''The Lights of Buenos Aires'' (Spanish: ''Luces de Buenos Aires'') is a 1931 American-Argentine tango
comedy film
A comedy film is a category of film which emphasizes humor. These films are designed to make the audience laugh through amusement. Films in this style traditionally have a happy ending (black comedy being an exception). Comedy is one of the ol ...
directed by
Adelqui Millar.
It was made at the
Joinville Studios
The Joinville Studios were a film studio in Paris which operated between 1910 and 1987. They were one of the leading French studios, with major companies such as Pathé and Gaumont making films there.
A second studio was added to the original ...
in Paris, where
Paramount Pictures concentrated its foreign-language production during the early 1930s.
Cast
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Carlos Gardel as Anselmo
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Sofía Bozán
Sofía Bozán (5 November 1904 – 9 July 1958) was an Argentine film actress and tango performer of the 1930s and 1940s. She made almost 30 appearances in film between 1937 and 1959.
She began her career in acting in 1931 and appeared in films ...
as Elvira del Solar
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Gloria Guzmán as Rosita
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Pedro Quartucci
Pedro Quartucci (July 30, 1905 in Buenos Aires – April 20, 1983 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentina, Argentine boxer and actor.
Boxing career
As a featherweight professional boxing, boxer who competed in the 1920s, he won a bronze medal in Boxin ...
as Pablo Soler
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Carlos Martínez Baena
Carlos Martínez Baena (7 May 1889 – 29 May 1971) was a Spanish-Mexican actor. At a young age he moved to Mexico with his family where he became a journalist. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1931 to 1970.
Selected filmography
Re ...
as Empresario
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Manuel Kuindós
Manuel may refer to:
People
* Manuel (name)
* Manuel (Fawlty Towers), a fictional character from the sitcom ''Fawlty Towers''
* Charlie Manuel, manager of the Philadelphia Phillies
* Manuel I Komnenos, emperor of the Byzantine Empire
* Manu ...
as Alberto Villamil
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Marita Ángeles
Marita may refer to:
* Marita (hippo), a fictional character on the television series ''Animaniacs''
* Marita Covarrubias, a fictional character on the television series ''The X-Files''
* Battle of Greece, also known as ''Operation Marita''
Peopl ...
as Lily
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Vicente Padula as Ciriaco
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Jorge Infante as Romualdo
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José Argüelles
José Argüelles (; born Joseph Anthony Argüelles; January 24, 1939 – March 23, 2011) was an American New Age author and artist. He was the co-founder, along with Lloydine Argüelles, of the Planet Art Network and the Foundation for the Law of ...
as Secretario
References
External links
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American musical comedy films
1931 musical comedy films
1931 films
1930s Spanish-language films
Films directed by Adelqui Migliar
Films shot at Joinville Studios
Films set in Buenos Aires
American black-and-white films
Argentine black-and-white films
1930s American films
1930s Argentine films
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