YVONNE DE CARLO 1954 - 1955 - 1956

1956. 

These were some of the films and plays being shown in São Paulo on the IV Centenary week-end.

24 January 1954 - at Cine Joia one could see the adventures of the 'Sea devils' (Gigantes em fúria) with stunningly beautiful Yvonne de Carlo and dashing Rock Hudson.

Yvonne de Carlo tries to help a shirtless Rock Hudson. Hudson's physique would never do nowadays with such a toneless torso. Without going through a thorough work-out period at a gym to tonify his flabby muscles he would not even have had the part to start with.

28 January 1954 - At Cine Marrocos, just a few days before it would show the Festival, Yvonne De Carlo stars in 'Fort Algier' (O forte da coragem) with German-Argentine Carlos Thompson.  

Bob Morgan & wife Yvonne de Carlo at the New York premiere of Cecil B.de Mille's 'The Ten Commandments', in 1956. Robert Drew "Bob" Morgan, a stuntman and actor was born on 14 November 1916, in Mount Carmel, Illinois. They were married on 21st  November 1955, and divorced in July 1973. They had two sons together: Bruce and Michael. Bob Morgan was seriously injured in a stunt accident on the set of 'How the West Was Won' in 1962, which resulted in the loss of his leg. De Carlo took on the role of Lily Munster in The Munsters to help pay for his medical bills. 

De Carlo & husband Bob Morgan at yet another premiere, in Los Angeles this time.  

3 May 1959 - Jules Dassin's 1947's 'Brute force' (Brutalidade) had Burt Lancaster & Yvonne De Carlo together for the 1st time. Lancaster & De Carlo would be reunited for 'Criss cross' in 1949, directed by Robert Siodmak.

6 October 1954 - It looks like 1954 was Yvonne De Carlo's year. At least in Sao Paulo, various of her movies were released or re-released. 'Hurricane Smith' was dubbed 'A rebelião dos piratas' (Pirates' rebellion') in Portuguese. Read more about it at: http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=50570

1st May 1956 - British comedy called 'Happy ever after' released in 1954, it was renamed  'Tonight's the night' in the USA; Brazilians decided to call it 'A morte do fantasma' (The ghost's death) and so it goes...

30 September 1956 - Gorgeous Yvonne De Carlo in 'Flame of the islands' (Um amor proibido) with Howard Duff and Zachary Scott released in the USA on 6 January 1956.

25 May 1958 - 3rd week at luxurious Cine Paisandu, 'Band of Angels' (Meu pecado foi nascer) in which Yvonne De Carlo plays a light-coloured-skin slave to Clark Gable's slave-master...
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Yvonne De Carlo, Clark Gable, Jack Warner, ... & Raoul Walsh in the set of 'Band of Angels'.

Yvonne De Carlo & Sidney Poitier.

18 March 1960 - This is the invitation Rio de Janeiro's 'Correio da Manhã' made to all its readers: to go to Airport Santos Dumont to welcome Yvonne De Carlo who would arrive on a Real airplane to be the highlight in the premiere of 'The Ten Commandments' at Cine Opera the following day. 

Eve Arden & Yvonne De Carlo. 

Eve Arden, Charles Kullman, Jean Aumont, Yvonne De Carlo & director Walter Reisch, relaxing on the set of 'Song of Scheherazade' in Hollywood, CA, circa 1947.

Yvonne De Carlo & C&W singer Jimmy Dean (holding his guitar in hand).

The photo is autographed by Yvonne saying: 'I love you, guys, Yvonne De Carlo.... unlike most of her photos which are cheesecake-posed photographs, they look like they are having fun dancing and singing.... Jimmy Dean has his guitar in hand....great photo....the autograph is signed at the bottom right corner.

4 April 1971 - as late as 1971, Carlo Ludovico Bragaglia's 'La spada e la croce' (The Sword and the Cross) is a 1958 Italian religious drama film starring Yvonne De Carlo as Mary Magdalene. Shot in English and later dubbed in Italian, the film was released in the United States in 1960 as 'Mary Magdalene'.

De Carlo was signed for the film in May 1958. C.L.Bragaglia, later remembered that the producer, Ottavio Poggi, had sent the provisional script to America, so Yvonne De Carlo could read it and decide on her participation in the film. She read it and got very excited, agreeing to play the role of Magdalene.

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24 January 1954 - At Teatro Brasileiro de Comedia, Tonia Carrero & Paulo Autran in André Roussin's 'Uma certa cabana...' (1947's 'La petite hutte') directed by Adolfo Celi.

TBC (Brazilian Theatre of Comedy) a thetrical company started by Italian impresario Franco Zampari in 1948 on Rua Major Diogo, 315. Two plays opened the new theatre: Jean Cocteau's 'La voix humaine' with Henriette Morineau acting in French and Abilio Pereira de Almeida's 'A mulher do proximo' with Grupo de Teatro Experimental directed by Alfredo Mesquita.

