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6 January 1957 - Five years after the success of 'O Cangaceiro', Milton Ribeiro still rode on that wave...in 'A lei do sertão'.  

10 February 1957 - coming up 'Samba na Vila' with comedians Simplicio at Cines Republica and Marabá on the 20th. Songs and multiples singes like Angela Maria, João Dias, Trio de Ouro, Gilda de Barros etc.

24 February 1957 - Herbert Richers' 'Metido a bacana' starring comedian Ankito who seemed to have won the public's favours after he substituted older comedian Oscarito in the duo with Grande Otelo. Angela Maria 'Rainha da cor', Cauby Peixoto ('Ela foi fundada'), Dora Lopes who rarely appeared in the movies sings 'Maria Navalha', plus Carlos Galhardo, Dircinha & Linda Baptista, Jorge Veiga and Nelson Gonçalves. 

24 February 1957 - at Cine Rio on Rua da Consolação and Cine Jardim, on Rua Fradique Coutinho in Pinheiros, 'Rock, rock, rock' with Tuesday Weld as a 13-year old who can't persuade her dad to buy her a strapless gown and has to get money herself in time for the prom. Performances introduced by New York's WINS D.J. Alan Freed, Chuck Berry, LaVern Baker, Teddy Randazzo, Connie Francis, the Moonglows, the Flamingos and the Teenagers with Frankie Lymon as a lead-singer. 

24 February 1957 - Universal studio's 'The desert hawk' (O gavião do deserto) with Yvonne de Carlo (real name Margaret Yvonne Middleton, born in Vancouver, Canada) the Queen of Technicolor adventure movies.

3rd March 1957 -  Carlos Manga's 'Garotas e samba' had all the ingridients for a successful Brazilian musical comedy: comedian Zé Trindade's sexual innuendos, show-girl Sonia Mamede's zany behaviour, ugly-duckling Zezé Macedo's platitudes and a lot of singers and songs to fill out the flimsy plot. See the staggering number of movie houses showing the flick and you'll see that it was a big hit no matter how disparaging columnist wrote about it. 

12 May 1957 - 20th Century-Fox presents curvaceous (curvilínea) Jayne Mansfield to the world in 'The girl can't help it' ('Sabes o que quero') that would figure in rock-movie history. See the line-up: Julie London, Ray Anthony, Fats Domino, the sensational Platters, Little Richard & his band, Nino Tempo, Gene Vincent & the Blue Caps etc.