Banana da Terra (English: Banana of the Land) is a Brazilian musical film from 1939, produced by Wallace Downey, with a screenplay by João de Barro and Mário Lago and direction of Ruy Costa. It was in this film that Carmen Miranda first appeared dressed as a "baiana".Synopsis
In Banana da Terra the actor Oscarito plays a man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas who decides to kidnap the queen of Bananolândia, played by Dircinha Batista. She is taken to Rio and promptly falls in love with character played by Aloísio de Oliveira, a member of Carmen Miranda's backing group, the Bando da Lua. The action unfolds in the glamorous realm of Rio's radio station and casinos, thus providing the perfect pretext for inclusion of a variety of musical numbers.
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