12 July 1953 - yet another film from Vera Cruz, 'Esquina da ilusão' with Alberto Ruschel enjoying his stardom after 'O cangaceiro' success; Ilka Soares is the leading lady; see Nicette Bruno in a supporting role.
19 July 1953 - film-noir directed by Russell Rouse 'The thief' (O ladrão silencioso) released in 1952 it didn't cointain any dialogue... only orchestral incidental music of the best quality supplied by composer-conductor Herschel Burke Gilbert. Strong perfomances given by Ray Milland and Rita Gam.
19 July 1953 - Charles Chaplin's masterpiece 'Luzes da ribalta' (Limelight)... the greatest achievement from an artist that had been shunned by the USA government and denied re-entrance in the country he'd lived more than 50 years.
Charles Chaplin & Claire Bloom at the 'Limelight' premiere in London, in 1952.
9 August 1953 - 'A virgem de Fatima' (The virgin of Fatima) is not a good title for 'The miracle of Our Lady of Fatima'. A Hollywood version of what happened at Fatima in 1917... three poor young shepherds claimed to have seen a lady on top of a bush that eventually was understood as an aparition of the Virgin Mary herself; at Cine Cairo another religious-based movie: 1949's 'Céu sobre o pântano' (Cielo sulla palude) told a story set in the Pontine Marshes - south of Rome - a disease-ridden region; in 1902, Maria Goretti, a pious 12-year-old country girl was brutally stabbed to death while rebuffing the sexual advances of 18-year-old Alessandro Serenelli. Goretti was canonized by Pius XII on 24 June 1950 after the realese of this. Maria Goretti is played by Inés Orsini who went on to play Lucia in 1951's Spanish flick 'La Señora de Fatima'.
Inés Orsini as Maria Goretti in 1949's 'Céu sobre o pântano'.
9 August 1953 - 'Okinawa', a war film and 1951 'The magic carpet' (O tapete magico) with Lucille Ball just before she turned into a TV celebrity; 1938 Republican serial 'Falcão da floresta' (Hawk of the wilderness) based on the 'Kioga' novel by pulp-fiction writer William L.Chester; Kioga is very similar to the character of Tarzan, whom Herman Brix - had also played on film in the 1935 Edgar Rice Burroughs-produces serial 'The New Adventures of Tarzan'. Brix's real name was Harold Herman Brix became a silver medallist at shot put in the 1928 Amsterdam Olympic Games. Soon after he moved from Tacoma, Washington to Los Angeles and became a friend of actor Douglas Fairbanks who invited him for a Hollywood test.
Herman Brix aka Bruce Bennett as Tarzan in 1935 'The new adventures of Tarzan'.
with Coca Cola in Guatemala.
Herman Brix up a tree with Cheetah.
13 September 1953 - Vera Cruz's own comedy, 'A familia Léro-Léro' with Walter D'Avila; see Ricardo Bandeira in the cast; he would become really popular as a mimic in the 60s & 70s.
11 October 1953 - a rare coloured-film made in Brazil. Helio Souto stars in 'O destino em apuros' with Paul Autran and Waldemar Seyssel who was popular as the circus clown Arrelia.
11 October 1953 - for the select audience drawn to opera & ballet 'Sinfonia eterna' (Tonight we sing) was a great serve at Marabá, Ritz, Monark and many... Russian ballet diva Tamara Toumanova is featured along side with singer Ezio Pinza, Ann Bancroft et al.
15 November 1953 - After having made only one film comedian actor Ankito is top billing 'Os 3 recrutas' with Colé, Jose Lewgoy and Adriano Reis. Ankito would make 17 movies in a row until 1961, when this sort of comedy with musical numbers died of natural causes - actually killed by TV for fans then could see their favourite singers on the small screen.
15 November 1953 - French Fernandel playing an Italian priest in 'O pequeno mundo de Don Camilo' ... had an avant-première for the benefit of Sao Miguel Arcanjo church in Jardim Paulista.
RKO's 1950 'Desfiladeiro fatal'
Richard Martin as Chito Rafferty, the Irish-Mexican comedy relief of Tim Holt.
15 November 1953 - RKO's double-feature: 1950 'Horizonte de gloria' (Flying Leathernecks) plus 1950 'Desfiladeiro fatal' (Dynamite Pass) with Tim Holt & Richard Martin; and a 1943 Republic serial 'The Masked Marvel' (Marvilhoso Mascarado) - a hero dressed in a business-suit and a face-mask fights Japanese saboteur Sakima & his espionage organization. In a reversal of the common serial, the audience doesn't know who the hero is until the final reel. Read more about stunt men: http://www.westernclippings.com/stuntmen/tomsteele_stuntmen.shtml
Louise Currie is surrounded by bad men...
15 November 1953 - Vera Cruz studios located in Sao Bernardo could do not wrong: 'O canto to mar' produced & directed by Alberto Cavalcanti.
Sally Forrest & Keefe Brasselle
13 December 1953 - Oscarito in a 1946 comedy 'Fantasma por acaso'; 1949 'Never fear' (Quem ama não teme) co-written & directed by Ida Lupino with Sally Forest who plays a beautiful dancer with a promising career, struck down with and crippled by polio; see Hugh O'Brien long before he was Wyatt Earp on TV in 1956; a brand-new Republic serial just released in the USA on 17 February 1953: 'Commando Cody: Sky Marshall of the Universe' (General Cody, o marechal do universo) with Judd Holdren as Cody.
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