Two pairs of lovers try to thwart an arranged marriage at Costa Rican fiesta time.Two pairs of lovers try to thwart an arranged marriage at Costa Rican fiesta time.Two pairs of lovers try to thwart an arranged marriage at Costa Rican fiesta time.
Vida Aldana
- Carnival Dancer
- (uncredited)
Anita Aros
- Carnival Dancer
- (uncredited)
Bonnie Bannon
- Girl
- (uncredited)
Rolando Barrera
- Carnival Dancer
- (uncredited)
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Did you know
- TriviaLucille Charles's debut.
- GoofsDuring Louisa's dream wedding sequence, her sister Maria disappears and then reappears from the background.
- ConnectionsReferenced in Nightmare Alley (1947)
- SoundtracksCosta Rica
Music by Ernesto Lecuona
Lyrics by Harry Ruby, Sunny Skylar, and Al Stillman
Sung by chorus, Dick Haymes, Celeste Holm
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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.
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- Karneval i Costa Rica
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- Runtime1 hour 37 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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By what name was Carnival in Costa Rica (1947) officially released in Canada in English?
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