Leopoldo Torres Ríos (27 December 1899 – 10 April 1960) was an
Argentine film director and
screenwriter. His brother
Carlos Torres Ríos
Carlos Torres Ríos (1898–1956) was an Argentine cinematographer, film director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer of the classic era.
Born in Buenos Aires, he worked as a cinematographer in films beginning with '' Palomas rubias'' (19 ...
was a notable
cinematographer. His son was the film director and screenwriter
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson
Leopoldo Torre Nilsson (5 May 1924 – 8 September 1978), also known as Leo Towers and as Babsy, was an Argentine film director, producer and screenwriter.
Born as Leopoldo Torres Nilsson (he later changed his paternal surname from Torres to ...
.
Rios initially solely began as a
screenwriter, writing for his first film ''
Palomas rubias'' in 1920 but by 1923 he began simultaneously directing and writing for his films, producing over 40 films between the early 1920s and 1959 when he was taken ill with
lung cancer
Lung cancer, also known as lung carcinoma (since about 98–99% of all lung cancers are carcinomas), is a malignant lung tumor characterized by uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. Lung carcinomas derive from transformed, malign ...
. He died on 10 April 1960, aged 60, in his native
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
.
Filmography
As director
* ''
El puñal del mazorquero'' (1923)
* ''
Buenos Aires bohemio'' (1924)
* ''
Empleada se necesita'' (1925)
* ''
El conventillo de la Paloma'' (1936)
* ''
Lo que le pasó a Reynoso'' (1937)
* ''
Adiós Buenos Aires'' (1938)
* ''
La vuelta al nido
''La vuelta al nido'' is a 1938 Argentine psychological drama film written and directed by Leopoldo Torres Ríos and starring José Gola and Amelia Bence.
Writing for '' Página/12'' on the occasion of its screening at the Mar del Plata Internati ...
'' (1938)
* ''
La estancia del gaucho Cruz'' (1938)
* ''
El sobretodo de Céspedes'' (1939)
* ''
Los pagarés de Mendieta'' (1939)
* ''
La luz de un fósforo'' (1940)
* ''
Sinvergüenza'' (1940)
* ''
El mozo número 13'' (1941)
* ''
¡Gaucho!'' (1942)
* ''
El comisario de Tranco Largo'' (1942)
* ''
El juego del amor y del azar'' (1944)
* ''
La tía de Carlos'' (1946)
* ''
La mujer más honesta del mundo'' (1947)
* ''
Santos Vega vuelve'' (1947)
* ''
El hombre del sábado'' (1947)
* ''
Pelota de trapo'' (1948)
* ''
Romance sin palabras'' (1948)
* ''
El hijo de la calle'' (1949)
* ''
Pantalones cortos'' (1949)
* ''
El hombre de las sorpresas'' (1949)
* ''
El nieto de Congreve'' (1949)
* ''
El crimen de Oribe'' (1950)
* ''
El regreso'' (1950)
* ''
Corazón fiel'' (1951)
* ''
La encrucijada'' (1952)
* ''
En cuerpo y alma'' (1953)
* ''
El hijo del crack
''El Hijo del crack'' (meaning "Son of the Star") is a 1953 Argentine football drama film co-directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and Leopoldo Torres Ríos and starring Armando Bo and Oscar Rovito. The film, a tale of a dwindling professional footb ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Lo que le pasó a Reynoso'' (1955)
* ''
Edad difícil'' (1956)
* ''
Demasiado jóvenes'' (1958)
* ''
Campo virgen'' (1958)
* ''
Aquello que amamos'' (1959)
As screenwriter
* ''
Palomas rubias'' (1920)
* ''
La gaucha'' (1921)
* ''
De nuestras pampas'' (1923)
* ''
El guapo del arrabal''(1923)
* ''
El puñal del mazorquero'' (1923)
* ''
Buenos Aires bohemio'' (1924)
* ''
Empleada se necesita'' (1925)
* ''
El conventillo de la Paloma'' (1936)
* ''
Lo que le pasó a Reynoso'' (1937)
* ''
Adiós Buenos Aires'' (1938)
* ''
La vuelta al nido
''La vuelta al nido'' is a 1938 Argentine psychological drama film written and directed by Leopoldo Torres Ríos and starring José Gola and Amelia Bence.
Writing for '' Página/12'' on the occasion of its screening at the Mar del Plata Internati ...
'' (1938)
* ''
La estancia del gaucho Cruz'' (1938)
* ''
El sobretodo de Céspedes'' (1939)
* ''
Los pagarés de Mendieta'' (1939)
* ''
La luz de un fósforo'' (1940)
* ''
Sinvergüenza'' (1940)
* ''
La piel de zapa'' (1943)
* ''
El mozo número 13'' (1941)
* ''
¡Gaucho!'' (1942)
* ''
El comisario de Tranco Largo'' (1942)
* ''
El juego del amor y del azar'' (1944)
* ''
La tía de Carlos'' (1946)
* ''
La mujer más honesta del mundo'' (1947)
* ''
El hombre del sábado'' (1947)
* ''
Pelota de trapo'' (1948)
* ''
Romance sin palabras'' (1948)
* ''
Pantalones cortos'' (1949)
* ''
El nieto de Congreve'' (1949)
* ''
El hijo de la calle'' (1949)
* ''
El regreso'' (1950)
* ''
La encrucijada'' (1952)
* ''
En cuerpo y alma'' (1953)
* ''
El hijo del crack
''El Hijo del crack'' (meaning "Son of the Star") is a 1953 Argentine football drama film co-directed by Leopoldo Torre Nilsson and Leopoldo Torres Ríos and starring Armando Bo and Oscar Rovito. The film, a tale of a dwindling professional footb ...
'' (1953)
* ''
Lo que le pasó a Reynoso'' (1955)
* ''
Edad difícil'' (1956)
* ''
Demasiado jóvenes'' (1958)
* ''
Campo virgen'' (1958)
* ''
Aquello que amamos'' (1959)
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1899 births
1960 deaths
Argentine film directors
Argentine film producers
Male screenwriters
People from Vicente López Partido
Deaths from lung cancer
Deaths from cancer in Argentina
20th-century Argentine screenwriters
20th-century Argentine male writers
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