Luis Moglia Barth

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Luis Moglia Barth (12 April 1903 - 18 June 1984) was an Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the cinema of Argentina of the classic era. [1] He directed some 30 films between 1927 and 1959, often screenwriting for his pictures. He died in Buenos Aires, aged 81. [2]

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  1. ""¡Tango!", la primera película sonora argentina, se puede ver gratis y restaurada en YouTube". Diario El Ciudadano y la Región (in European Spanish). 2021-04-29. Retrieved 2024-06-06.
  2. Karush, Matthew Benjamin (2012-05-15). Culture of Class: Radio and Cinema in the Making of a Divided Argentina, 1920-1946. Duke University Press. ISBN   978-0-8223-5264-8.