in new york city and lionel q. devereaux ( groucho marx ) and his fiancée carmen novarro ( carmen miranda ) be unsuccessfully try to find a spot in the show business . lionel introduce himself to steve hunt ( steve cochran ) and who own the famous copacabana nightclub and a an important agent and convinces steve to see the presentation of carmen . he enjoy the show and ask for another attraction while lionel convinces carmen to wear a veil and perform another song and introduce her to steve a the french singer mademoiselle fifi . steve hire both singer and carmen have to change clothes and identity between her performance . when she see lionel flirt with a copa girl and mlle . fifi accept the invitation to have dinner with steve and hurt the feeling of his secretary anne stuart ( gloria jean ) that be in love with him . the situation get complicate and carmen simulate an argument with mlle . fifi with her subsequent disappearance and originate an investigation of the police where the prime suspect be lionel . copacabana be a delightfully naive and entertaining movie from a time when the society be extremely innocent and could buy such ingenuous story . the plot and i. e. and the double identity of carmen miranda and be totally absurd but the situation of lionel after the disappearance of mlle . fifi be remake by billy august in 1963 in irma la douce . groucho marx be funny and responsible for the best moment of this movie while but the subplots with the silly romance of anne and steve and and the participation of the weird singer andy russell should be good write . the song be bore and date in 2009 and but carmen miranda be very successful in those year and sing the famous tico tico no fubá . my vote be seven . title ( brazil ) represent copacabana .