''The Life of Carlos Gardel'' (Spanish: ''La vida de Carlos Gardel'') is a 1939 Argentine musical film directed by Alberto de Zavalía and starring

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, Delia Garces and

Elsa O'Connor Elsa O'Connor (1905–1947) was an Argentine stage and film actress. Life and career The daughter of actress and journalist Amelia Monti, who introduced her to the stage, she debuted with the Blanca Podestá company in 1923. O`Connor was award ...

. The premiered in

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on May 24, 1939. The film is a biopic, portraying the life of the French-born

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 ...

singer Carlos Gardel (1890-1935) who became a popular film star in Argentina and the United States. The film was a major success, due largely to the lasting popularity of Gardel following his sudden death in an

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four years before.Finkielman p.233-34 The film boosted the careers of its stars, and was part of what became known as the

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Cast

as Carlos Gardel * Delia Garcés as Teresa *

as Dorina *

Miguel Gómez Bao Miguel Gómez Bao (1894 – 17 September 1961) was a Spanish-born Argentine actor of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. He appeared in films such as '' Amalia'', (1936), '' Safo, historia de una pasión'' (1943) and '' La pequeña señora ...

as Garabito *

Juana Sujo Juana Sujo (1913–1961) was an Argentine stage and film actress. Sujo was a noted stage actress, and in 1939 appeared in her first film. In 1948 she left Argentina due to her opposition to the regime of Juan Perón and settled in Venezuela wher ...

as Betty *

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 ...

Armando de Vicente Armando may refer to: * Armando (given name) * Armando (artist) (1929–2018), the name used by Dutch artist Herman Dirk van Dodeweerd * Armando (producer) Armando Gallop (sometimes written as Armando Gallup) (February 12, 1970 – December 17, ...

as Pedro * Alberto Terrones as Martinez * Mario Pardo as Rengo Bazan * Salvador Lotito *

Agustín Barrios Agustín Pío Barrios (also known as Agustín Barrios Mangoré and Nitsuga—Agustin spelled backward—Mangoré; May 5, 1885 – August 7, 1944) was a Paraguayan virtuoso classical guitarist and composer, largely regarded as one of the greatest p ...

* Egle Foropón * Herminia Mancini * Carlos Bertoldi * Amelia Lamarque * Pedro Bibe * Percival Murray * José Herrero

References

Bibliography

* Finkielman, Jorge. ''The Film Industry in Argentina: An Illustrated Cultural History''. McFarland, 2003. * Rist, Peter H. ''Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

External links

* 1939 films Argentine musical films 1930s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Tango films Films directed by Alberto de Zavalía 1939 musical films Films set in Buenos Aires 1930s Argentine films {{musical-film-stub