Alberto Evaristo Ginastera was an Argentine composer of classical music. He is considered to be one of the most important 20th-century classical composers of the Americas.
A sangre fría is a 1947 Argentine crime film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Daniel Tinayre and written by Luis Saslavsky.
Laura Ana "Tita" Merello was an Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. In her six decades in Argentine entertainment, at the time of her death, she had filmed over thirty movies, premiered twenty plays, had nine television appearances, completed three radio series and had had countless appearances in print media. She was one of the singers who emerged in the 1920s along with Azucena Maizani, Libertad Lamarque, Ada Falcón, and Rosita Quiroga, who created the female voices of tango. She was primarily remembered for the songs "Se dice de mí" and "La milonga y yo".
Roberto Escalada born Aldo Roberto Leggero was an Argentine actor, an icon of the classic era of Argentine cinema.
Floren Delbene was an Argentine film actor and writer of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema.
Luis Moglia Barth was an Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. He directed some 30 films between 1927 and 1959, often screenwriting for his pictures. He died in Buenos Aires, aged 81.
Luis Saslavsky was an Argentine film director, screenwriter and film producer, notable for his work during the classical era of Argentine cinema.
Ashes to the Wind is a 1942 Argentine film directed by Luis Saslavsky during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
The Phantom Lady is a 1945 Argentine film directed by Luis Saslavsky during the classical era of Argentina cinema. At the 1946 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards the film won Silver Condor Awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Music. It is based on a seventeenth-century comedy with the same name by Pedro Calderón de la Barca, translated as The Phantom Lady. However, the film alters the play considerably - the plot is heavily rewritten, and the style of dialogue is completely changed. Calderon's comedy is written in verse, while the screenplay of the film is in prose and contains scenes not found in the play. The final scene includes a fierce storm from which the hero rescues the heroine and declares his love for her, a scene added to the film.
Road of Hell is a 1946 Argentine film from the classical era of Argentine cinema, produced by Estudios San Miguel and directed by Luis Saslavsky and Daniel Tinayre.
Vidalita is a 1949 Argentine comedy film directed and co-written by Luis Saslavsky and produced by Emelco during the classical era of Argentina cinema. It stars Mirtha Legrand as the title character, a girl who cross-dresses as a gaucho to be able to take charge of her grandfather's estate. This was considered transgressive for the time.i Fernando Lamas stars as the captain of the fort, who falls in love with Legrand's character "to the point that he is willing to marry her without knowing if she is a man or a woman".
The Marriage Industry is a 1965 Argentine film directed by Fernando Ayala, Luis Saslavsky and Enrique Carreras.
Alberto De Zavalia was an Argentine film director and film producer notable for his work during the classical era of Argentine cinema.
Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez, known by her stage name Mirtha Legrand, is an Argentine actress and television presenter. With an 80-year career, Legrand is one of the most recognized entertainment figures in Argentina. Legrand made her leading role debut in Los martes, orquídeas (1941) at only age 14, and soon became one of the definitive actresses of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, with numerous starring roles in the 1940s and 1950s. Legrand is also widely known for her interview television programme Almorzando con las estrellas, which first aired in 1968 on Alejandro Romay's Channel 9. The show was later renamed Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand.
Alita Blanca Barchigia, better known as Alita Román, was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
Benita Puértolas was an Argentine film and theatre actress. She was the mother of the film actor Héctor Coire.
George Andreani, pseudonym Josef Dvořáček (born as Josef Kumok; 28 February 1901 in Warsaw, Poland – 2 April 1979 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a Polish composer, film score composer, pianist, conductor, and actor. He was noted for his scores of some 75 Argentine films during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema from 1937 to 1959. Aside from his prolific work as a score composer, he was also conductor of the Orquesta Sinfónica Schenley in the 1940s.
Aurelia Ferrer was an Argentine film actress. She appeared in around forty films, generally in supporting roles.
María Elena Lucena Arcuri was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. She began her career in radio in the 1930s and reached her greatest success with the role of "Chimbela", which was later depicted in film, theater and television. Her extensive film career includes approximately 50 films, including notable performances in Chimbela (1939) and Una noche cualquiera (1951). During the 1940s, she participated in films with comedians like Pepe Arias, Pepe Iglesias "El Zorro", Niní Gambier, Mirtha Legrand and Carlos Estrada. Her most acclaimed film work occurred in Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda (1942) by Manuel Romero, Cinco besos by Luis Saslavsky and La Rubia Mireya for which she received the 1948 Best Comedy Actress Award from the Argentine Film Critics Association.
The 1946 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards ceremony was held in Buenos Aires to honour the best films and contributors to Argentine cinema in 1945.
