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Argentine Films Of The 1930s
Film production in the Cinema of Argentina increased strongly in the mid to late 1930s. The incorporation of sound had a great impact. In 1930 Adiós Argentina became the first Argentine film to have a soundtrack. The film spawned star actresses such as Libertad Lamarque and Ada Cornaro who both debuted in the film. In 1931 José A. Ferreyra directed ''Muñequitas porteñas'', and was the first Argentine spoken film, with Vitaphone synchronisation. That year El cantar de mi ciudad was directed by José A. Ferreyra as early directors made the transition to sound. Around 1933 the Movietone arrived and it allowed both voice and music in motion pictures. Also, the first two Argentine cinematographic studios were created: Argentina Sono Film was founded by Ángel Mentasti, and Lumiton was created by Enrique Telémaco Susini, César José Guerrico and Luis Romero Carranza. The first disc-less sound film was ''Tango'' (1931), directed by Luis Moglia Barth and a key film of the perio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cinema Of Argentina
Cinema of Argentina refers to the film industry based in Argentina. The Argentine cinema comprises the art of film and creative movies made within the nation of Argentina or by Argentine filmmakers abroad. The Argentine film industry has historically been one of the three most developed in Latin American cinema, along with those produced in Mexico and Brazil. Throughout the 20th century, film production in Argentina, supported by the State and by the work of a long list of directors and actors, became one of the major film industries in the Spanish-speaking world. Argentina has won eighteen Goya Awards for Best Spanish Language Foreign Film, which makes it the most awarded country. It is also the first Latin American country that has won Academy Awards, in recognition of the films ''The Official Story'' (1985) and ''The Secret in Their Eyes'' (2009). History The beginning In 1896, French photographer Eugene Py was working for the Belgian Henri Lepage and the Austrian Max Gl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tito Lusiardo
Tito Lusiardo (September 13, 1896 – June 25, 1982 in Buenos Aires) was an iconic Argentine film actor and tango singer of the classic era. Lusiardo began acting for film in 1933 and made some 50 film appearances as an actor. He began appearing in tango films in the 1930s such as '' Idolos de la radio'' (1934), '' Así es el tango'' (1937), '' Adiós Buenos Aires'' (1938) and '' Así te quiero'' (1942). In 1951 he appeared in the Cuban musical '' A La Habana me voy''. He retired from the industry in 1969. Filmography :1933 ''Dancing'' :1934 '' Idolos de la radio'' :1935 ''Tango Bar'' :1935 ''El día que me quieras'' :1936 '' Muchachada de a bordo'' :1937 '' Así es el tango'' :1937 '' La Vuelta de Rocha'' :1938 '' Adiós Buenos Aires'' :1938 '' Three Argentines in Paris'' :1938 '' Mujeres que trabajan'' :1938 '' Jettatore'' :1938 ''Pampa y cielo'' :1939 '' El Sobretodo de Céspedes'' :1939 '' Los Pagares de Mendieta'' :1939 '' Entre el barro'' :1939 ''Gente bien'' : ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francisco Mugica
Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of the community) when he founded the Franciscan order, and "Paco" is a short form of ''Pater Comunitatis''. In areas of Spain where Basque is spoken, "Patxi" is the most common nickname; in the Catalan areas, "Cesc" (short for Francesc) is often used. In Spanish Latin America and in the Philippines, people with the name Francisco are frequently called "Pancho". " Kiko" is also used as a nickname, and "Chicho" is another possibility. In Portuguese, people named Francisco are commonly nicknamed " Chico" (''shíco''). This is also a less-common nickname for Francisco in Spanish. People with the given name * Pope Francis is rendered in the Spanish and Portuguese languages as Papa Francisco * Francisco Acebal (1866–1933), Spanish writer and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Such Is Life (1939 Film)
''Such Is Life'' ( es, Así es la vida) is a 1939 Argentine melodrama film directed by Francisco Múgica and starring Enrique Muiño, Elías Alippi, Enrique Serrano and Sabina Olmos. Based on a successful play by Nicolás de las Llanderas and Arnaldo Malfatti, it focuses on the history of a bourgeois family from Buenos Aires from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. A Mexican remake titled ''Azahares para tu boda'' was released in 1950. Cast *Enrique Muiño *Elías Alippi *Enrique Serrano *Arturo García Buhr *Sabina Olmos *Alberto Bello *Myrna Bonillas *Fernando Campos *Héctor Coire *Niní Gambier *Alfredo Jordan *Felisa Mary *Alímedes Nelson *José Ruzzo *Pablo Vicuña Style The style of the film was an important turning point in Argentine cinema, since until then the films mainly focused on the working classes and the world of tango. As noted by researcher Alejandro Kelly Hopfenblatt: From the point of view of the parents who see their children grow up and le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leopoldo Torres Ríos
Leopoldo Torres Ríos (27 December 1899 – 10 April 1960) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter. His brother Carlos Torres Ríos was a notable cinematographer. His son was the film director and screenwriter Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. Rios initially solely began as a screenwriter, writing for his first film '' Palomas rubias'' in 1920 but by 1923 he began simultaneously directing and writing for his films, producing over 40 films between the early 1920s and 1959 when he was taken ill with lung cancer. He died on 10 April 1960, aged 60, in his native Buenos Aires. Filmography As director * '' El puñal del mazorquero'' (1923) * '' Buenos Aires bohemio'' (1924) * '' Empleada se necesita'' (1925) * '' El conventillo de la Paloma'' (1936) * '' Lo que le pasó a Reynoso'' (1937) * '' Adiós Buenos Aires'' (1938) * ''La vuelta al nido'' (1938) * '' La estancia del gaucho Cruz'' (1938) * '' El sobretodo de Céspedes'' (1939) * '' Los pagarés de Mendieta'' (1939) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
La Vuelta Al Nido
