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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- Almirante
- Ary Barroso
- Aurora Miranda
- Carmen Miranda
- Adhemar Gonzaga
- César Ladeira
- Virgínia Lane
- Francisco Alves
- Mário Reis
- Ivo Astolphi ... as Bando da Lua
- Dircinha Batista
- Simão Boutman
- Sílvio Caldas
- Chico Chico
- Apolo Correia
- Elisa Coelho de Almeida
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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}}
References
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Further reading
- Bryan McCann, Hello, Hello Brazil: Popular Music in the Making of Modern Brazil (Durham: Duke University Press, 2004)
External links
{{commons category|Alô, Alô Brasil}}
- {{IMDb title|0026063}}
Category:1935 musical comedy films
Category:Brazilian musical comedy films
Category:1930s Portuguese-language films
Category:Brazilian black-and-white films