Arturo S. Mom (December 2, 1893 - ? in

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and

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of the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. He wrote and directed films such as '' Monte Criollo'' (1935), '' Crazy Dandy'' (1936), ''

Palermo (film) ''Palermo'' is a 1937 Argentine comedy film directed by Arturo S. Mom and starring Nedda Francy, José Gola and Orestes Caviglia.Posadas, Landro & Speroni p.54 The film's title refers to the Palermo neighborhood of Buenos Aires. The story was ...

'' (1937), '' Our Land of Peace'' (1939) and ''

Albergue de mujeres ''Women's Refuge'' ( es, Albergue de Mujeres) is a 1946 Argentine film directed and written by Arturo S. Mom with the script written by Emilio Villalba Welsh. The film starred Aída Alberti and Orestes Caviglia, and Bertha Moss. The film is cen ...

'' (1946).

Selected filmography as director

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(1956) *

(1946) * '' A Woman of No Importance'' (1945) * '' Our Land of Peace'' (1939) * Busco un marido para mi mujer (1938) * Villa Discordia (1938) *

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(1937) * Crazy Dandy (1936) *

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(1936) * Monte Criollo (1935)

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