1 9 4 9 'Pinguinho de Gente'. 'Também somos irmãos'

 

18 June 1950 - 'A Tribuna' de Santos - 'Pinguinho de Gente' (Little child) released on 2nd October 1949, written and directed by Gilda de Abreu, with Anselmo Duarte, Vera Nunes, Isabel de Barros, Lucia Delor, Violeta Ferraz, Zaquia Jorger etc. Nini (Isabel de Barros) dreams of a doll that resembles a queen living in a toy store window. She knows she will never be able to own it, as her mother (Vera Nunes) hardly makes ends meet. 

2nd October 1949 - Gilda de Abreu's 'Um Pinguinho de Gente' produced by Adhemar Gonzaga premiere in Rio de Janeiro in 1949. 

5 March 1950 - José Carlos Burle's 'Também somos irmãos' with Grande Otelo, Vera Nunes, Ruth de Souza, Aguinaldo Camargo, Jorge Doria, Agnaldo Rayol, Átila Iório, Jece Valadão. Released in 1949. 

1 9 5 0 - 'Caiçara'

 

'CAIÇARA' - palisade around an indigenous village, to protect against enemies or animals - is Vera Cruz's first classic, produced in 1950, by Alberto Cavalcanti, directed by Adolfo Celi, Tom Payne andJohn Waterhouse, starring Eliane Lage, known as Brazilian Greta Garbo.  

Summary: "Marina (Eliana Lage) is the daughter of lepers and lives in a hospice, from where she is taken by Zé Amaro (Abílio Pereira de Almeida), a widower boat builder in Ilhabela, where they'll live after getting married. Her new life only brings her heartbreak: her husband binges on booze and she is the object of lust by the men around. Her only comfort is a boy Chico (Oswaldo Eugênio), whose grandmother, Sinhá Felicidade (Maria Joaquina da Rocha) is adept at witchcraft and becomes her advisor. Marina's plight only gets worse when Manoel (Carlos Vergueiro) her husband's partner, tries to rape her. Her predicament only changes after Zé Amaro dies. Soon, Alberto (Mário Sergio), a sailor arrives in town, falls in love with Marina and she finally finds true love. 

Santos' 'A Tribuna' review of Alberto Cavalcanti's 'Caiçara' on 18 November 1950.

'Caiçara' shown at Cine Atlântico on 10 January 1951.

1 9 5 2 July to December - 'Dark City', Cine Monark, 'Appassionata', 'Simão, o caolho'

 

10 August 1952 - brand-new Portuguese production of 1952 - 'Madragôa' reaches Rio de Janeiro first where  - according to the ad - it was a big hit. A love story set in Madragoa, a popular district in Lisbon.

10 August 1952 - At Cine S.Bento: 'The great Missouri raid' (A vingança de Jesse James); 1950's 'Dark city' (Cidade negra) a firm noir in which Charlton Heston, future Moses & Ben Hur makes his debut in the movies; 1937 Republic serial: 'Zorro rides again' (A volta de El Zorro) completes the scene. 

'A vingança de Jesse James' (The great Missouri raid).

Charlton Heston, Viveca Lindfors, Lizabeth Scott & Dean Jagger.

17 August 1952 - a 1948 production 'Serra Brava' is back at Cine Broadway, starring Leonor Maia & Antonio de Souza, directed by Armando Miranda who brought us 'Capas Negras' in 1947. 

17 August 1952 - 'Mulher maldita' (Another man's poison') is Bette Davis follow up to 'All about Eve' that had brought her stardom back after a few year on the wane... and a brand-new husband Gary Merrill...  

21 August 1952 - 'Mulher maldita' (Another man's poison) opens Cine Monark on 21 August 1952, located at Avenida Brigadeiro Luiz Antonio, 886. Cine Monark shut down shop circa 1965 and was rented by TV Tupi that used it as its downtown auditorium for a decade. 

