
Acting
Dircinha Batista
Born 1922-04-07 · São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Dirce Grandino de Oliveira, known as Dircinha Batista (São Paulo, April 7, 1922 — Rio de Janeiro, June 18, 1999), was a Brazilian actress and singer.
Acting credits
6.1Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.
Alô Alô Carnaval
1936
10.0A precious necklace is stolen during a convention at Quitandinha Palace, a hotel in which a wives conference is deciding whether or not unfaithful husbands should receive the death penalty.
É Fogo na Roupa
1952
5.7No synopsis available yet.
Mulheres à Vista
1959
8.0Alvarenga and Ranchinho have a law firm in a small village and go to Rio de Janeiro to hire artists for the village's radio station.
Blue pineapple
1944
10.0Comical late 1920s Brazilian daily life's situations, portrayed by two friends who decide to serenade a common girlfriend, a drunk barber and a bad haircut, and a man who is barred from playing his songs at the hotel where he was staying.
Our Things
1931
10.0No synopsis available yet.
Folias Cariocas
1948
9.0A man in charge of a publicity campaign for bananas decides to kidnap the Queen of 'Bananaland', a tropical island paradise, and take her to Rio, where she falls in love with a member of Carmen Miranda's backing ensemble, 'Bando da Lua'.
Banana-da-Terra
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Guerra ao Samba
1956
8.0Returning from a pleasant horseback ride, two lovers on their way home contemplate each other, entranced by the modesty inherent in the rigid customs they were raised in. The hero feels an irrepressible desire to come to Rio. In the capital, interested in a theater star, he heads to Buenos Aires to win her heart.
Entra na Farra
1943
NRA lawyer and an elderly professor (who has been engaged to his cousin for so long), make a plan to freely enjoy the delights of a wild party, far from those who know them. (Cinemateca Brasileira)
Bombonzinho
1937
10.0Badly advised by a high-class friend (who covets her husband) and by her scatterbrained father (always preoccupied with making cocktails), singer Noêmia forces her husband to abandon suburban life for the noisy 'big life' of Copacabana.
Onde Estás, Felicidade?
1939
5.3The Syndicate of Brazilian Thieves tries to steal the world's greatest diamond, owned by the international star Iraya, who comes to spend the carnival in Rio. Interpol kicks in.
Carnaval Barra Limpa
1967
NR"Portraits and excerpts from Brazilian films from all times. Actors, directors and images that affirm cinema."
Celebração - 100 Anos do Cinema Nacional
1997
9.0A man is looking for a radio singer named "Dulcineia." For this, he goes through the biggest hassles and problems. The plot, in fact, is an excuse for the exhibition of the musical numbers of the greatest Brazilian Radio artists.
Hello, Hello, Brazil!
1935
7.0No synopsis available yet.
Laranja da China
1940
7.0The "corn king" usually sponsors dreamy girls who want to become a miss in any contest. One of them doesn't agree with her sponsor's "donjuanesque" tactics and abandons everything to return to her former fiancé.
Tira a Mão Daí
1957
10.0Professor Leônidas Jau is an enemy of football, and in conferences and articles he throws all his hatred against the sport. Friendenreich, his son, however, loves the sport. Leonidas then has a falling out with his son, which may be saved.
Family Football
1939
5.2British secret agent 007½ is sent to Rio de Janeiro to recover the plans stolen from a new metal alloy. His contact is a taxi driver, who ends up being murdered by enemy agents.
007½ no Carnaval
1966
10.0A gang, leaded by the unknown and mysterious Anjo, robs a jewelry and schedules a meeting in the Copacabana Palace Hotel, in Copacabana. The identification would be through a cigarette case with an angel, and the password "- Is everything all right?" Meanwhile, the director Ricardo is preparing a show for the carnival in the hotel with Marina, and they love each other. The janitor Serafim receives a letter from his unknown American brother, who will come to Rio to spend the carnival and meet him, and asks Eliana for a chance in the show, since his brother believes he is an artist. When Ricardo finds the cigarette case lost by Anjo in the entrance of the hotel, he is misidentified by the thieves, and this is the beginning of lots of confusion and fun.
Carnaval no Fogo
1949
9.0No synopsis available yet.
Fogo na Canjica
1948
6.5The film narrates the adventures of the trickster Juca Moleza in the carnival while he has to deal with the consequences of the scams he applied to people of high society.
É de Chuá!
1958