Copacabana
“Watch out Meryl! Here comes Barry Manilow: actor.”
7.2(5)19851h 35mEN
Directed by Waris Hussein
In 1948, aspiring songwriter Tony works as a bar pianist; he meets aspiring star Lola, and is immediately smitten. At Manhattan's Copacabana lounge, they both start finding fame. However, fate steps in and she is swept to Havana to work in a splashy nightclub act where she is convinced she will find her stardom. Instead, she finds Rico, a suave gangster and the club owner.
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gangstermusicalpianistsongwriterbased on song, poem or rhymedancehall girlmanhattan, new york citycopacabanabar singer1940s
