''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

* Carlos Gardel as Anselmo *

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 * Gloria Guzmán as Rosita *

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 *

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 *

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 *

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 * Vicente Padula as Ciriaco * Jorge Infante as Romualdo *

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

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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 {{musical-comedy-film-stub