21 August 1952 - another brand-new cinema will open in Sao Paulo downtown area: Cine Joia at Pça.Carlos Gomes. 

10 September 1952 - Vera Cruz kept on releasing good films. 'Appassionata' had Tonia Carrero divided between the charms of two leading hunks: Anselmo Duarte and Alberto Ruschel. See playwright Abilio Pereira de Almeida playing an actor's part. 

Tonia Carrero & Anselmo Duarte.

Cine Joia inaugurates on 10 September 1952.   

28 September 1952 - another movie house opens its doors to the public... Cine Roma, Rua da Mooca, 617 and Rua Placidina. 

28 September 1952 - at S.Bento Johnny Weismüller is Junge Jim for the 4th time in 1950 'Captive girl' (Lagoa dos mortos) with former 'Flash Gordon' star Buster Crabbe & the Jungle Girl Anita Lhoest; child-actress Margaret O'Brien in 1951's 'Her first romance' (Idade da inocência); then 1943 Republic serial 'Secret Service in darkest Africa' (Adaga de Salomão) with Rod Cameron and Joan Marsh. 

Anita Lhoest & a dangerous friend; Buster Crabbe in the Olympics in 1928.

Johnny Weissmüller in 1924; Kay Aldridge in 1942.

28 September 1952 - 

12 October 1952 - yet another brand-new cinema house is opened in São Paulo: Cine Leblon, on Rua Vergueiro, 934, would show films produced by MGM. See the ad with cables congratulation Cine Leblon's inauguration received from the U.S.A. sent from such stars as Howard Keel, Stewart Granger, Deborah Kerr, Robert Taylor, Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor. 

12 October 1952 - David O.Selznick presents 'The 3rd man' (O 3o. homem) based on a Graham Greene novel. Haunting music provided by Anton Karas and his zither. Vera Cruz's 'Nadando em dinheiro' with Mazzaroppi would open on 27 October 1952. 

9 November 1952 - Bibi Ferreira in Clemence Danes' 'Divorcio' at Teatro Colombo; Dercy Gonçalves in 'Paris de 1900' at Teatro Santana. Maria Antonieta Pons in the flesh at Cine Broadway with 'Maria Cristina'. 

9 November 1952 - Walter Wanger's 1945 production 'Salome, where she danced' (A irresistivel Salomé) was Canadian bombshell Yvonne De Carlo's breakthrough at the silver screen.

1st December 1952 - Even though Cine Coliseu, in Santos-SP, premiered Alberto Cavalcanti's 'Simão, o caolho' on 12 January 1952, this comedy was first shown in São Paulo on the 1st day of December 1952. 

Alberto Cavalcanti directed Mesquitinha, Rachel Martins, Isaura Bruno, Carlos Araújo, Nair Bello, Gessy Fonseca & a great cast in a story based on chronicles written by Galeão Coutinho. 

gorgeous Yvonne De Carlo.

7 December 1952 - at Cine S.Bento double-feature: 1944's 'Berlim na batucada'; 1933's Laurel & Hardy's 'Desert sons' (Os filhos do deserto) and a Republic serial made in 1944 'O porto fantasma' (Haunted harbor) with Kane Richmond & Kay Aldridge who had been the star of  1942's 'The perils of Nyoka'. 

Kay Aldridge in all kinds of perils in the 1944 serial 'Haunted harbor'.

7 December 1952 - a 1944 musical directed by Luiz de Barros, 'Berlim na batucada' is back on the silver-screen 8 years later due to Francisco Alves' automobile-crash and instant death on 27 September 1952, on the S.Paulo-Rio highway.  Chico Viola's body was charred and greatly shocked the whole country. His weekly broadcast on midday Sunday at Radio Nacional was sadly missed and his songs were played non-stop for weeks. Brazil was in mourning for months... 

21st December 1952 - Oscarito stars in 1946's 'Fantasma por acaso' with a very young Mary Gonçalves who would turn into a singer in the 1950s.