Tissot SA ( French pronunciation: [ti'so] ) is a Swiss watch brand owned by the Swatch Group . The company was founded in Le Locle , Switzerland by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son, Charles-Émile Tissot, in 1853.
80-586: Tissot is not associated with Mathey-Tissot , another Swiss watchmaking firm. Tissot was founded in 1853 by Charles-Félicien Tissot and his son Charles-Émile Tissot in the Swiss city of Le Locle, in the Neuchâtel canton of the Jura Mountains area. The father and son team worked as a casemaker (Charles-Félicien Tissot) and watchmaker (Charles-Emile). His son having expressed an interest in watchmaking from
160-663: A Swiss watch maker of prestige watches, originally established in 1886 by Edmond Mathey-Tissot at Les Ponts-de-Martel in the canton of Neuchâtel in Switzerland . Mathey-Tissot is an independent watchmaker, with its headquarters in Geneva. It is not associated with Tissot , another Swiss watchmaking firm. Edmond Mathey-Tissot established his watchmaking business in the village of Les Ponts-de-Martel in 1886. He began by specializing in complications , and especially repeater pocket watches, that is, watches which chime
240-488: A Fox musical with William Bendix and Vivian Blaine in supporting roles. The film was poorly received; according to The New York Times , "Technicolor is the picture's chief asset, but still worth a look for the presence of Carmen Miranda". In her Miami News review, Peggy Simmonds wrote: "Fortunately for Greenwich Village , the picture is made in Technicolor and has Carmen Miranda. Unfortunately for Carmen Miranda,
320-816: A Tissot PR 516 with steel rally bracelet in Shaft . Indian actor Kamal Haasan wore a Tissot watch in 2008 Tamil film Dasavathaaram . Tissot has been the official timekeeper responsible for timing in several sports including MotoGP , the International Ice Hockey Federation , the Union Cycliste Internationale , the International Basketball Federation (FIBA), the International Fencing Federation ,
400-553: A barber shop. Her mother followed in 1910 with their daughters, Olinda (1907–1931) and Carmen, who was less than a year old. Although Carmen never returned to Portugal, she retained her Portuguese nationality. In Brazil, her parents had four more children: Amaro (1912–1988), Cecilia (1913–2011), Aurora (1915–2005) and Óscar (born 1916). She was christened Carmen by her father because of his love for Bizet 's Carmen . This passion for opera influenced his children, and Miranda's love for singing and dancing, at an early age. She
480-545: A charity concert organized by Brazilian First Lady Darci Vargas and attended by members of Brazil's high society . She greeted the audience in English and was met with silence. When Miranda began singing "The South American Way", a song from one of her club acts, the audience began to boo her. Although she tried to finish her act, she gave up and left the stage when the audience refused to let up. The incident deeply hurt Miranda, who wept in her dressing room. The following day,
560-474: A contract with Odeon Records , making her the highest-paid radio singer in Brazil at the time. Miranda's rise to stardom in Brazil was linked to the growth of a native style of music: the samba . The samba and Miranda's emerging career enhanced the revival of Brazilian nationalism during the government of President Getúlio Vargas . Her gracefulness and vitality in her recordings and live performances gave her
640-630: A culturally homogeneous way. When Miranda's films reached Central and South American theaters, they were perceived as depicting Latin American cultures through the lens of American preconceptions. Some Latin Americans felt that their cultures were misrepresented, and felt that someone from their own region was misrepresenting them. Down Argentine Way was criticized, with Argentines saying that it failed to depict Argentine culture. Its lyrics were allegedly replete with non-Argentine themes, and its sets were
720-404: A fatal heart attack . Miranda was 46 years old. Her body was found at about 10:30 a.m. lying in the hallway. The Jimmy Durante Show episode in which Miranda appeared was aired two months after her death, on 15 October 1955. The episode began with Durante paying tribute to the singer, while also indicating that her family had given permission for the performance to be broadcast. A clip of
800-846: A fusion of Mexican, Cuban, and Brazilian culture. The film was later banned in Argentina for "wrongfully portraying life in Buenos Aires". Similar sentiments were voiced in Cuba after the debut of Miranda's Weekend in Havana (1941), with Cuban audiences offended by Miranda's portrayal of a Cuban woman. Reviewers noted that an import from Rio could not accurately portray a woman from Havana, and Miranda did not "dance anything Cuban". Her performances were arguably hybrids of Brazilian and other Latin cultures. Critics said that Miranda's other films misrepresented Latin locales, assuming that Brazilian culture