''La vuelta al nido'' is a 1938 Argentine psychological drama film written and directed by Leopoldo Torres Ríos and starring José Gola and Amelia Bence. Writing for '' Página/12'' on the occasion of its screening at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival in 2019, Diego Brodersen described it as a masterpiece and felt that: "Seen today, it stands out for its naturalism and narrative modernity, influenced by the cinema of directors such as King Vidor." It was selected as the fifth greatest Argentine film of all time in a poll conducted by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 1977, while it ranked 24th in the 2000 edition. In a new version of the survey organized in 2022 by the specialized magazines ''La vida util'', ''Taipei'' and ''La tierra quema'', presented at the Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the film reached the 51 position. References External links * ''La vuelta al nido''at Cinenacional.com Cinenacional.com is a web portal and World Wide W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Besos Brujos
''Bewitching Kisses'' ( es, Besos Brujos) is a 1937 Argentine romantic drama film musical directed and written by José A. Ferreyra, based on a story by Enrique García Velloso. Starring Libertad Lamarque and Floren Delbene Floren Delbene (1898 – 1978 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine film actor of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. Ferreyra began acting for film in 1926 and made some 60 film appearances between then and his retirement in 1969 appearing in fil .... The film tells the story of a singer estranged from her fiancé and abducted by an admirer to a backwoods hovel. External links * Argentine musical drama films 1937 films 1930s Spanish-language films Tango films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by José A. Ferreyra 1930s musical drama films 1930s romantic musical films Argentine romantic musical films 1937 drama films 1930s Argentine films {{romantic-musical-film-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayúdame A Vivir
''Help Me to Live'' (') is a 1936 Argentine romantic drama musical directed and written by José A. Ferreyra with Libertad Lamarque. Starring Libertad Lamarque and Santiago Gómez Cou, the film premiered on 26 August 1936 in Buenos Aires. The film is a tango-based film, an integral part of Argentine culture. Main cast *Libertad Lamarque as Luisita *Floren Delbene as Julio *Perla Mary as Mariluz *Delia Durruty as Teresa *Lalo Harbín as Federico *Santiago Gómez Cou Santiago Gómez Cousillas (September 26, 1903 in Montevideo, Uruguay – March 24, 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a classic Uruguayan - Argentine actor who appeared in films between 1936 and 1980. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Cou move ... as Enrique External links * Argentine musical drama films 1936 films 1930s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films 1936 romantic drama films Tango films Films directed by José A. Ferreyra 1930s romantic musical films Argentine romantic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manuel Romero (director)
Manuel Romeo (September 21, 1891 – October 3, 1954 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine film director, screenwriter, dramatist and score composer, and one of the influential directors in the cinema of Argentina of the classic era. He directed and wrote over 50 films between 1931 and 1951 even composing the musical scores for several. He was a pioneer of Variety Theatre, and one of the few tango lyrical writers that has reached timeless classical success. When he was a teenager, he began his journalist job in the Magacine Fray Mochoy, and in the newspapers Crítica y Última Hora. His first play, "Teatro breve" is from 1919 with the collaboration of Ivo Pelay. He wrote 180 more. In 1922 the most famous, "El bailarín del cabaret", was staged with the César Ratti's company, where Corsini triunfó (had a success) with "Patotero sentimental". In 1923 he travelled to Europe with Luis Bayón Herrera. In Paris, where he acted on several plays, he met Carlos Gardel and th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mario Soffici
Mario Soffici (14 May 1900 – 10 May 1977) was an Argentine film director, actor and screenwriter of the classic era. Biography A native of Florence, Soffici moved to Argentina in the 1920s and began acting in 1931 and directing in 1935 on the film ''El Alma de Bandoneón'', working with popular actors of the period such as Libertad Lamarque in tango-based musical films. He directed some 40 films between 1935 and 1962, most notably ''Prisioneros de la tierra'' (1939) (often cited as one of the greatest in Argentine cinema), '' El Curandero'' (1955), '' El hombre que debía una muerte'' (1955) and '' Rosaura a las 10'' (1958). He directed and co-wrote with Eduardo Boneo and Francisco Madrid'' La cabalgata del circo,'' where Eva Duarte played a supporting role. He died in Buenos Aires in 1977. Filmography As director * ''Noche federal'' (1932) * ''El alma del bandoneón'' (1935) * '' La barra mendocina'' (1935) * '' New Port'' (1936) * ''Cadetes de San Martín (film)'' (19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Alma Del Bandoneón
''The Soul of the Accordion'' ( es, El alma de bandoneón) is a 1935 Argentine tango musical film directed by Mario Soffici and written by José A. Bugliot. It is considered one of the earliest classics of Argentine cinema. The film starred Libertad Lamarque, Enrique Serrano and Santiago Arrieta. Plot A rich countryman sends his son to the city to study. He becomes involved in a romantic relationship with a girl who wants to succeed in singing. The couple go through great sacrifice and renunciation. The film deals with themes of popular music and radio culture, and introduces the tango song '' Cambalache'', written by Enrique Santos Discépolo. Cast *Enrique Serrano *Santiago Arrieta *Gogó Andreu *Héctor Calcaño * Charlo *Dora Davis * Ernesto Fama *Miguel Gómez Bao *Libertad Lamarque *Francisco Lomuto *Pepita Muñoz *Domingo Sapelli Domingo Sapelli (1895–1961) was a Uruguayan stage actor, stage and film actor.Finkielman p.200 After emigrating to Argentina he appeare ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armando Bo
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