Las luces de Buenos Aires

Name: Las luces de Buenos Aires
Genre: Comedy
Released: 1931-12-06
Duration: 1 h 25 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: Carlos Gardel, Sofía Bozán, Gloria Guzmán

1931
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

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Comedy

A headhunter search for talents in the Argentinian country. He recruits two sisters for his show. But soon they will discover the big city is not made for them.A headhunter search for talents in the Argentinian country. He recruits two sisters for his show. But soon they will discover the big city is not made for them.A headhunter search for talents in the Argentinian country. He recruits two sisters for his show. But soon they will discover the big city is not made for them.

Director
- Adelqui Migliar
Writers
- Luis Bayón Herrera
- Manuel Romero
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

YOUR RATING

Director
- Adelqui Migliar
Writers
- Luis Bayón Herrera
- Manuel Romero
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

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Trivia
The tile of this film refers to Charles Chaplin' "City lights". Carlos Gardel had met Charles Chaplin in 1931 in Nice, France. Talkies had recently appeared and when Chaplin's film was released in Buenos Aires, it included "musical pictures" (a kind of primitive video-clips) performed by Carlos Gardel. This gave the script writers Manuel Romero and Luís Bayón Herrera the idea for their film title.

Connections
Featured in To the Heart (1996)

Soundtracks
La provinciana
Sung by Sofía Bozán
Music by Manuel Jovés
Lyrics by Manuel Romero

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5/10

Carlos Gardel first steps in movies

Considering the poor quality of the sound and image of this film it is difficult to understand why it has not been restored yet. You need to be a real Carlos Gardel fan to enjoy it. Although speaking Spanish fluently it is difficult to understand a lot of dialogs. Even the songs are not hits except "Tomo y obligo". This was the first Carlos Gardel film for Paramount and his character does not appear in many scenes. The audiences discovered his great voice in this film and his big talent to sing tangos, asking the cinema projectionists to repeat the scene where he sings "Tomo y obligo" several times during its viewing. For very devoted fans only.