880-527: A glamorous version of the traditional dress of a poor black girl in Bahia : a flowing dress and a fruit-hat turban. She sang " O Que É Que A Baiana Tem? "; which intended to empower a social class that was usually disparaged. Producer Lee Shubert offered Miranda an eight-week contract to perform in The Streets of Paris on Broadway after seeing her perform in 1939 at Rio's Cassino da Urca. Although she
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#1732772570009960-494: A line of Miranda-inspired turbans and jewelry in 1939, and Bonwit Teller created mannequins resembling the singer. Her tutti-frutti hat from The Gang's All Here (1943) inspired the United Fruit Company 's Chiquita Banana logo the following year. During the 1960s, tropicália filmmakers in Brazil were influenced by Miranda's Hollywood films. In 2009 she was the subject of São Paulo Fashion Week and
1040-672: A negative image of Brazil. Members of the upper class felt that her image was "too black", and she was criticized in a Brazilian newspaper for "singing bad-taste black sambas". Other Brazilians criticized Miranda for playing a stereotypical "Latina bimbo". In her first interview after her arrival in the US in the New York World-Telegram , she played up her then-limited knowledge of the English language: "I say money, money, money. I say twenty words in English. I say money, money, money and I say hot dog!" On 15 July, Miranda appeared in
1120-691: A repeater watch: in gold for officers, silver for other ranks. In 1914, Mathey-Tissot was represented at the Kew Observatory Competition by six Observatory Chronometers capable of split-second timing, all six being rated 'Class A' with the comment 'specially good'. The same year, Mathey-Tissot gained the Grand Prix at the Swiss National Exhibition. During the First World War , the company supplied
1200-426: A replacement, but she declined. After completing "Jackson, Miranda, and Gomez", a song-and-dance number with Durante, she fell to one knee. Durante later said, "I thought she had slipped. She got up and said she was outta breath. I told her I'll take her lines. But she goes ahead with 'em. We finished work about 11 o'clock and she seemed happy." After the last take, Miranda and Durante gave an impromptu performance on
1280-463: A show. Although the marriage was brief, Miranda (who was Catholic) did not want a divorce. Her sister, Aurora , said in the documentary Bananas Is My Business : "He married her for selfish reasons; she got very sick after she married and lived with a lot of depression". The couple announced their separation in September 1949, but reconciled several months later. Miranda was discreet, and little
1360-558: A straight part with only one singing number. The innovation is not a success, but the fault is the director's not Carmen's." In If I'm Lucky (1946), her follow-up film for Fox when she was no longer under contract, Miranda was again fourth on the bill with her stock screen persona firmly in evidence: heavily accented English, comic malapropisms , and bizarre hairstyles recreating her famous turbans. When Miranda's contract with Fox expired on 1 January 1946, she decided to pursue an acting career free of studio constraints. Miranda's ambition
1440-498: A tie shop at age 14 to help pay her sister's medical bills. She then worked in a boutique (where she learned to make hats) and opened a successful hat business. Miranda was introduced to Josué de Barros, a composer and musician from Bahia, while she was working at her family's inn. With help from de Barros and Brunswick Records , she recorded her first single (the samba "Não vá Simbora") in 1929. Miranda's second single, "Prá Você Gostar de Mim" (also known as "Taí", and released in 1930),
1520-637: A toll on her health. Miranda performed at the New Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas in April 1955, and in Cuba three months later before returning to Los Angeles to recuperate from a recurrent bronchial ailment. On 4 August, she was filming a segment for the NBC variety series The Jimmy Durante Show . According to Durante, Miranda had complained of feeling unwell before filming; he offered to find her
1600-399: A wide range of celebrities from basketball players, actors, cricket players, to MotoGP racers to be their brand ambassadors. Tissot brand ambassadors have included: Tony Parker , Liu Yi Fei , Virat Kohli , Deepika Padukone , Huang Xiaoming , Jorge Lorenzo , Thomas Lüthi , Neha Kakkar , Marc Márquez and Rana Daggubati , Simon Gong Jun . Tissot is also currently the official watch for
