''Buenas noches, Buenos Aires'' is a
1964
Events January
* January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved.
* January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
musical film
Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serve merely as breaks ...
comedy directed by and starring
Hugo del Carril
Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana, otherwise known as Hugo del Carril (30 November 1912 – 13 August 1989 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era.
Early life
Born in Buenos Aires, del Carril ...
. The film was premièred in
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
on October 10, 1964.
Organized by Del Carril, the film reminisces over the culture of
tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
films that dominated the
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 histor ...
in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, and united tango actors such as
Hugo del Carril
Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana, otherwise known as Hugo del Carril (30 November 1912 – 13 August 1989 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era.
Early life
Born in Buenos Aires, del Carril ...
,
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 ...
and
Virginia Luque
Virginia Luque (born Violeta Mabel Domínguez; 4 October 1927 – 3 June 2014) was an Argentine tango singer and film actress. She made nearly 20 appearances in tango films of Argentina between 1943 and 1976.
Born in Buenos Aires, she began her ca ...
and
Roberto Escalada
Roberto Escalada born Aldo Roberto Leggero (4 July 1914 – 5 December 1986 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actor, an icon of the classic era of Argentine cinema.
Roberto Escalada began his career working on the radio, and it was his voice ...
as well as starring new actors such as
Palito Ortega
Ramón Bautista Ortega (; born February 28, 1941) is an Argentine singer and actor, better known as Palito Ortega (). Ortega is an icon of Argentine popular music, and is considered one of the main representatives of the musical style called N ...
.
Cast
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Hugo del Carril
Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana, otherwise known as Hugo del Carril (30 November 1912 – 13 August 1989 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era.
Early life
Born in Buenos Aires, del Carril ...
*Beba Bidart
*
Los Cantores de Salavina
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Los Cinco Latinos
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Roberto Escalada
Roberto Escalada born Aldo Roberto Leggero (4 July 1914 – 5 December 1986 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentine actor, an icon of the classic era of Argentine cinema.
Roberto Escalada began his career working on the radio, and it was his voice ...
*Néstor Fabián
*Ramona Galarza
*Roberto Grela
*Los Hermanos Abalos
*
Constanza Hool Constanza Hool (6 December 1925 – 20 July 2008) was a dancer, actress and choreographer. She is credited as co-founder of the famous Ballet Folklorico de Mexico (with Amalia Hernández). She was the first woman to dance in the Taj Mahal (for Prime ...
*Elizabeth Killian
*Ambar La Fox
*Susy Leiva
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Virginia Luque
Virginia Luque (born Violeta Mabel Domínguez; 4 October 1927 – 3 June 2014) was an Argentine tango singer and film actress. She made nearly 20 appearances in tango films of Argentina between 1943 and 1976.
Born in Buenos Aires, she began her ca ...
*
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 ...
*Ubaldo Martínez
*Mariano Mores
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Palito Ortega
Ramón Bautista Ortega (; born February 28, 1941) is an Argentine singer and actor, better known as Palito Ortega (). Ortega is an icon of Argentine popular music, and is considered one of the main representatives of the musical style called N ...
*Antonio Prieto
*Los Quilla-Huasi
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Pedrito Rico
Pedro Rico Cutillas, better known as Pedrito Rico (7 September 1932, in Elda, Alicante – 21 June 1988, in Barcelona) was a Spanish singer, dancer and actor who spent most of his career in Argentina.
Biography
In 1955 he debuted at the Ruza ...
*
Violeta Rivas
Ana María Francisca Adinolfi (stage name, Violeta Rivas; 4 October 1937 – 23 June 2018) was an Argentine singer and actress, known for participating in the music program ''El Club del Clan'', along with Palito Ortega, Raúl Lavié, Johnny Tedes ...
*Jorge Sobral
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Julio Sosa
Julio María Sosa Venturini (February 2, 1926 – November 26, 1964), usually referred to simply as Julio Sosa or El Varón del Tango, was a Uruguayan/Argentinian tango singer.
Biography
Sosa was born in Las Piedras, a Canelones Department su ...
*
Aníbal Troilo
Aníbal Carmelo Troilo (11 July 1914 – 18 May 1975), also known as Pichuco, was an Argentine tango musician.
Troilo was a bandoneon player, composer, arranger, and bandleader in Argentina. His orquesta típica was among the most popular with ...
*Argentinita Vélez
*Enzo Viena
*Víctor Ayos
*Antonio Prieto
Plot
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1964 films
Argentine musical comedy films
1960s Spanish-language films
Tango films
1964 musical comedy films
Films directed by Hugo del Carril
Films shot in Buenos Aires
Films set in Buenos Aires
1960s Argentine films
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