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Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat
Nome de nascimento: Francisco de Asís Javier Cugat Mingall de Bru y Deulofeu
Data de nascimento: 01 de janeiro de 1900 ( 90 anos)
Falecimento: 27 de outubro de 1990
Atividades: Ator
Local de nascimento: Girona, Catalonia, Spain
Anos ativo: 1921 - 1990

Xavier Cugat

Xavier Cugat was a catalan musician and bandleader, born in Spain (Girona, 1 January 1900 – Barcelona, 27 October 1990) who spent his formative years in Havana, Cuba. A trained violinist and arranger, he was a leading figure in the spread of Latin music. In New York City, he was the leader of the resident orchestra at the Waldorf–Astoria before and after World War II. He was also a cartoonist and a restaurateur. The personal papers of Xavier Cugat are preserved in the Biblioteca de Catalunya (Barcelona). His family emigrated to Cuba when he was three years old. He studied classical violin and worked as a violinist at the age of nine in a silent movie theater to help pay for his education. He was first chair violinist for the Teatro Nacional Symphonic Orchestra. When he was not performing, he started drawing caricatures. On 6 July 1915 he and his family arrived in New York City on the SS Havana. Cugat appeared in recitals with Enrico Caruso, playing violin solos. In the 1920s, he led a band that played often at the Coconut Grove, a club in Los Angeles. Cugat's friend, Charlie Chaplin, visited the club to dance the tango, so Cugat added tangos to the band's performances.[5] Seeing how popular the dance was becoming, Cugat convinced the owner to hire South American dancers to give tango lessons. This, too, became popular, and Cugat made the dancers part of his orchestra. In 1928 he turned his act into the film Xavier Cugat and His Gigolos. He worked for the Los Angeles Times as a cartoonist. His caricatures were nationally syndicated. They appeared in Photoplay magazine beginning with the November 1927 issue, under the byline "de Bru." His older brother, Francis, was an artist of some note, having painted cover art for F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel The Great Gatsby. In 1931, Cugat took his band to New York for the 1931 opening of the Waldorf–Astoria hotel. He replaced Jack Denny as leader of the hotel's resident band. For sixteen years, he led the Waldorf-Astoria Orchestra (1933-1949), shuttling between New York and Los Angeles for most of the next 30 years.[8][9] One of his trademark gestures was to hold a Chihuahua while he waved his baton with the other arm. His music career led to appearing in the films In Gay Madrid (1930), You Were Never Lovelier (1942), Bathing Beauty (1944), Week-End at the Waldorf (1945), Holiday in Mexico (1946), A Date with Judy (1948), On an Island with You (1948), and Chicago Syndicate (1955). Cugat owned and operated the Mexican restaurant Casa Cugat in West Hollywood. The restaurant was frequented by Hollywood celebrities and featured two singing guitarists who would visit each table and play diners' favorite songs upon request. The restaurant began operations in the 1940s and closed in 1986. The restaurant's exterior and a fanciful depiction of its interior can be found in scenes in the 1949 film Neptune's Daughter in which Cugat has a substantial role playing himself. A brief scene revolving around the restaurant can also be seen in the earlier 1943 film The Heat's On, also starring Cugat as himself. Cugat spent his last years in Barcelona, living in a suite at Hotel Ritz. He died of heart failure at age 90 in Barcelona and was buried in his native Girona. He was posthumously inducted into the International Latin Music Hall of Fame in 2001.

Filmografia ( 35 obras)

Ano Nota Título Personagem
2016 - Sexo, maracas y chihuahuas Self - Musician (archive footage)
1994 - Era uma Vez em Hollywood III (archive footage)
1984 - Una rosa al viento Xavier Cugat
1978 - Nunca en horas de clase El presidente
1974 - Era uma Vez em Hollywood (archive footage) (uncredited)
1970 - The Phynx Xavier Cugat
1969 - The Monitors Bug for Culture
1957 - Susana y yo Xavier Cugat
1956 - Donatella se stesso
1956 - Melodia Imortal Xavier Cugat (uncredited)
1955 - O Solteirão Xavier Cugat
1955 - Chicago Syndicate Benny Chico
1949 - Mighty Manhattan, New York's Wonder City Self
1949 - A Filha de Netuno Xavier Cugat
1948 - Luxury Liner Xavier Cugat
1948 - O Príncipe Encantado Xavier Cugat
1948 - O Príncipe Encantado Songs
1948 - Numa Ilha com Você Xavier Cugat
1947 - This Time for Keeps -
1946 - Holiday in Mexico Xavier Cugat
1945 - Aqui Começa a Vida Xavier Cugat
1944 - Escola de Sereias Orchestra Leader
1944 - Duas Garotas e um Marujo Xavier Cugat
1943 - Sedução Tropical Xavier Cugat
1943 - Noivas do Tio Sam Xavier Cugat
1942 - Bonita Como Nunca Xavier Cugat
1936 - Amores de uma Diva Orchestra Leader
1930 - Captain Thunder Original Music Composer
1930 - The Lash Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
1930 - The Lash Original Music Composer
1930 - In Gay Madrid Songs
1930 - Charros, gauchos y manolas Writer
1930 - Charros, gauchos y manolas Director
1926 - A Viúva Alegre Orchestra Leader (uncredited)
1921 - Os Quatro Cavaleiros do Apocalipse Violinist in Tango Bar Scene (uncredited)

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