1680-547: A young age. The two turned their house at the time into a small 'factory'. Charles-Emile Tissot left for Russia in 1858 and succeeded in selling their savonnette pocket watches across the Russian Empire . Russia became Tissot's greatest market, with the brand gaining popularity even in the Tsar's court; so Charles Tissot, Charles-Émile's son, moved to Moscow in 1885 to manage the branch his father had set up there. In 1929,
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#17327725700091760-1019: Is "gold value at silver price". Tissot introduced the first mass-produced pocket watch as well as the first pocket watch with two time zones in 1853 and the first anti-magnetic watch, in 1929–30. Tissot was also one of the first companies to manufacture an antimagnetic wristwatch in the early 1930s. The Tissot company was also the first to make watches out of plastic (Idea 2001 in 1971), stone (the Alpine granite RockWatch in 1985), mother of pearl (the Pearl watch in 1987), and wood (the Wood watch in 1988). Tissot introduced its first tactile watch, with "T-Touch," technology in 1999; watches containing this technology have touch-sensitive sapphire crystals to control various functions including compass, barometer, altimeter and thermometer. The 2014 T-Touch Expert Solar and T-Touch Lady Solar had 25 functions. Tissot has partnered with
1840-458: Is by way of being an artist and her numbers give the show its one touch of distinction." On 1 June 1942, she left the production when her Shubert contract expired; meanwhile, she recorded for Decca Records . Miranda was encouraged by the US government as part of Roosevelt's Good Neighbor policy , designed to strengthen ties with Latin America. It was believed that performers like her would give
1920-642: Is known about her private life. Before she left for the US, she had relationships with Mario Cunha, Carlos da Rocha Faria (son of a traditional family in Rio de Janeiro) and Aloísio de Oliveira , a member of the Bando da Lua. In the US, Miranda maintained relationships with John Payne , Arturo de Córdova , Dana Andrews , Harold Young , John Wayne , Donald Buka and Carlos Niemeyer. During her later years, in addition to heavy smoking and alcohol consumption, she began taking amphetamines and barbiturates , all of which took
2000-781: Is playing on a scratched record) and eating a banana he plucks from his turban. Miranda played Carmelita Castilha, a Brazilian showgirl on a cruise ship, with her costumes and performances bordering on self-parody. In April 1953, she began a four-month European tour. While performing in Cincinnati in October, Miranda collapsed from exhaustion; she was rushed to LeRoy Sanitarium by her husband, Dave Sebastian, and canceled four following performances. Desiring creative freedom, Miranda decided to produce her own film in 1947 and played opposite Groucho Marx in Copacabana . The film's budget
2080-405: Is very capable in a dual role, and Miss [Alice] Faye is eye-appealing but it’s the tempestuous Miranda who really gets away to a flying start from the first sequence". The New York Times article said, "Whenever one or the other Ameche character gets out of the way and lets [Miranda] have the screen, the film sizzles and scorches wickedly." Years later, Clive Hirschhorn wrote: " That Night in Rio
2160-642: The NBA . Tissot watches have been worn by Catherine, Princess of Wales , Sarah Bernhardt , singer Carmen Miranda , Grace Kelly , and Nelson Mandela . James Stewart wore a Tissot watch in Rear Window . T-Touch watches have been worn by Angelina Jolie in the movies Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life and Mr. & Mrs. Smith . Simon Pegg wore a T-Touch in Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation .. Richard Roundtree appears to wear
2240-481: The United States in 1937. The firm at one time had good relations with China and made watches of Chinese designs for that market which have been described as "complicated and painstaking pieces... in the realm of superior watchmaking". In 1969 and 1970, Elvis Presley bought several dozen customized Mathey-Tissot automatic watches for giving to family, friends and staff; the purpose being to identify
2320-696: The United States Army 's Corps of Engineers with precision chronographs in large quantities, while General Pershing , commanding the United States Expeditionary Force , chose the watch to award to members of his own staff. Both before and after the Second World War , the company continued to supply the U. S. Army and the Royal Navy . The name 'E. Mathey-Tissot & Co.' was protected by trademark in
2400-587: The Women's National Basketball Association , for many years. In basketball it has sponsored the Swiss national team , the Chinese Basketball Association , the NBA and other related events, teams, and organizations. On 20 November 2019 it was announced that Tissot would serve as the official timekeeper and results service for the 2022 World Games . Mathey-Tissot Mathey-Tissot is
