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Carnival in Costa Rica (1947)
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19 May 1947 (Sweden) moreGenre:
MusicalTagline:
MAGNIFICO! TERRIFICO! (original print media ad - all caps)Plot:
Two pairs of lovers try to thwart an arranged marriage at Costa Rican fiesta time. full summary | add synopsisUser Comments:
Funny, not flattering more (6 total)Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Dick Haymes | ... | Jeff Stephens |
| Vera-Ellen | ... | Luisa Molina |
 | Cesar Romero | ... | Pepe Castro |
| Celeste Holm | ... | Celeste |
 | Anne Revere | ... | Mama Elsa Molina |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Papa Rico Molina |
| Pedro de Cordoba | ... | Papa Castro |
| Barbara Whiting | ... | Maria Molina |
| Nestor Paiva | ... | Padre Rafael |
| Fritz Feld | ... | Hotel Clerk |
| Tommy Ivo | ... | Juan Molina |
 | Mimi Aguglia | ... | Mama Castro |
| Ernesto Lecuona | ... | Himself, bandleader (as Lecuona Cuban Boys) |
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Costa RicaFun Stuff
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Cameo: [Leonide Massine]the film's choreographer is the unnamed "famous dancer" with Vera-Ellen in the first production scene. moreGoofs:
Continuity: During Louisa's dream wedding sequence, her sister Maria disappears and then reappears from the background. moreSoundtrack:
ANOTHER NIGHT LIKE THIS moreFAQ
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I found the movie humorous, fun and enjoyable but I can easily understand why my grandparents found it offensive. Being Costa Rican I have heard how the sections of the movie that were filmed in Costa Rica caused great commotion at the time even though none of the main actors came to the country (at least for filming). When the movie finally opened in Costa Rica people were upset of how the people and the country had been misrepresented. Even though the movie exerts attitudes and prejudices towards Latin America, as well as ignorance over the social and cultural differences between Latin American countries and Spain it reflects the ignorance (or innocence?) of the 1940s. At the end, for all the cultural improprieties doesn't make "Carnival in Costa Rica" any less enjoyable.