''Melgarejo'' is a 1937 Argentine film directed and written by

Luis Moglia Barth Luis Moglia Barth (12 April 1903 - 18 June 1984) was an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. He directed some 30 films between 1927 and 1959, ofte ...

. The film premiered in the US on September 19, 1937 and starred

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 ...

and

Mecha Ortiz Mecha Ortiz (née María Mercedes Varela Nimo Domínguez Castro; 1900–1987) was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1937 and 1981, during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association A ...

. Editing to the film was performed by

Carlos Rinaldi Carlos Rinaldi (February 5, 1915 – 1995 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentina, Argentine film director, film editor and screenwriter. Rinaldi began as a film editor in 1937 but in 1949 he became a film director and directed some 30 pictures w ...

Cast

Florencio Parravicini Florencio Parravicini (24 August 1876 – 25 March 1941) was an Argentine actor who primarily worked during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema, performing on both stage and in films. From an aristocratic family, he was a relative of the artist B ...

as Cándido Melgarejo *

as Clotilde Contreras *

as Ricardo * Orestes Caviglia as Carlos Bertolini *Blanca del Prado as Julia Bertolini *Ernesto Raquén as Juancito *Rufino Córdoba as Clodomiro Barragán * Margarita Padín as Cholita *Ilde Pirovano as María Malatesta *Blanca Vidal as Remigia Contreras *

Adelaida Soler Adelaide Soler was an Argentine film, stage, radio, television and theater actress during the Cinema of Argentina#1930s–1950s: The Golden Age, golden age of Argentina cinema. She was born in Buenos Aires and died there in 1976. Filmography * ...

as Martina *José Ruzo as Capataz *

Dorita Ferreyro Dorita Ferreyro (March 31, 1916 – December 7, 2011) was an Argentine film actress.Posadas, Landro & Speroni p.269 She is also often credited as Dora Ferreiro. Ferreyro appeared in more than fifty films and television programmes during her caree ...

as Invitada 1 (as Dora Ferreiro) *

Tilda Thamar Tilda Thamar (born Matilde Sofía Margarita Abrecht; 7 December 1921 – 12 April 1989) was an Argentine actor. She was born in Entre Rios Province, Argentina, in 1921. She was married to Spanish portrait painter Alejo Vidal-Quadras and divorced ...

as Invitada 2 *

Malisa Zini Malisa Zini (March 5, 1921 – February 26, 1985) was an Argentine actress. She starred in the 1950 film '' Arroz con leche'', among others such as Cumbres de hidalguía, under director Carlos Schlieper. s Selected filmography * ''The Boys Did ...

as Invitada 3 *Herminia Velich as Invitada 4 *

Delia Garcés Delia Amadora García Gerboles better known as Delia Garcés (; 13 October 1919 – 7 November 2001) was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). She made almost 30 appearances in film between 1937 and 1959 ...

as Invitada 5 * Manuel Alcón as Liborio * Amanda Varela as Invitada 6 *

Juan Vítola Juan Vítola was an Argentine theater and film actor. Career Vítola (also billed as Juan Vittola) was well-known in Argentina's theater scene and as a cinematic actor of that country's golden age. He shared the stage with important figures of th ...

*Emilio Velich

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* 1937 films 1930s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films directed by Luis Moglia Barth Argentine comedy films 1937 comedy films 1930s Argentine films {{1930s-Argentina-film-stub