2480-657: The Andrews Sisters in producing and recording three Decca singles. Their first collaboration was on radio in 1945, when Miranda appeared on ABC's The Andrews Sisters Show . Their first single, "Cuanto La Gusta", was the most popular and reached number twelve on the Billboard chart. " The Wedding Samba ", which reached number 23, followed in 1950. After Copacabana , Joe Pasternak invited Miranda to make two Technicolor musicals for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer : A Date with Judy (1948) and Nancy Goes to Rio (1950). In
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2560-621: The Brazilian press criticized her as "too Americanized". Weeks later, Miranda responded to the criticism with the Portuguese song " Disseram que Voltei Americanizada " ("They Say I've Come Back Americanized"). Another song, "Bananas Is My Business", was based on a line from one of her films and directly addressed her image. Upset by the criticism, Miranda did not return to Brazil for 14 years. Her films were scrutinized by Latin American audiences for characterizing Central and South America in
2640-690: The Rockies . The film, which grossed about $ 2 million, was one of the year's ten most-successful films at the box office. According to a Chicago Tribune review, it was "senseless, but eye intriguing ... The basic plot is splashed over with songs and dances and the mouthings and eye and hand work of Carmen Miranda, who sure would be up a tree if she ever had to sing in the dark". In 1943, she appeared in Busby Berkeley 's The Gang's All Here . Berkeley's musicals were known for lavish production, and Miranda's role as Dorita featured " The Lady in
2720-535: The Tutti-Frutti Hat ". A special effect made her fruit-bedecked hat appear larger than possible. By then she was typecast as an exotic singer, and under her studio contract she was obligated to make public appearances in her ever-more-outlandish film costumes. One of her records, "I Make My Money With Bananas" seemed to pay ironic tribute to her typecasting. The Gang's All Here was one of 1943's 10 highest-grossing films and Fox's most expensive production of
2800-538: The World's Fair". Her fame grew quickly, and she was formally presented to President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a White House banquet shortly after her arrival. According to a Life magazine reviewer: Partly because their unusual melody and heavy accented rhythms are unlike anything ever heard in a Manhattan revue before, partly because there is not a clue to their meaning except the gay rolling of Carmen Miranda's insinuating eyes, these songs, and Miranda herself, are
2880-492: The box-office appeal of the backstage musical, Doll Face (1945), in which she was fourth on the bill. Miranda played Chita Chula, billed in the show-within-the-film as "the little lady from Brazil"—a cheerful comic sidekick to leading lady Doll Face ( Vivian Blaine ) with one musical number and little dialogue. A New York Herald Tribune review read, "Carmen Miranda does what she always does, only not well"; according to The Sydney Morning Herald , "Carmen Miranda appears in
2960-627: The cemetery. Miranda is buried in São João Batista Cemetery in Rio de Janeiro. In 1956 her belongings were donated by her husband and family to the Carmen Miranda Museum , which opened in Rio on 5 August 1976. For her contributions to the entertainment industry, Miranda has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at the south side of the 6262 block of Hollywood Boulevard . Miranda's Hollywood image
3040-557: The episode was included in the A&;E Network 's Biography episode about the singer. In accordance with her wishes, Miranda's body was flown back to Rio de Janeiro. The casket was covered with the flag of Brazil ; the Brazilian government declared a period of national mourning. About 60,000 people attended her memorial service at the Rio de Janeiro town hall, and more than half a million Brazilians escorted her funeral cortège to
3120-567: The film and has little dialogue. Despite MGM's efforts to change Miranda's persona, her roles in both productions were peripheral, watered-down caricatures relying on fractured English and over-the-top musical and dance numbers. In her final film, Scared Stiff (1953, a black-and-white Paramount production with Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis ), Miranda's appeal was again muted. Returning full-circle to her first Hollywood film, Down Argentine Way , she had virtually no narrative function. Lewis parodies her, miming badly to " Mamãe eu quero " (which
