By the Light of a Star

1941 Argentine film
CinematographyAdam JackoEdited byOscar CarchanoMusic byJosé Vázquez Vigo
Enrique Santos Discépolo
Production
company
Establecimientos Filmadores Argentinos
Distributed byEstablecimientos Filmadores Argentinos
Release date
  • 7 May 1941 (1941-05-07)
Running time
86 minutesCountryArgentinaLanguageSpanish

By the Light of a Star (Spanish:En la luz de una estrella) is a 1941 Argentine musical drama film directed by Enrique Santos Discépolo and starring Hugo del Carril, Ana María Lynch and María Esther Gamas.[1] It is a tango film, an extremely popular genre during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema.

Synopsis

A successful tango singer struggles to cope with the demands and opportunities of fame.

Cast

  • Hugo del Carril as Jorge
  • Ana María Lynch
  • María Esther Gamas
  • Zully Moreno
  • Cirilo Etulain
  • Eduardo Sandrini
  • Adolfo Stray
  • Bernardo Perrone
  • Carlos Lagrotta
  • Julio Renato
  • Adolfo Meyer
  • Lina Estevez
  • Sabina Vittone
  • José S. Harold
  • José Ruzzo
  • Casimiro Ros
  • Manuel Alcón
  • Eduardo de Labar

References

  1. ^ Rist p.202

Bibliography

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

External links

  • By the Light of a Star at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata


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