Luis Bayón Herrera

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Luis Bayón Herrera

Born September 23, 1889 · Bilbao, Spain

Died March 30, 1956 · aged 66

Luis Bayón Herrera (1889–1956) was a Spanish film director and screenwriter who worked in Argentine film of the 1940s and 1950s. In the last few years of his career he also worked on Cuban production.

Known For

JettatoreJettatore · 1938
Jettatore
★ 7.01938
MovieDrama
A rumor spreads about a man being bad luck. His superstitious friends believe it, but it's all part of an evil scheme to ruin the man's upcoming wedding. Adapted from the play of the same name by Gregorio de Laferrere.
Una mujer sin importanciaUna mujer sin importancia · 1945
Una mujer sin importancia
★ 8.01945
MovieDrama
Raquel is let down during her pregnancy. Twenty years have passed and the man comes up claiming for his paternity.
Pasión imposiblePasión imposible · 1943
Pasión imposible
1943
MovieDrama
A girl marries a writer, with whom her older sister is also in love; and when she gets sick, her sister takes care of her family.
El astro del tangoEl astro del tango · 1940
El astro del tango
★ 7.51940
MovieMusicRomance
Accidental meeting between a pop-music superstar and a politician's daughter turns into a big romance... but class distinctions, and scandal in the family.
Cuidado con las imitacionesCuidado con las imitaciones · 1948
Cuidado con las imitaciones
★ 7.01948
MovieComedyMusic
An American producer arrives in Argentina searching for its most representative artists to film a movie. A group of imitators will try to convince him that they are the real artists he is looking for. The film was conceived as a showcase for the successful radio group "La Cruzada del Buen Humor", the precursor to what would later become "Los Cinco Grandes del Buen Humor", alongside the Cuban vedette Blanquita Amaro.
A La Habana me voyA La Habana me voy · 1950
A La Habana me voy
★ 9.01950
MovieMusic
Backstage musical: showbiz couple fusses and breaks up, then resolve their problems just before the end.
The House of the MillionsThe House of the Millions · 1942
The House of the Millions
★ 7.01942
MovieComedy
A capricious "new rich" makes her employees suffer with her moods, until she hires a poor servant that can make her open up.
Una cubana en EspañaUna cubana en España · 1951
Una cubana en España
★ 7.01951
MovieComedy
Blanquita, a very superstitious Cuban young woman, visits a fortune teller on the eve of her wedding to Roberto. She predicts that her first husband is destined to die, as well as would not make her happy. Believing this and according to her uncle, Blanquita starts looking for a man about to die, with the intention to marry him, then become widower and take Roberto as her second husband, thus freeing him from the curse.

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