3200-449: The film's release, according to Cinearte magazine, "Carmen Miranda is currently the most popular figure in Brazilian cinema, judging by the sizeable correspondence that she receives". In her next film, Estudantes (1935), she had a speaking part for the first time. Miranda played Mimi, a young radio singer (who performs two numbers in the film) who falls in love with a university student (played by singer Mário Reis ). She starred in
3280-407: The first production MGM wanted to portray a different image, allowing her to remove her turban and reveal her own hair (styled by Sydney Guilaroff ) and makeup (by Jack Dawn ). Miranda's wardrobe for the film substituted elegant dresses and hats designed by Helen Rose for "baiana" outfits. She was again fourth on the bill as Rosita Cochellas, a rumba teacher who first appears about 40 minutes into
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3360-495: The first sound documentary on the subject) and three songs in A Voz do Carnaval (1933), which combined footage of street celebrations in Rio with a fictitious plot providing a pretext for musical numbers. Miranda's next screen performance was in the musical Hello, Hello Brazil! (1935), in which she performed its closing number: the marcha "Primavera no Rio", which she had recorded for Victor in August 1934. Several months after
3440-634: The footage from both cities because the singer had no dialogue with the other cast members. Down Argentine Way was successful, grossing $ 2 million that year at the US box office. The Shuberts brought Miranda back to Broadway , teaming her with Olsen and Johnson , Ella Logan , and the Blackburn Twins in the musical revue Sons o' Fun on 1 December 1941. The show was a hodgepodge of slapstick, songs, and skits; according to New York Herald Tribune theater critic Richard Watts Jr., "In her eccentric and highly personalized fashion, Miss Miranda
3520-454: The foremost interpreter of samba . During the 1930s, Miranda performed on Brazilian radio and appeared in five Brazilian chanchadas , films celebrating Brazilian music, dance and the country's carnival culture. Hello, Hello Brazil! and Hello, Hello, Carnival! embodied the spirit of these early Miranda films. The 1939 musical Banana da Terra (directed by Ruy Costa) gave the world her "Baiana" image, inspired by Afro-Brazilians from
3600-447: The global financial collapse brought the entire watch industry to a standstill, and Omega and Tissot forged an alliance under the leadership of Paul Tissot-Daguette, who had been trained at Tissot and became Omega's chief executive officer in 1930. The merger formed Société Suisse pour l'Industrie Horlogère (SSIH), and Tissot-Omega watches from this era are sought after by collectors. Tissot's first engagement as an official timekeeper
3680-608: The hour or the hour and quarter-hour (quarter-repeater) or the hour, quarter-hour and minute (minute-repeater). The firm soon proceeded to make chronographs and won a number of prizes. In 1899, the outbreak of the Second Boer War led to such an expansion in demand for Mathey-Tissot watches that a new factory was built. Among the orders received was one from a nobleman in Scotland, who commissioned 2,500 watches, having decided to present every man in his son's regiment with
3760-532: The musical numbers "ap[e] the tawdry dullness" of genuine Paris revues and "the chorus girls, skin-deep in atmosphere, strike what Broadway thinks a Paris pose ought to be". Atkinson added, however, that "South American contributes the [revue's] most magnetic personality" (Miranda). Singing "rapid-rhythmed songs to the accompaniment of a Brazilian band, she radiates heat that will tax the Broadhurst [theater] air-conditioning plant this Summer". Although Atkinson gave
3840-582: The name of the Swatch Group in 1998. Tissot SA remained in Le Locle , Switzerland, and marketed in 160 countries. Tissot watches are classified by the Swatch Group as "mid-range market" products. Tissot is an official timekeeper for the world championships in cycling, motorcycling, fencing and ice hockey, etc. Tissot was a sponsor for the Formula One car-racing teams Lotus, Renault, and Sauber. In
3920-496: The next co-production from the Waldow and Cinédia studios, the musical Hello, Hello, Carnival! (1936), which contained a roll call of popular music and radio performers (including Miranda's sister, Aurora ). A standard backstage plot permitted 23 musical numbers and, by contemporary Brazilian standards, the film was a major production. Its set reproduced the interior of Rio's plush Atlântico casino (where some scenes were filmed) and
4000-446: The nickname "Cantora do It". The singer was later known as "Ditadora Risonha do Samba", and in 1933 radio announcer Cesar Ladeira christened her "A Pequena Notável". Her Brazilian film career was linked to a genre of musical films that drew on the nation's carnival traditions and the annual celebration and musical style of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's capital at the time. Miranda performed a musical number in O Carnaval Cantado no Rio (1932,
