Francisco Canaro
Sound
Biography
Francisco Canaro, artistic name of Francisco Canarozzo (b. November 26, 1888 in San José, Uruguay - d. December 14, 1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), was an Uruguayan tango composer, violinist, orchesta director and producer, nationalized Argentine in 1940. He is widely considered one of the most important musicians in the history of Tango.
Known For
With the help of a rich young woman, a singer who lives in the precarious housing area that existed in Puerto Nuevo comes to fame.
Puerto Nuevo
Fernandez is a lonely man leading a lonely life. All he does is work for an old man in a hardware store. But all that changes, when he meets the girl of his dreams... and her family.
The Dependent
A film star enjoys a romance with the daughter of a puppeteer, but his criminal past threatens to ruin it.
Honeysuckle
A film that brings together ten of the fifteen shorts that Carlos Gardel filmed in 1930 under the direction of Eduardo Morera, in the film studios of the pioneer Federico Valle.
Así cantaba Carlos Gardel
The director of a tango set is in love with the singer but she marries another man who eventually abandons her. In their old age, their children will fulfill their dreams.
La historia del tango
Set in the 1900s and filmed partially in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Barcelona, Madrid and Sevilla. A young lady of Spanish parents, raised in the neighborhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires, travels to act in Europe after winning a contest, she becomes famous and marries an Argentinian.
Canción de arrabal
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La voz de mi ciudad
Two young men from the radio environment dispute for the love of a girl.
Dos amigos y un amor
La Pampa, Argentina. Don Genaro Gran hires gaucho Juan to capture horses and tame them. In his quest, Juan rescues a girl in trouble whose beauty unleashes Don Genaro's worst impulses.
Gaucho Nobility
No description available.
He nacido en Buenos Aires
Carlos Gardel performing Rosas de Otoño, vals composed by Guillermo Barbieri and written by José Rial.
Rosas de otoño
A hotel waiter, a femme fatale and a failure.
Un hombre bueno
One of Carlos Gardel's singing short films.
Viejo smoking
Some romances while some thugs try to dominate a town where there is an arrogant but cowardly sergeant.
Ya tiene comisario el pueblo
Espionage, intrigue, and passion surround the revolutionary invention of a secret weapon. A film that echoes with the world war, by German exiled filmmaker James Bauer.
Explosivo 008
Different love stories that take place in a radio station.
Ídolos de Buenos Aires
Country boy moves to Buenos Aires, falls upward into a prestigious career. Meanwhile two idle-class playboys are running practical jokes on him that interfere with his personal life.
El diablo andaba en los choclos
Story about a humble musician who triumphs overcoming his failures and a young woman arrives in Buenos Aires from the interior of the country in search of triumph but finds death.
Corrientes, calle de ensueños
An orchestra director had a son as a result of an affair in his youth and hides the fact from his wife. But the young man succeeds as a musician and the truth soon comes to light.
With music in the soul
A neighborhood hairdresser suddenly becomes a boxing champion and abandons his girlfriend to get engaged to a star.