Alô Alô Carnaval

Alô, Alô, Carnaval
Directed by	Adhemar Gonzaga
Written by	Ruy Costa Alberto Ribeiro João de Barro Adhemar Gonzaga
Country	Brazil
Language	Portuguese

Alô, Alô, Carnaval is a 1936 Brazilian musical comedy directed and produced by Adhemar Gonzaga and Wallace Downey, and released by the Cinédia production company.

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

The film premiered on January 20, 1936 at the Cinema Alhambra in Rio de Janeiro, and on February 3, 1936 in São Paulo.

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.

Among the brazilian films that singer and film star Carmen Miranda participated in, this is the only one that has survived time.

The film has been restored several times. In 1952 a print was given to the Cooperativa Cinematográfica Brasileira where it was remounted removing several scenes. Another restoration was made in 1974 where these deletions were recovered. In 1986, scenes with comedian Jorge Murad, were found in the film library of the Museu de Arte Moderna do Rio de Janeiro. By the end of 2000 a serious quality restoration project began with substantial financial support. The team concluded its work in March 2002. The film was rereleased in São Paulo, in June 2002.

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