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Down Argentine Way is a american film of genre Drama directed by Irving Cummings released in USA on 11 october 1940 with Betty Grable
Down Argentine Way (1940)
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Add to a movie listDown Argentine Way is a 1940 Technicolor musical film made by Twentieth Century Fox. It made a star of Betty Grable in her first leading role for the studio, and introduced American audiences to Carmen Miranda. The film also starred Don Ameche, The Nicholas Brothers, Charlotte Greenwood, and J. Carrol Naish.
The film was directed by Irving Cummings and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck from a screenplay by Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware, based on a story by Rian James and Ralph Spence. The cinematography was by Leon Shamroy and Ray Rennahan and the costume design by Travis Banton. The American-composed music was by Harry Warren and Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Mack Gordon and Al Dubin.
In a shooting period which lasted for 10 months, members of the film's crew traveled about 35,000 miles. A second unit was sent to Buenos Aires for location establishing shots, returning with about 20,000 feet of film, while another group flew to New York City filming Carmen Miranda for over a month. Miranda was performing South American songs in the Broadway production of The Streets of Paris, and thus was a prominent participant in this film without spending any time in Hollywood.
In 2014, Down Argentine Way was deemed "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
Synopsis
En Argentine vit Diego Quintana (Henry Stephenson), un éleveur de chevaux qui se met en colère quand il apprend que Binnie Crawford (Charlotte Greenwood) veut acheter leurs chevaux. Dernière Diego avait un combat sérieux avec le frère de Binnie, ce qui rend Ricardo (Don Ameche), son fils, dire qu'il n'y a pas de problème dans l'intérêt parce que ne pas vendre à ne importe qui cette famille. Il se avère que Ricardo est attiré par Glenda Crawford (Betty Grable), une belle jeune femme, et avait promis de vendre un animal sans savoir que ce était la nièce de l'ennemi de son père. En apprenant la parenté, il invente une excuse et annuler la vente, déclenchant une série de confusions.Actors
Betty Grable
(Glenda Crawford)
Don Ameche
(Ricardo Quintana)
Carmen Miranda
(Herself)
J. Carrol Naish
(Casiano)
Charlotte Greenwood
(Binnie Crawford)
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