4080-415: The north-eastern state of Bahia . In 1939, Broadway producer Lee Shubert offered Miranda an eight-week contract to perform in The Streets of Paris after seeing her at Cassino da Urca in Rio de Janeiro. The following year she made her first Hollywood film, Down Argentine Way with Don Ameche and Betty Grable , and her exotic clothing and Lusophone accent became her trademark. That year, she
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#17327725700094160-579: The outside world seriously. She left for New York on the SS Uruguay on 4 May 1939, a few months before World War II . Miranda arrived in New York on 18 May 1939. She and the band had their first Broadway performance on 19 June 1939 in The Streets of Paris . Although Miranda's part was small (she only spoke four words), she received good reviews and became a media sensation. According to New York Times theater critic Brooks Atkinson , most of
4240-696: The outstanding hit of the show. When news of Broadway's latest star (known as the Brazilian Bombshell) reached Hollywood , Twentieth Century-Fox began to develop a film featuring Miranda. Its working title was The South American Way (the title of a song she had performed in New York), and the film was later entitled Down Argentine Way (1940). Although its production and cast were based in Los Angeles, Miranda's scenes were filmed in New York because of her club obligations. Fox could combine
4320-433: The past handheld stopwatches were sufficient to provide official timings; in more recent times manufacturers and sporting bodies together develop more accurate systems for specific events. In competitive cycling, for instance, sensors are placed on the bikes and track, and linked by computers to provide track timings and performance data. The company motto/slogan of Tissot is "Innovators by Tradition" and its mission statement
4400-972: The policy a favorable impression with the American public. Miranda's contract with 20th Century Fox lasted from 1941 to 1946, coinciding with the creation and activities of the Office of the Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs . The goal of the OCIAA was to obtain support from Latin American society and its governments for the United States. The Good Neighbor policy had been linked to US interference in Latin America; Roosevelt sought better diplomatic relations with Brazil and other South American nations, and pledged to refrain from military intervention (which had occurred to protect US business interests in industries such as mining or agriculture). Hollywood
4480-601: The production doesn't do her justice, the overall effect is disappointing, but still she sparkles the picture whenever she appears." Greenwich Village was less successful at the box office than Fox and Miranda had expected. Miranda's third 1944 film was Something for the Boys , a musical comedy based on the Broadway musical with songs by Cole Porter and starring Ethel Merman . It was Miranda's first film without William LeBaron or Darryl F. Zanuck as producer. The producer
4560-543: The revue a lukewarm review, he wrote that Miranda made the show. Syndicated columnist Walter Winchell wrote for the New York Daily Mirror that a star had been born who would save Broadway from the slump in ticket sales caused by the 1939 New York World's Fair . Winchell's praise of Carmen and her Bando da Lua was repeated on his Blue Network radio show, which reached 55 million listeners daily. The press called Miranda "the girl who saved Broadway from
4640-453: The set for the cast and technicians. The singer took several cast members and some friends home with her for a small party. She went upstairs to bed at about 3 a.m. Miranda undressed, placed her platform shoes in a corner, lit a cigarette, placed it in an ashtray and went into her bathroom to remove her makeup. She apparently came from the bathroom with a small, round mirror in her hand; in the small hall that led to her bedroom, she collapsed from
4720-424: The studio's third effort to activate the "Latin hot blood", Fox was called "Hollywood's best good neighbor" by Bosley Crowther . During the week it was released, the film topped the box office (surpassing Citizen Kane , released a week earlier). In 1942, 20th Century-Fox paid $ 60,000 to Lee Shubert to terminate his contract with Miranda, who finished her Sons o' Fun tour and began filming Springtime in
4800-538: The value to Brazil of Miranda's tour, announced that the Brazilian government would pay for the band's transportation on the Moore-McCormack Lines between Rio and New York. Vargas believed that Miranda would foster ties between the northern and southern hemispheres and act as a goodwill ambassador in the United States, increasing Brazil's share of the American coffee market. Miranda took the official sanction of her trip and her duty to represent Brazil to
