maior' a pun on Radio Record whose moniker was 'Record, a maior'. Film produced by Cinematográfica Maristela in its studios in Mariporã-SP. All the acts were signed by Radio & TV Record.
17 February 1955 - great comedian Oscarito is back with 'Guerra ao samba' with Eliana & Cyll Farney plus bad man Renato Restier & Oscarito's real-life wife Margot Louro; A great parade of singers like Black Out, Nora Ney, Virginia Lane, Isaurinha Garcia, Portuguese transformist Ivaná aka Yvaná, Dalva de Andrade, Vocalistas Tropicais, Jorge Goulart and pianist Bené Nunes.
17 February 1955 - circus clows were popular in the 1950s; Fuzarca & Torresmo star in 'Ai vem o general' where they do their antics between musical numbers performed by Black Out, Emilinha Borba, Cauby Peixoto, Odette Amaral etc.
17 February 1955 - Mervyn Leroy's 'Latin lovers' which became 'Meu amor brasileiro' (My Brazilian lover) in Brazil... hot Lana Turner is even hotter when she gets involved with Latin lovers like Mexican Ricardo Montalban, Argentine Fernando Lamas or Italo-American Johnny Stompanato in her real life. Montalban lip-synch Colombian Carlos Ramirez in 'A little more of your amor'.
8 May 1955 - 'Ring of fear' (A morte ronda o espetáculo) one of the many flicks about circus life that were really popular during the 1950s inaugurates Cine Paulista on Rua Augusta on the corner with Rua Oscar Freire.
5 June 1955 - at Cine Paratodos 3 shorts about Padre Donizetti, a Brazilian Roman Catholic priest who drew huge crowds to a small city called Tambaú-SP where it was rumoured he performed miracles in the first half of the 1950s. Here are 2 shorts about Padre Donizetti and his miracles: 'A chuva de rosas' (Rose showers) and 'A ultima benção do Padre Donizetto' plus 'O poder da fé em Tambaú' a full-length documentary about 'The power of faith in Tambaú'.
5 June 1955 - Victor Lima's 'O rei do movimento' yet another Ankito vehicle. Singers Angela Maria, Lucio Alves, Emilinha Borba & Black Out do the musical numbers.
1952's Mexican production 'Musica, Mujeres y Amor' (Musica a bordo) with Ramon Armengod and Miroslava Sternova, who was born in Czechoslovakia in 1925; moved to Mexico as a child with her adoptive parents in the late 1930s, seeking to scape war in Europe. After winning a national beauty contest, Miroslava began to study acting. Soon after playing a role in Luis Buñuel's 1955's 'Ensayo de un crime', Miroslava committed suicide by overdosing on sleeping pills. Her body was found lying outstretched over her bed, she had a portrait of bullfighter Dominguin in one hand.
3rd July 1955 – It is remarkable that in 1955, São Paulo had a lot less movie theatres than 5 years later, let’s say 1960. One then realizes that in 5 years the number of cinemas more than doubled up. Unless the newspaper ‘Estado de S.P.’ didn’t print all the news that fit. Most of the films were from the USA with a few exceptions like ‘Mulher de verdade’ a Brazilian comedy with Inezita Barroso, Colé, Rachel Martins & Caco Velho; Italy’s ‘Persiane chiuse’ (Janelas fechadas) with Eleonora Rossi Drago & Massimo Girotti; Spain's 1952's 'La estrella de Sierra Morena' (A estrela da Serra Morena) with Lola Flores; at Cine Paratodos & Cine Alhambra (both demolished within 2 or 3 years) 1952's Mexican musical comedy 'Musica, mujeres y amor' (Musica a bordo) with actor-singer Ramon Armengod & Miroslava (read her sad story above).
10 July 1955 - Portuguese comedy 'Sonhar é facil' (It's easy to dream) directed by Perdigão Queiroga in 1951, with Antonio Silva. Laura Alves & Santos Carvalho; Note the 30-minute short about Brazilian President Café Filho visit to Portugal. Cine Paratodos catered for the Portuguese community living in Sao Paulo.
Brazilian President João Café Filho at Terreiro do Paço, Lisbon in April 1955.
4 September 1955 - Cine Paratodos puts up a Portuguese film festival showing a different movie each day of the week: Monday: Manuel Guimarães' 'O grande circo' (1951) aka 'Saltimbancos' based on a novel by Leão Penedo wih Helga Line; Tue.: Conttineli Telmo's 'A canção de Lisboa' (1933) with Vasco Santana, Beatriz Costa & Antonio Silva; Wed.: Arthur Duarte's 'O grande Elias' (1950) with António Silva, Miló, Ribeirinho & Amarante; Thurs.: Leitão de Barros's 'As pupilas do Senhor Reitor' (1935) with Joaquim Almada, Maria Matos & António Silva; Fri.: 'O fôgo'; Sat.: Arthur Duarte's 'O Costa do castelo' (1943) based on a play by João Bastos with Maria Matos, Antonio Silva, Milu, Fernando Ribeiro & Tereza Casal; on Sunday:m Arthur Duarte's 'O hóspede do quarto no. 13' (1947) with Tereza Casal, Maria Eugenia & Alfredo Mayo.
6 September 1955 - Portuguese cinema festival at Cine Paratodos; a different movie every single day for a whole week.
4 September 1955 - comedian actor Amancio Mazzaroppi was probably the most popular movie act in Brazil by 1955. His simpleton character struck a chord with millions of illiterate & semi-literate people who flocked to the movie houses to see his antics. Singer-actress Doris Monteiro plays his love interest in 'A carrocinha' (The pound wagon). Song-writer-actor Adoniran Barbosa complete the cast.
The pound wagon (A carrocinha).
11 December 1955 - Dipa Films presents 'Armas da vingança' with Helio Souto, Aurora Duarte, Luigi Pichi etc.
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