In 1949, TBC becomes a professional company with William Saroyan's 'Nick Bar... alcool, brinquedos e ambição' directed by Italian national Adolfo Celi. Franco Zampari, who left Italy after the end of WWII intended to make S.Paulo a hub for Italian expatriates without work in a post-Fascist Italy. Great talents like Luciano Salce, Ruggero Jacobbi, Flaminio Bollini, Alberto D'Aversa, Gianni Ratto plus Belgian Maurice Vaneau and Polish Ziembinski moved from Europe to S.Paulo to contribute to the local cultural scene. Some of these people have returned to Italy in the late 1950s and early 1960s.

24 January 1954 - At Cine-Theatro Odeon 'Folia no Centenário', a great extravaganza with Mary Gonçalves who had been Rainha do Radio (Radio Queen) for 1952. Mary had started as an actress in films then branched out recording 78 rpm and singing on the radio. Her 1952 album 'Convite ao Romance' for Sinter is considered a breakthrough by music historians. 

24 January 1954 - At Teatro de Cultura Artistica, Companhia Israelita de Comedias presents Benzion Witler and Sofia Lerer in 'Der freilicher Soldat'.

24 January 1954 - Park Shanghai was Sao Paulo's equivalent to Buenos Aires's Luna Park, New York's Coney Island Amusement Park or  Sydney's Luna Park (the only one still in existence in 2015). Note that accordion player Mario Zan, o Rei da Sanfona, performed live at the main theatre only for this particular day.

Praça da Sé, Sao Paulo, 25 January 1954.

24 January 1954 - in a story loosely based on Voltaire's 'Candide', playwright Abilio Pereira de Almeida wrote the screenplay and directed the movie as 'O Candinho' which made comedian Mazzaropi a star overnight.

27 January 1954 - Things were really humming during the 'Festival de Cinema Internacional do Brasil' happened in Sao Paulo from 12 to 26 February 1954. Here you see journalist Claudio Abramo (centre) talking with Marjorie Lamee (left) and Mrs. Mervyn LeRoy (right); illustrated weekly-magazine 'O Cruzeiro' (6 March 1954) tells all about the Cinema Festival and shows all the photos taken from the Hollywood stars that stayed in the city from 19 to 26 February 1954.

Mervyn LeRoy & Edward G.Robinson in Sao Paulo for the Festival; LeRoy directed Robinson in 'Little Caesar' 23 years earlier in 1931; the gangster movie was a blockbuster and made them both famous and rich.

Edward G. Robinson 23 years earlier as Mervyn LeRoy's 'Little Caesar'.

28 February 1954 - Even though 'Carnaval em Caxias' refers to Duque de Caxias-RJ, a city in Rio de Janeiro's metropolitan area, it was touted as celebration of Sao Paulo's IV Centenary. Any bald lie for a fast buck or as Cole Porter used to say in the 1920s: Anything goes! This is one of comedian José Lewgoy's best role where he sends up local political boss Tenorio Cavalcanti and his infamous machine-gun nicknamed 'Lurdinha'. Lewgoy plays a gun-totting hoodlum who bullies a whole town (Caxias) until he falls in love with a cabaret singer (Josette Bertal). Popular songstress Doris Monteiro plays a waitress in the saloon.

Songs galore starting with: 'Marcha da penicilina' (Armando Cavalcanti-Klecius Caldas) sung by Linda Baptista; 'Se eu fosse Getúlio' (Roberto Roberti-Arlindo Marques Jr.) march sung by Nelson Gonçalves; 'Mulher que é mulher' (Klecius Caldas-Armando Cavalcanti) samba sung by Dyrcinha Baptista; 'Que saudade é essa?' (Peterpan) sung by Nora Ney; 'O Miguel é o maior' (Herve Cordovil-Pascoal José-Marcilio Vieira) baiao sung by Carmelia Alves; 'Seu Honório' (Felicia Godoy-Humberto Teixeira) sung by Carmelia Alves; 'Abre alas' (Belem-B.Lobo-Hinha) samba sung by Jorge Goulart; 'Em Mangueira' (Mario Camargo-Orlando Soares Filho) samba sung by Doris Monteiro; 'Lama' (Aylce Chaves-Paulo Marques) sung by Linda Rodrigues.

14 February 1954 - Rio de Janeiro daily 'Imprensa Popular' -

1 9 5 5 - 'Carnaval em Marte' - 'Carnaval em l'a maior'

To my good friend Frank Cibelli, sincerely, Nicola Paone, New York, January 24, 1948. 

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. 

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.

Violeta Ferraz dreams she becomes the Queen of Mars.

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.

Nora Ney sings her number in 1955's 'Carnaval in L'A Maior' which was a pun on the moniker used by Radio Record, São Paulo's most popular radio station: 'Radio Record, A Maior'; on the left, the lyrics of 'Pé de pobre', Elza Laranjeira's greatest Carnaval hit which she sings in the movie.  

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-synchs 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.