Alô Alô Carnaval

Alô Alô Carnaval (1936)

A stupendous triumph of Brazilian cinema!

Two authors go look for a business to finance their dream musical.

Date of release
1936-01-20
TMDB
6.1 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 15m
Genres
Comedy, Music
Director
Adhemar Gonzaga

Casting

Interesting facts

Alô, Alô, Carnaval is a 1936 Brazilian musical comedy film directed and produced by Adhemar Gonzaga and Wallace Downey, and released by the Cinédia production company. The film premiered on January 20, 1936, at the Cinema Alhambra in Rio de Janeiro, and on February 3, 1936, in São Paulo.

Production

Hello, Hello, Carnival was the first Brazilian film to use playback in the production of its musical numbers. Limiting this process to only a few choice scenes, direct live audio can still be heard in the background.

Originally called "O Grande Cassino", the film's inception came from the need to present singers from Brazil's golden age of radio to a larger mass audience. Set in a pre-television age, the plot focuses on a low-income population which had little, if any, access to entertainment at the nation's Casinos.

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