Thursday, September 9, 2010

Week end in Havana(1941)

Week-End in Havana( 1941). Directed by Walter Lang. Cast: Alice Faye and Carmen Miranda. Faye was pregnant during filming.

Week-End in Havana, is about Nan Spencer (Alice Faye), a sales clerk in the lingerie department at Macy’s, is asked to sign a waver after the cruise ship she’s on has an accident and she knows why the accident occurred. Nan, decides to vacation in Havana. Williams tries to entertain her, but realizes that the man who tried to pick her up (Cesar Romero) at a nightclub might be a better choice. To make things more complicated, Monte (Romero) is involved with Rosita Rivas (Carmen Miranda) who becomes jealous. Jay Williams should be in New York getting married, but finds himself in Havana a bit longer than he planned.

Alice made five films with John Payne within four years: Tin Pan Alley (1940), Week-End in Havana and Great American Broadcast( 1941) and The Gang’s All Here and “Hello, Frisco, Hello” (1943).

Wonderful music makes it enjoyable to watch on a rainy day when you want to travel to beautiful Havana.
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Soundtracks:


"A Week-End in Havana"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung by Carmen Miranda in the opening number with chorus and band
Reprised by an offscreen chorus during the montage in Havana
Played as background music often


"Rebola a Bola (Embolada)"
Music by Aloysio De Oliveira and Nestor Amaral
Lyrics by Francisco Eugênio Brant Horta
Sung in Portuguese by Carmen Miranda in a nightclub.

"When I Love, I Love"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung by Carmen Miranda at a nightclub

"Tropical Magic"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Spanish lyrics by Ernesto Piedra
Sung in Spanish by an unidentified trio in a nightclub
Reprised by Alice Faye
Reprised by Alice Faye and John Payne on a hay wagon
Reprised a cappella by Leonid Kinskey
Played as background music often

"Romance and Rhumba"
Music by James V. Monaco
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung by Alice Faye and Cesar Romero while dancing, the other dancers

"The Man with the Lollypop Song"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung by lollypop vendor Nacho Galindo outside Arbolado's



"The Ñango (Nyango)"
Music by Harry Warren
Lyrics by Mack Gordon
Sung by Carmen Miranda at the nightclub
Sung and danced to by the chorus
Danced to by Alice Faye and John Payne

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