Hello, Hello Brazil!

{{short description|1935 film directed by Wallace Downey}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Hello, Hello Brazil!

| image = Alô, Alô Brasil, Carmen Miranda 1935.jpg

| caption = Carmen Miranda in Hello, Hello Brazil!

| director = Wallace Downey
Alberto Ribeiro
João de Barro

| producer = Wallace Downey
Adhemar Gonzaga

| writer = Alberto Ribeiro
João de Barro

| starring =

| music =

| cinematography = Edgar Brasil
A.P. Castro
Luiz de Barros
Ramon García
Antonio Medeiros
Fausto Muniz

| editing = A.P. Castro

| studio = Cinédia

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1935|02|04}}

| runtime = 1 hr. 18 min.

| country = Brazil

| language = Portuguese

| budget =

| gross =

}}

Hello, Hello Brazil! (Portuguese: Allô, Allô, Brasil!) is a 1935 Brazilian musical film directed by Wallace Downey, Alberto Ribeiro, and João de Barro. It stars Carmen Miranda and Adhemar Gonzaga; the latter also produced the film. The screenplay was written by Alberto Ribeiro and João de Barro.{{cite news|url=http://www.cinemateca.gov.br/cgi-bin/wxis.exe/iah/?IsisScript=iah/iah.xis&base=FILMOGRAFIA&lang=p&nextAction=lnk&exprSearch=ID=003458&format=detailed.pft#1 |title=ALÔ! ALÔ! BRASIL|page=Cinemateca Brasileira|access-date=September 1, 2014}}

Cast

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Production

Wallace Downey began his career producing successful musical films for Americans with established artists from Brazilian radio. Carmen Miranda, star of this 1935 film, was one such star. A co-production between Waldown Filmes and Cinédia, Allô, Allô, Brasil! presented a multitude of singers, comedians and radio presenters, such as vocalists Francisco Alves and Mário Reis.

A close tie-in with the radio world manifested in this films storyline. Written by popular composers duo João de Barros and Alberto Ribeiro, it portrayed the adventures of a "radiomaníaco" who falls for a nonexistent radio singer.

The two genres of music synonymous with the carnival, including the samba and the march, had a prominent place in early Brazilian musicals and popular movies.{{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FSi_gQINAeQC&q=Al%C3%B4%2C+Al%C3%B4%2C+Brasil%21+1935&pg=PA106|title=Estudos de cinema, Volumes 2-3|work=Alex Viany|year=2000|isbn=9788574191584|access-date=September 1, 2014}}

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