Banana da Terra

Banana da Terra
Theatrical release poster.
Directed byRuy Costa
Written byMário Lago
João de Barro
Produced byAlberto Byington Jr.
Wallace Downey
CinematographyEdgar Brasil
Edited byRuy Costa (as E.Sá)
Distributed bySonofilmes
Release date
  • February 10, 1939 (1939-02-10)
CountryBrazil
LanguagePortuguese
Carmen Miranda sings Dorival Caymmi's "O Que É Que a Baiana Tem?" in Banana da Terra

Banana da Terra (English: Banana of the Land) is a 1939 Brazilian musical film directed by Ruy Costa and written by Braguinha and Mário Lago.[1] The film stars Carmen Miranda, Dircinha Batista, and Aloysio de Oliveira. It was Miranda's last film in Brazil, before she moved to Hollywood.[2]

  1. ^ Shaw, Lisa; Dennison, Stephanie (October 2014). Latin American Cinema: Essays on Modernity, Gender and National Identity. ISBN 9780786484256.
  2. ^ Splendors of Latin Cinema

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