
Pedro Quartucci
Acting
Biography
Pedro Quartucci (July 30, 1905 - April 20, 1983) was an Argentine boxer and actor.
Known For

A married man hides from his family that he has a black son, which causes a true tragedy.
Punto negro
The film's plot, which largely takes place in a cabaret, revolves around a worldly guy who had abandoned a mature lover for a younger and more beautiful one. It is very elementary and is just a pretext for a parade of popular songs. Currently considered lost.
Dancing

A rumor spreads about a man being bad luck. His superstitious friends believe it, but it's all part of an evil scheme to ruin the man's upcoming wedding. Adapted from the play of the same name by Gregorio de Laferrere.
Jettatore

This relentlessly realistic Argentine production was released in the U.S. as The Marked Man. The title character is a poverty-stricken janitor who suddenly wins an enormous sum in the National lottery. Spending money before he actually collects it, the janitor is appalled to discover that his wife has inadvertently sold the winning ticket to a door-to-door peddler. The ticket was hidden in the band of an old straw hat, which passes through several hands as the janitor frantically searches for the precious headgear. What might have been handled as a farce by another director is transformed into a stark, utterly credible urban tragedy by director Francis Laurie.
El hombre señalado

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¡Goal!
A young woman interrupts her honeymoon with a pharmacist to search for the mysterious donor of a valuable ring.
A Bride in Trouble

The theft of a village mailbox wreaks havoc on the relationships and secrets of its neighbors.
Los secretos del buzĂłn

Movie divided in three episodes: a family mother becomes a successful singer; an Argentinian reporter follows a Spanish cupletista from the beginning of the XX century; the reunion of three old actors and their lies about their success.
Ritmo nuevo, vieja ola

A professional thief rents a room in the house of a downtrodden lady to observe the bank he will assault.
The Honorable Tenant

Unscrupulous businessman is plotting a hostile takeover, looking for ways to fix a horse-race, and scheming to force a failed businessman to marry his daughter to him to avoid financial ruin.
El caballo del pueblo

With his own money, Pappier produced this ambitious adaptation of Manuel Gálvez's "Miércoles Santo", whose release was delayed for three years due to political reasons. When it finally came out, it bombed, but its formal originality was mentioned even in unfavorable reviews. Later, it became a cursed film, impossible to see due to lack of prints. To date, it remains lost in great part.
El festĂn de Satanás

A young couple, Margarita and Armando, reenact the story of The Lady of the Camellias, as they fall in love, Armando's flamboyant father disapproves of their relationship and does everything to separate them.
Margarita, Armando and his father

A vaudeville singer secretly marries a wealthy landowner, who soon returns to his ranch, fearing the rejection of his snobbish family. To teach him a lesson, she shows up at his estancia pretending to be a maid.
Eclipse de sol

The difficulties of a mature father of a family to establish a relationship with a young and attractive woman.
Ahorro y préstamo para el amor

The most famous lovers of world literature help a librarian to realize her love for a young man.
La comedia inmortal

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El dĂa que me quieras

A doctor find himself in front of the corpse of a woman who was the most intense love of his life.
'Til After Her Death

Three young boys who live in the same neighbourhood and go to the same college meet three girls. They start picking up on them but they end up falling in love.
Fiebre de primavera

Anselmo works as the patron of a ranch and he is dating Elvira. One day, a visiting businessman from the city hears her sing and offers her a contract to work in Buenos Aires. She accepts and Anselmo is heartbroken.
The Lights of Buenos Aires

An old gaucho tells his young friend about a time in the big city when he went to the Opera, and narrates to him the whole plot of Gounod's Faust. His young friend reimagines the story he's hearing, with himself in the central role.