Manuel Romero

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Manuel Romero

Born September 21, 1891 · Buenos Aires, Argentina

Died October 3, 1954 · aged 63

Manuel Romero (1891–1954) was an Argentine dramatist, film director, screenwriter and tango lyricist. He wrote and directed over 50 films between 1931 and 1951 even composing the musical scores for several.

Known For

The Tango Returns to ParisThe Tango Returns to Paris · 1948
The Tango Returns to Paris
★ 7.01948
MovieDramaMusic
Obsessed by a Mexican singer, an Argentine doctor arrives in Paris; Far from his land he begins to find his true identity transforming into a singer of tangos.
Gente bienGente bien · 1939
Gente bien
★ 7.21939
MovieMusicRomance
A single mother who is denied work to support the son she had with the aristocrat who had seduced her, is helped by a singer, a director of orchestra and an American female singer, who get her shelter in the humble pension where they live.
¡Ué... Paisano!¡Ué... Paisano! · 1953
¡Ué... Paisano!
1953
MovieHistoryMusic
The story revolves around the relationship of Italian immigrants and Argentines. Nostalgia for his country of origin and life in a strange country. It is a call for the union of immigrants that evokes sentimentality. The film conveys the sensation of the musician, whom an Italian immigrant listens to, and feels "understood and unconditionally loved"
IsabelitaIsabelita · 1940
Isabelita
★ 7.41940
MovieComedyRomance
In order to seduce a humble man, a rich girl pretends to be a maid.
El fabricante de estrellasEl fabricante de estrellas · 1943
El fabricante de estrellas
★ 8.01943
MovieComedyRomance
The owner of an artists agency meets a soccer player who sings, and sets out to make him a star.
Un bebé de ParísUn bebé de París · 1941
Un bebé de París
★ 5.71941
MovieComedy
A woman fakes her pregnancy to keep her husband and then it turns out to be true.
When My Heart CallsWhen My Heart Calls · 1942
When My Heart Calls
★ 9.01942
MovieThrillerMusic
A singer married to a gambler is accused of murder.
Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tiendaElvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda · 1942
Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda
★ 7.51942
MovieComedy
Rich girl with progressive ideas goes undercover as a sales clerk at her father's department store.

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Three Argentines in ParisThree Argentines in Paris · 1938
Three Argentines in Paris
★ 7.01938
MovieComedyMusic
Three Argentines who live in Paris and dream of returning to Buenos Aires but lack resources for the passage, find their opportunity when a landowner, a business man and his daughter arrive in Paris. In a game of rigged poker the three anchors obtain the money for the passages from the newcomers; it happens however that the employer has made an embezzlement and will go to jail if he does not return the money. The character represented by Parravicini, who is the true father of his adopted daughter, gives him the money won to solve his problem and the three remain in Paris to see them in an end with the best poetry of Romero crossing a bridge under the mist , silent, once again anchored but with the happy sadness of recovered self-esteem.

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