4880-521: The wearers as having a privileged right of access to Presley's concerts and tours. The bezel settings of these the name ELVIS PRESLEY in raised letters and four stars. Mathey-Tissot no longer produces its own watch movements in house. Instead, the company customizes mechanical and quartz watches with movements sourced from others. Its logo is similar to the "peace symbol" of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament , but turned upside-down, with
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#17327725700094960-596: The words Mathey-Tissot in manuscript, above the printed words "since 1886". The name of Mathey-Tissot is registered with the World Intellectual Property Organization , under the company name E. Mathey-Tissot & Co. SA, of Boulevard de Pérolle, Fribourg , Switzerland. Carmen Miranda Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha GCIH , OMC (9 February 1909 – 5 August 1955), known professionally as Carmen Miranda ( Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈkaʁmẽj miˈɾɐ̃dɐ] ),
5040-665: The year. It received positive reviews, although The New York Times film critic wrote: "Mr. Berkeley has some sly notions under his busby. One or two of his dance spectacles seem to stem straight from Freud." The following year Miranda made a cameo appearance in Four Jills in a Jeep , a film based on a true adventure of actresses Kay Francis , Carole Landis , Martha Raye , and Mitzi Mayfair ; Alice Faye and Betty Grable also made brief appearances. In 1944 Miranda also starred with Don Ameche in Greenwich Village ,
5120-560: Was Irving Starr , who oversaw the studio's second-string films. According to Time magazine, the film "turns out to have nothing very notable for anyone". By 1945, Miranda was Hollywood 's highest-paid entertainer and the top female taxpayer in the United States, earning more than $ 200,000 that year ($ 2.88 million in 2020, adjusted for inflation). After World War II , Miranda's films at Fox were produced in black-and-white, indicative of Hollywood's diminishing interest in her and Latin Americans in general. A monochrome Carmen Miranda reduced
5200-472: Was a Portuguese-born Brazilian singer, dancer, and actress. Nicknamed "The Brazilian Bombshell", she was known for her signature fruit hat outfit that she wore in her American films. As a young woman, Miranda designed clothes and hats in a boutique before making her debut as a singer, recording with composer Josué de Barros in 1929. Miranda's 1930 recording of "Taí (Pra Você Gostar de Mim)", written by Joubert de Carvalho, catapulted her to stardom in Brazil as
5280-422: Was a backdrop for some of its musical numbers. Miranda's stardom is evident in a film poster with a full-length photograph of her and her name topping the cast list. Although she became synonymous with colorful fruit hats during her later career, she began wearing them only in 1939, and contrary to popular belief, they were never made from real fruit. Miranda appeared in the film Banana da Terra that year in
5360-457: Was a collaboration with Brazilian composer Joubert de Carvalho and sold a record 35,000 copies that year. She signed a two-year contract with RCA Victor in 1930, giving them exclusive rights to her image. In 1933 Miranda signed a two-year contract with Rádio Mayrink Veiga , the most popular Brazilian station of the 1930s, and was the first contract singer in Brazilian radio history; for a year, in 1937, she moved to Rádio Tupi . She later signed
5440-487: Was a representation of Latin America. During the war years, Miranda starred in eight of her 14 films; although the studios called her the Brazilian Bombshell, the films blurred her Brazilian identity in favor of a Latin American image. According to a Variety review of director Irving Cummings ' That Night in Rio (1941, Miranda's second Hollywood film), her character upstaged the leads: "[Don] Ameche
5520-483: Was asked to help, and Walt Disney Studios and 20th Century Fox participated. Miranda was considered a goodwill ambassador and a promoter of intercontinental culture. Although Miranda's US popularity continued to increase, she began to lose favor with some Brazilians. On 10 July 1940, she returned to Brazil and was welcomed by cheering fans. Soon after her arrival, however, the Brazilian press began criticizing Miranda for accommodating American commercialism and projecting
5600-644: Was born Maria do Carmo Miranda da Cunha in 1909 in Várzea da Ovelha e Aliviada, a village in the northern Portuguese municipality of Marco de Canaveses . She was the second daughter of José Maria Pinto da Cunha (17 February 1887 – 21 June 1938) and Maria Emília Miranda (10 March 1886, Rio de Janeiro – 9 November 1971). The family's emigration to Brazil was already scheduled; however, upon finding herself pregnant, Carmen Miranda's mother preferred to wait for her daughter's birth. In 1909, her father emigrated to Brazil and settled in Rio de Janeiro, where he opened
