Itatí Guadalupe Cantoral Zucchi is a Mexican actress, singer, dancer, and producer. She is best known for her roles as Soraya Montenegro in María la del Barrio (1995) and Alejandra Álvarez del Castillo Fernández "La Licenciada" in Hasta que el dinero nos separe (2009), both telenovelas produced by Televisa.
Juan d'Arienzo was an Argentine tango musician, also known as "El Rey del Compás". He was a violinist, band leader, and composer.
El Cantar de mi ciudad is a 1930 Argentine film directed and written by José A. Ferreyra. The film has historical significance as it was the first ever sound film produced in Argentina. The film was released on 3 October 1930.
The Boys Didn't Wear Hair Gel Before is a 1937 Argentine historical drama film directed and written by Manuel Romero and starring Florencio Parravicini, Mecha Ortiz and Santiago Arrieta. It is one of the most representative films of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.
The Age of Love is a 1954 Argentine musical comedy film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Julio Saraceni and starring Lolita Torres, Alberto Dalbés and Floren Delbene.
At Night You Also Sleep is a 1956 Argentine comedy film directed by Enrique Carreras and written by Abel Santacruz. It stars Ana Mariscal, Jorge Rivier, Roberto Escalada and Olga Zubarry, and premiered on 19 January.
Enrique Domingo Cadícamo was a prolific Argentine tango lyricist, poet and novelist. From an initial Symbolist bent, he developed a distinctive, lunfardo-rich style from an early age, and by 1925 he had his first piece, Pompas de jabón, sung by Carlos Gardel. Other notable compositions include Madame Ivonne, Che, papusa, oí, Anclado en París, Muñeca brava, Al Mundo le falta un Tornillo, Pa' que bailen los muchachos and Los mareados, originally titled Los dopados, about a couple that vows to get drunk after realizing their love is over.
La quintrala is a 1955 Argentine drama film directed by Hugo del Carril. It won the Silver Condor Award for Best Film.
Roberto Cantoral García was a Mexican composer, singer and songwriter. He was known for composing a string of hit Mexican songs, including "El Triste", "Al Final", "La Barca" and "El Reloj" The Sociedad de Autores y Compositores de México estimated that "La Barca" and "El Reloj" have been recorded over 1,000 times by other artists like Plácido Domingo, Gualberto Castro, José José, Luis Miguel, Joan Báez and Linda Ronstadt. In 2009, he won the Latin Grammy Trustees Award. Iconos, which was released by Marc Anthony in 2010, featured "El Triste".
Events from the year 1940 in Argentina
María Esther Buschiazzo (1889–1971) was an Argentine actress. Since the beginning of the century he began making works by great Argentine authors such as Florencio Sánchez. In 1912 he made his film debut in a silent film directed by Mario Gallo called Tierra Baja, in which Pablo Podestá and Elías Alippi also acted.
The Tango Returns to Paris is a 1948 Argentine musical comedy film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, written and directed by Manuel Romero. It was premiered on January 16, 1948.
Olinda Bozán was an Argentine film actress and comedian of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. Born into a circus family, she acted on the vaudeville circuit, and performed in silent and sound movies. She was trained by the Podestá brothers, one of whom she married, who have one of the most prestigious Argentine acting awards named for them. Bozán appeared in 75 films and was considered one of the best comic actors of Argentine cinema in the 20th century.
Domingo Márquez was an Argentine actor. He starred in films like The Best Father in the World (1941), Los martes, orquídeas (1941), Filomena Marturano (1950), and The Fire Girl (1952). He had a minor role in the acclaimed Silver Condor-winning 1943 film Juvenilia.
His Best Student is a 1944 Argentine biographical film of the classical period directed by Lucas Demare and starring Enrique Muiño and Ángel Magaña. It was released in Buenos Aires on 22 May 1944. The film won many awards, including the award for best film of the year.
El mejor papá del mundo is a 1941 black and white Argentine drama of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema. It explores a son's gradual realization that his father is far from perfect, and also conveys a message hostile to global capitalism.
Savage Pampas is a 1945 Argentine historical epic film of the classical era of Argentine cinema, directed by Lucas Demare and Hugo Fregonese and starring Francisco Petrone, Luisa Vehil and Domingo Sapelli. The film's sets were designed by Germán Gelpi. The film is set in the nineteenth century in the semi-arid Dry Pampas region, when it represented a frontier between Argentine-controlled territory and areas still largely inhabited by Indians before the Conquest of the Desert extended Argentine control southwards. In 1966, Fregonese remade the film in English under the same title.
María Esther Gamas was an Argentine stage and film actress. She appeared in 20 films, including Savage Pampas (1945), and was one of the stars of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema.
Roberto Fugazot (1902–1971) was a Uruguayan tango singer and film actor. Fugazot appeared in eighteen films including Savage Pampas (1945). He was the father of Diana Cortesina. He was married to the actress María Esther Gamas, with whom he had a daughter María Rosa Fugazot who also became an actress.
