Carmen Miranda

The image produced by 20th Century Fox films ended up creating an inconvenience for Carmen: she realized she would be imprisoned image of "Latin Girl" forever. As hired Fox, Carmen was a gold mine for the company, she had to force a Latin accent ridiculous, even speaking English perfectly. In the movies, luxury large musical in Technicolor - as stunning as his costume - so Carmen could play a Brazilian, as one Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican, or even a gypsy. But she was always a Latina girl. Among the actors who played opposite, are important names of old Hollywood, like Alice Faye, Betty Grable, Jane Powell, Vivian Blaine, Groucho Marx, Dean Martin, John Payne and Cesar Romero. Among the films, the ones that stand out are the One Night in Rio (1941), Springtime in the Rockies (1942), Between Brunette and Blonde (The Gang's All Here, 1943) and Serenade Bohemia (Greenwich Village; 1944)