''Su hermana menor'' ( en, Her Younger Sister) is a 1943 Argentine

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film, directed by

Enrique Cahen Salaberry Enrique Cahen Salaberry (born 12 October 1911 – 29 June 1991 in Buenos Aires) was a prolific Argentine film director whose career in the Cinema of Argentina as a movie director spanned five decades. He directed some 60 films between 1943 a ...

on his debut. It stars

Silvia Legrand María Aurelia Paula Martínez Suárez (23 February 1927 – 1 May 2020), known professionally as Silvia Legrand, was an Argentine actress. She co-starred with her twin sister Mirtha Legrand Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez (born 23 Feb ...

Zully Moreno Zulema Esther González Borbón, better known as Zully Moreno (October 17, 1920 in Villa Ballester, Buenos Aires – December 25, 1999 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). She a ...

Santiago Arrieta Santiago Arrieta (1897, Uruguay – 1975, Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Uruguayan film actor, also known as Santiago Donadío.Finkielman pg. 219 After emigrating to Argentina, Arrieta appeared in 26 films between 1935 and 1962. Selected filmog ...

and

Oscar Valicelli Oscar Valicelli (1 July 1915 – 11 October 1999) was an Argentine film actor. Filmography * ''La Mary'' (1974) dir. Daniel Tinayre …Ubaldo * ''Balada para un mochilero'' (1971) dir. Carlos Rinaldi …El Moncho * ''Desnuda en la arena'' (19 ...

. The script was written by

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Plot

María (Legrand), a servant girl, idolizes her glamorous older sister Gloria (Moreno), who is a model. When they fall in love with the same man, Gloria must sacrifice herself.

Cast

as María *

as Gloria Morea *

as Ricardo Olmedo *

as Domingo Requena * Semillita as Pocholo * Herminia Mas as Doña Antonia * Guillermo Pedemonte *

Warly Ceriani Warly Ceriani (1903 – 3 May 1983 in Buenos Aires) was a classic Argentine actor who appeared in major Argentine films between 1938 and 1959. Ceriani made almost 50 film appearances in Argentina between 1938 and 1959 appearing in films such a ...

Reception

For ''

La Nación ''La Nación'' () is an Argentine daily newspaper. As the country's leading conservative newspaper, ''La Nación''s main competitor is the more liberal '' Clarín''. It is regarded as a newspaper of record for Argentina. Its motto is: "''La Nac ...

'', it was a "comedy with a simple theme, exhibiting most pleasingly the virtue of good taste in regard to its dramatic and scenic features" while

Calki Raimundo Calcagno, popularly known as Calki, (29 October 1906 – 4 September 1982) was an Argentine film critic, journalist, and screenwriter. He started writing reviews in '' El Mundo'' in the 1930s. In 1943 he wrote the script for Luis Bayón ...

in '' El Mundo'' writes: "everything is smoothly presented, resolving the conflict... by means of an abundance of dialogue. This is no doubt intended to show poetically that by keeping to the road, sentimental kitsch can be avoided.

References

External links

* 1943 films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Enrique Cahen Salaberry Argentine romantic comedy films 1943 romantic comedy films 1940s Argentine films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub