''Adiós Argentina'' (
English language
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: ''Goodbye Argentina'') is a
1930
Events
January
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Argentine
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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 ...
directed and written by
Mario Parpagnoli
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.
The film starred
Ada Cornaro
Ada Cornaro (29 June 1881 – 19 March 1961) was a prominent Argentine film and theatre actress, tango dancer and singer of the 1930s and 1940s.
Although she entered film in 1924 her claim to fame was in the 1930 tango film hit ''Adiós Argent ...
and
Pierina Dealessi.
Libertad Lamarque
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also made an appearance at the age of 22 as the Bride of the Homeless.
Although a
silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, when ...
, Adiós Argentina was the first Argentine film to ever feature a soundtrack. The film is a musical featuring
tango
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dancing, an integral part of
Argentine
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culture.
Cast
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Ada Cornaro
Ada Cornaro (29 June 1881 – 19 March 1961) was a prominent Argentine film and theatre actress, tango dancer and singer of the 1930s and 1940s.
Although she entered film in 1924 her claim to fame was in the 1930 tango film hit ''Adiós Argent ...
*
M. D'Acuña
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Pierina Dealessi
*
Ana Fábregas
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Libertad Lamarque
Libertad Lamarque Bouza (; 24 November 1908 – 12 December 2000) was a Mexican-Argentine actress and singer, one of the icons of the Golden Age of Argentine and Mexican cinema. She achieved fame throughout Latin America, and became known as " ...
as the Bride of Homeless
*
Mario Parpagnoli
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*
A. Risetto
*
Silvio Romano
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Lya Sack
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Carmen Valdés
References
External links
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Argentine silent films
1930 films
Spanish musical films
1930s Spanish-language films
Tango films
Argentine black-and-white films
1930 musical films
Canadian musical films
Argentine musical films
Spanish-language Canadian films
1930s Canadian films
1930s Argentine films
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