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Copacabana

Title
Copacabana [videorecording] / United Artists ; presented by David L. Hersh ; director, Alfred E. Green ; producer, Sam Coslow ; screenplay, Laslo Vadnay, Alan Boretz, and Howard Harris.
Publication
Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, 1989, c1947.

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Additional Authors
  • Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977.
  • Miranda L., Carmen.
  • Cochran, Steve, 1917-1965.
  • Russell, Andy, 1919-1992.
  • Jean, Gloria.
  • Green, Abel, 1900-1973.
  • Wilson, Earl, 1907-1987.
  • Reyes, Raul.
  • Reyes, Eva.
  • Williams, Chili.
  • Sobol, Louis.
  • Sanford, Ralph, 1899-1963.
  • Coslow, Sam, 1902-1982.
  • Hersh, David L.
  • Green, Alfred E., 1889-1960.
  • Vadnay, Laslo, 1904-1967.
  • Boretz, Allen, 1900-1986.
  • Ward, Edward, 1896-1971.
  • Ceballos, Larry
  • Cramer, Duncan.
  • Barjansky.
  • Copa Girls.
  • United Artists Corporation.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (91 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Musical comedy about an unsuccessful actor who poses as an agent and books his partner as two different entertainers at the same nightclub.
Genre/Form
  • Features.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Comedies.
  • Musicals.
Note
  • Motion picture originally released by United Artists in 1947 ; re-issued as a videotape by Republic Pictures Home Video in 1989.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, Bert Glennon ; musical numbers staged by Larry Ceballos ; music and lyrics, Sam Coslow ; musical direction and incidental music, Edward Ward ; original story, Laslo Vadnay ; additional dialogue, Sydney R. Zelinka ; production designer, Duncan Cramer ; costumes, Barjansky.
Performer (note)
  • Groucho Marx (Lionel Devereaux), Carmen Miranda (Carmen Navarro), Steve Cochran (Steve Hunt), Andy Russell (himself), Gloria Jean (Anne), Abel Green (himself), Earl Wilson (himself), Raul and Eva Reyes, Igor Dega, Merle McHugh, Maxine Fife, Chili Williams, Jill Meredith, Louis Sobol (himself), De Castro Sisters, Ralph Sanford (Liggett), Kay Gordey, Dee Turnell, Toni Kelly, Abigail Adams, and the Copa Girls.
Contents
Dance contents: "We come to the Copa" / performed by the Copa Girls -- "Tico tico" / performed by Miranda -- "My heart was doing the bolero" / performed by Russell, the Copa Girls, and Raul and Eva Reyes -- "Let's do the Copacabana" / performed by Miranda, the Copa Girls, Raul and Eva Reyes, the De Castro Sisters, Jean, Marx, and others.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1983
ISBN
1555260454
OCLC
  • 77862821
  • NYPY95-F176
Title
Copacabana [videorecording] / United Artists ; presented by David L. Hersh ; director, Alfred E. Green ; producer, Sam Coslow ; screenplay, Laslo Vadnay, Alan Boretz, and Howard Harris.
Imprint
Los Angeles, CA : Republic Pictures Home Video, 1989, c1947.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Cast
Groucho Marx (Lionel Devereaux), Carmen Miranda (Carmen Navarro), Steve Cochran (Steve Hunt), Andy Russell (himself), Gloria Jean (Anne), Abel Green (himself), Earl Wilson (himself), Raul and Eva Reyes, Igor Dega, Merle McHugh, Maxine Fife, Chili Williams, Jill Meredith, Louis Sobol (himself), De Castro Sisters, Ralph Sanford (Liggett), Kay Gordey, Dee Turnell, Toni Kelly, Abigail Adams, and the Copa Girls.
Credits
Director of photography, Bert Glennon ; musical numbers staged by Larry Ceballos ; music and lyrics, Sam Coslow ; musical direction and incidental music, Edward Ward ; original story, Laslo Vadnay ; additional dialogue, Sydney R. Zelinka ; production designer, Duncan Cramer ; costumes, Barjansky.
Added Author
Marx, Groucho, 1890-1977. Performer
Miranda L., Carmen. Performer
Cochran, Steve, 1917-1965. Performer
Russell, Andy, 1919-1992. Performer
Jean, Gloria. Performer
Green, Abel, 1900-1973. Performer
Wilson, Earl, 1907-1987. Performer
Reyes, Raul. Performer
Reyes, Eva. Performer
Williams, Chili. Performer
Sobol, Louis. Performer
Sanford, Ralph, 1899-1963. Performer
Coslow, Sam, 1902-1982. Producer
Coslow, Sam, 1902-1982. Composer
Coslow, Sam, 1902-1982. Lyricist
Hersh, David L. Producer
Green, Alfred E., 1889-1960. Director
Vadnay, Laslo, 1904-1967. Screenwriter
Boretz, Allen, 1900-1986. Screenwriter
Ward, Edward, 1896-1971. Composer
Ceballos, Larry, choreographer.
Cramer, Duncan. Designer
Barjansky. Costume designer
Copa Girls.
United Artists Corporation.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-1983
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