''El Tango en Broadway'' (English: ''The Tango on Broadway'') is a 1934 American
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 by
Louis J. Gasnier
Louis Joseph Gasnier (September 15, 1875 – February 15, 1963) was a French-American film director, producer, screenwriter and stage actor. A cinema pioneer, Gasnier shepherded the early career of comedian Max Linder, co-directed the enormously ...
and starring
Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential inte ...
, Trini Ramos, and
Blanca Vischer
Blanca Vischer (January 5, 1915 – November 24, 1969) was a Guatemalan film actress who moved to the United States where she made most of her films. Vischer generally played supporting or minor roles, but occasionally played more prominent charac ...
.
[Durovicová & Newman p.169-170] The film was a
Spanish-language
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production made in the
United States
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, for release to Spanish-speaking audiences at home and abroad without English subtitles. It was released by
Paramount Pictures
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and filmed at the company's
New York Studios. Gardel was a popular Argentine singer of
tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
music who made a number of films for Paramount before his death in 1935. Like Gardel's other American films, it is not a version of an existing English-language film, but a completely original story. By contrast, most of
Hollywood
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* Hollywood, Los Angeles, a neighborhood in California
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* Hollywood, ...
's Spanish language films were remakes of English productions.
Cast
*
Carlos Gardel
Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential inte ...
as Alberto Bazán
* Trini Ramos as Celia
*
Blanca Vischer
Blanca Vischer (January 5, 1915 – November 24, 1969) was a Guatemalan film actress who moved to the United States where she made most of her films. Vischer generally played supporting or minor roles, but occasionally played more prominent charac ...
as Laurita
*
Vicente Padula
Vicente Padula (July 14, 1898 – January 16, 1967) was an Argentine film actor. Padula moved to the United States, and appeared regularly in Hollywood films. He also made films in Mexico. Padula was a friend of the Argentine film star Carlos Gard ...
as Juan Carlos
* Jaime Devesa as Don Indalecio Bazán
* Suzanne Dulier as Susana
* Manuel Peluffo as El hombre blanco
* Don Alberto as Morales
* Agustín Cornejo as Cornejo
* Carlos Spaventa as Carlos
* Carlos Gianotti as El gaucho
* José Moriche as Piñata
*
Dan Duryea
Dan Duryea ( , January 23, 1907 – June 7, 1968) was an American actor in film, stage, and television. Known for portraying a vast range of character roles as a villain, he nonetheless had a long career in a wide variety of leading and seconda ...
as Bob - Laurita's Boyfriend
References
Bibliography
* Nataša Durovicová, Kathleen E. Newman. ''World Cinemas, Transnational Perspectives''. Routledge, 2010.
External links
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1934 films
American musical films
1934 musical films
1930s Spanish-language films
Spanish-language American films
Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier
Paramount Pictures films
American black-and-white films
1930s American films
Spanish-language musical films
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