
Francisco Pablo Donadío
Acting
Biography
Francisco Donadío, whose full name was Francisco Pablo Donadío, was an actor and film director who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1888 and died in the same city in 1968. After having initiated in the theater in his country, Donadío traveled to Italy, where he acted along with Eleonora Duse and Ermete Zacconi and took part in some silent film productions such as The Last Days of Pompeii and Quo Vadis. Upon returning to Argentina in the 1920s, he was part of the theater companies led by Mecha Ortiz and Luisa Vehil. He debuted at the local cinema in 1925 directing the film without sound El caballero de la rambla; already in the stage of the sonorous one directed Poncho white (1936) and it intervened in diverse films, generally in supporting papers. He died in Buenos Aires in 1968. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Known For

Boyhood friends grow up, form a tango orchestra, one of them writes a brilliant song commemorating their friendship before he dies.
Goodbye Boys

When a young woman who knows nothing about housework falls in love, her grandmother and nanny make her seem like the ideal housewife in front of her boyfriend.
Esposa último modelo

The film tells the story of the payador José Betinotti, a mythical character in Argentine music. It faithfully reconstructs the scenarios of the early twentieth century: the workers' struggles, the party meetings of the caudillos and the circus criollo, the cradle of Argentine theater and music.
El último payador

A woman forces a politician not to report a big scam.
An Ideal Husband
An impulsive actress abandons a film shoot and is replaced by a dressmaker, and the former's husband hires her to impersonate her in front of his future in-laws.
La otra y yo

When a man agrees to join a gang of criminals, his life becomes a complicated labyrinth that he will have to leave in order to be saved.
La suerte llama tres veces

Movie divided in three episodes: a methodic man believes he's near his death and starts spending other people's money; to cure his husband's gambling addiction a woman becomes a horse races expert; a dancer and a soprano bother each other until they fall in love.
Somos todos inquilinos

A Russian duke who's fallen on hard times tries to recover a stash of jewels hidden inside an armchair, but the chair gets sold at auction to a millionairess and he's forced to marry her in order to retrieve the treasure.
The Armchair and the Grand Duchess

Cacho Garibaldi is the soccer player of the moment, his goals lead to delirium fans. When an eccentric millionaire named Lupus buys his transfer, he expects to end up on a major team. Instead, he discovers the millionaire's goal in life is to collect the best -not art or stamps- but people.
That Forward Center Dies at Dawn

For over twenty years, an elderly man convinces his wife that their long-lost criminal grandson has changed his ways to become a successful professional and loving husband. When he learns of his grandson’s death, he decides to keep yet another secret and arranges for a false couple to pose as their exiled grandson and his wife. As the couple enters, uncertainties arise. Will they be able to convince her?
Trees Die Standing

After a 14 years old girl runs away from home, her family believes she's been kidnapped and a young man with good intentions is accused.
¡Secuestro sensacional!

A professional clown takes advantage of another clown, who is simple and naif, to take over his place and conquer the heart of a young lady.
Payaso

Love will reveal the double life of a woman who is a scientist by day and a singer by night.
La doctora Castañuelas

Due to something very strange, a woman transforms from a housewife into a vedette.
Mi mujer está loca

When the man her father wants to impose on her as a husband is coming home, a young woman changes her personality with her maid. The film is set in two periods, the contemporary to the realization and the times of Louis XV.
El juego del amor y del azar

A doctor, a young woman and a romance between them product of a suicide attempt and a heart operation.
Despertar a la vida

A capricious "new rich" makes her employees suffer with her moods, until she hires a poor servant that can make her open up.
The House of the Millions

An American producer arrives in Argentina searching for its most representative artists to film a movie. A group of imitators will try to convince him that they are the real artists he is looking for. The film was conceived as a showcase for the successful radio group "La Cruzada del Buen Humor", the precursor to what would later become "Los Cinco Grandes del Buen Humor", alongside the Cuban vedette Blanquita Amaro.
Cuidado con las imitaciones

An attempt to bring the famous novel by Dumas to the cinema, where the promenades of Montevideo such as Parque Rivera and the Castillo del Parque Rodó are transformed into French settings.
Los Tres Mosqueteros

Film about the life of Francisco Ramírez, leader of Entre Ríos.