5680-652: Was divided into about ten investors' shares. A Texan investor who owned one of the shares sent his brother, David Sebastian (23 November 1907 – 11 September 1990), to keep an eye on Miranda and his interests on the set. Sebastian befriended her, and they began dating. Miranda and Sebastian married on 17 March 1947 at the Church of the Good Shepherd in Beverly Hills , with Patrick J. Concannon officiating. In 1948, Miranda became pregnant, but miscarried after
5760-522: Was educated at the Convent of Saint Therese of Lisieux . Her father did not approve of Miranda's plans to enter show business; her mother supported her, despite being beaten when her father discovered that his daughter had auditioned for a radio show (she had sung at parties and festivals in Rio). Miranda's older sister, Olinda, developed tuberculosis and was sent to Portugal for treatment; the singer worked in
5840-460: Was hailed as a talented performer, her popularity waned by the end of World War II . Miranda came to resent the stereotypical "Brazilian Bombshell" image she had cultivated and attempted to free herself of it with limited success. She focused on nightclub appearances and became a fixture on television variety shows. Despite being stereotyped, Miranda's performances popularized Brazilian music and increased public awareness of Latin culture. In 1941, she
5920-700: Was in 1938 where they timed a series of ski races in Villars-sur-Ollon , near the company's home town in the Jura mountains. Tissot was used for timing downhill skiing in Switzerland in 1938, and for the Davis Cup in 1957 . SSIH-ASUAG was formed in 1983 (Allgemeine Schweizerische Uhrenindustrie Aktiengesellschaft, ASUAG, was a holding company supplying the watch industry), then SMH (Société Suisse de Microélectronique et d’horlogerie; 1983–1985). SMH took
6000-494: Was interested in performing in New York, she refused to accept the deal unless Shubert agreed to also hire her band, the Bando da Lua. He refused, saying that there were many capable musicians in New York who could back her. Miranda remained steadfast, feeling that North American musicians would not be able to authenticate the sounds of Brazil. Shubert compromised, agreeing to hire the six band members but not paying for their transport to New York. President Getúlio Vargas , recognizing
6080-406: Was that of a generic Latina, blurring distinctions between Brazil, Portugal, Argentina, and Mexico and samba, tango and habanera music. It was stylized and flamboyant; she often wore platform sandals and towering headdresses made of fruit , becoming known as " the lady in the tutti-frutti hat ". Her enormous, fruit-laden hats were iconic visuals recognized worldwide; Saks Fifth Avenue developed
6160-462: Was the first Latin American star to be invited to leave her hand and footprints in the courtyard of Grauman's Chinese Theatre and was the first South American honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame . Miranda is considered the precursor of Brazil's 1960s Tropicalismo cultural movement. A museum was built in Rio de Janeiro in her honor and she was the subject of the documentary Carmen Miranda: Bananas Is My Business (1995). Miranda
6240-471: Was the quintessential Fox war-time musical – an over-blown, over-dressed, over-produced and thoroughly irresistible cornucopia of escapist ingredients." On 24 March 1941, Miranda was one of the first Latinas to imprint her hand- and footprints on the sidewalk of Grauman's Chinese Theatre . Her next film, Week-End in Havana , was directed by Walter Lang and produced by William LeBaron . The cast included Alice Faye , John Payne , and Cesar Romero . After
6320-446: Was to play a lead role showcasing her comic skills, which she set out to do in Copacabana (1947, an independent production released by United Artists starring Groucho Marx ). Although her films were modest hits, critics and the American public did not accept her new image. Although Miranda's film career was faltering, her musical career remained solid and she was still a popular nightclub attraction. From 1948 to 1950, she joined
6400-453: Was voted the third-most-popular personality in the United States; she and her group, Bando da Lua, were invited to sing and dance for President Franklin D. Roosevelt . In 1943, Miranda starred in Busby Berkeley 's The Gang's All Here , which featured musical numbers with the fruit hats that became her trademark. By 1945, she was the highest-paid woman in the United States. Miranda made 14 Hollywood films between 1940 and 1953. Although she
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