''Laranja da China'' is a Brazilian

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...

released in 1940, produced by

Wallace Downey Wallace Downey (New York City, May 14, 1902 – New York City, January 29, 1978) was an American film producer and director. In 1928 Wallace Downey, an executive of Columbia Records, was sent to South America to install a Brazilian branch for hi ...

and directed by Ruy Costa.

Plot

Dr. Flores is a conservative citizen, he is member of the League Against Malandragem and forbids his daughter Camélia (

Dircinha Batista Dirce Grandino de Oliveira (April 7, 1922 – June 18, 1999), known as Dircinha Batista, was a Brazilian actress and singer. Biography Daughter of the singer/composer/ventriloquist Batista Júnior and sister of Linda Batista, Dircinha Batista ...

) dating a bohemian sambista.

Cast

*Barbosa Júnior ... Ferdinando Flores *Nair Alves ... Perpétua *

... Camélia *Paulo Neto ... Chefe da Liga *Lauro Borges ... Salchich *Arnaldo Amaral ... Arnaldo *

Grande Otelo Grande Otelo (October 18, 1915 – November 26, 1993) was the stage name of Brazilian actor, comedian, singer, and composer Sebastião Bernardes de Souza Prata. Otelo was born in Uberlândia, and was orphaned as a child. He kept running away from ...

... Boneco de Piche *

Pedro Vargas Pedro Vargas Mata (San Miguel de Allende, 29 April 1906 – Mexico City, 30 October 1989) was a Mexican tenor and actor, from the golden age of Mexican cinema, participating in more than 70 films. He was known as the "Nightingale of the Ameri ...

... *

Carmen Miranda Carmen Miranda, (; born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha, 9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955) was a Portuguese-born Brazilian samba singer, dancer, Broadway actress and film star who was active from the late 1920s onwards. Nicknamed "The B ...

... *César Ladeira ... *Edmundo Maia ... *Cora Costa ... *Alvarenga ... *Francisco Alves ... *Manezinho Araújo ... *Joel de Almeida ...

References

External links

* 1940 musical comedy films 1940 films Brazilian musical comedy films 1940s Portuguese-language films Lost Brazilian films Brazilian black-and-white films 1940 lost films Lost musical comedy films {{musical-comedy-film-stub