''The Tango Star'' (Spanish:''El astro del tango'') is a 1940 Argentine musical film directed by

Luis Bayón Herrera Luis Bayón Herrera (23 September 1889 – 30 March 1956) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter who worked in Argentine film of the 1940s and 1950s. He was "one of the most important directors of the golden age of Argentine cinema". He ...

and starring

Hugo del Carril Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana, otherwise known as Hugo del Carril (30 November 1912 – 13 August 1989 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era. Early life Born in Buenos Aires, del Carril ...

Amanda Ledesma Amanda Ledesma (December 31, 1911 – February 19, 2000) was an Argentine film actress and singer. Ledesma appeared in several tango films such as ''The Tango Star'' (1940). In 1939 she was originally cast to appear in the American film ''The Sons ...

and Berta Aliana.Rist p.202 A

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 ...

star enjoys a relationship with a young woman from a wealthy family.

Cast

References

Bibliography

* Rist, Peter H. ''Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

External links

* 1940 films Argentine musical films 1940 musical films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Luis Bayón Herrera Tango films Argentine black-and-white films 1940s Argentine films {{musical-film-stub