Short Biographies (Biografias Curtas ) .

Carmem Miranda

Portuguese by birth, Carmen Miranda was created in Lapa Rio, who in the 1910s and 1920s was a melting pot of artists, grifters and people of all kinds. Assimilating aesthetics,language and the new sounds of the place and time, learned the slang and the wheelsbohemian, her favorites, and created a character that would be a representation of
  Century 20.

Carmen was the first multimedia artist from Brazil. Talented, not only sang, danced and acted, but I knew intuitively move with ease through what would become the cultural industry.




Heitor Vila-Lobos .

 Heitor Villa-Lobos was born March 5, 1887, in Rio de Janeiro. Son of Noemia Villa-Lobosand Raul Villa-Lobos, an official of the National Library and amateur musician. He received his first musical education at age six, coming from the father, who adapted a guitar that his son could study cello.

      His musical education was very influences one Saturday night by the house ofVilla-Lobos receiving greats of the time to sing and play until dawn. Fifinha his auntintroduced him to the Preludes and Fugues of the Well-Tempered Clavier J. S. Bach, a composer who became his inspiration for the creation of nine Bachianas Brasileiras.




Charles Chaplin

Chaplin was born in London in 1889 and began his career as a mime, doing tours to showcase their art. In 1913, during one of his trips around the world, this great actor met the filmmaker Mack Sennett, New York (United States), who hired him to star in his films.

Life and works

His most famous character Carlitos was the straggler, oppressed and funny, this characterdenounced social injustice. Smart and funny, this great artist knew how to laugh and alsocry.

In 1918 at the height of his success, he opened his own film company, and from theremade ​​his own screenplays and directed films. Outspoken critic of society, he never tired of denouncing the serious social problems such as poverty and unemployment. Producedgreat works as The Circus, Street Peace and City Lights. The film The Circus, Chaplinwon his first Oscar in 1929 Honorary.




Stan Laurel and Oliverd Hardy

From 1926 to 1950, the American Oliver Hardy and Stan Laurel British formed the most famous movie comedy duo: Laurel and Hardy. Oliver Norvell Hardy Jr., age 8, was alreadya professional singer. Son of a lawyer, came to enroll at the University of Georgia to followhis father's footsteps, but abandoned the idea and chose to open a small movie theaterwhen I was 18 years.

Three years later, got a job in the film industry, playing villains in small comedy short film, up to direct and write some of them.

In 1921, opposite the first time with Stan Laurel in "Lucky Dog", but nobody noticed thepossibility of forming a pair of great success and Oliver continued to do smaller roles. Theonly two work together again five years later.