
Arturo S. Mom
Writing
Biography
Arturo S. Mom (1893-1965) was a short story writer, poet, film critic, screenwriter and film director during the golden age of Argentine cinema.
Known For

Lucy is a woman of shady past who convinces ArgĂĽello and Carlos to install an illegal gambling hall on a cabaret that worked legally. When ArgĂĽello is interested romantically in her, it rejects it because it is attracted by Carlos, a womanizer singer. The obsession for her leads ArgĂĽello to cheat in the game that he holds with Carlos and manages to ruin him, but finally both fight and ArgĂĽello dies stabbed but without denouncing his aggressor to recover his self-esteem as a professional player.
Monte Criollo

Raquel is let down during her pregnancy. Twenty years have passed and the man comes up claiming for his paternity.
Una mujer sin importancia

A man who has invested a lot of money in the extraction of petroleum in Comodoro Rivadavia is betrayed by his foreman.
PetrĂłleo

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Busco un marido para mi mujer
A warehouse employee travels to Buenos Aires with the purpose of rescuing the young woman he is in love with from a gang of criminals.
Loco lindo

Institutional short film planned and directed by Arturo S. Mom for the First Argentine Film Festival in Mar del Plata. The film shows the technical process by which an Argentine film is produced and emphasizes the professionalism and power of the national film industry. In this way, the story explains in a pedagogical way what is a script, a frame, a camera, a set sketch and a projected background, among others, and how a scene and the soundtrack of a film are recorded.
CĂłmo se hace una pelĂcula argentina

During a conversation between a grandfather and his grandson, the latter tells him the story of the liberator General JosĂ© de San MartĂn (1778-1850) from the patriot's childhood, through his stay in Spain, his return to the RĂo de la Plata, the development of the continental plan and the European exile.
Nuestra tierra de paz

A tango singer travels to Paris seeking success.
El tango en ParĂs

Two reporters from rival newspapers compete to win over women and investigate a gang of criminals.
The Two Rivals

A thief going to rob an unscrupulous industrialist falls in love with a young woman and turns himself in to the police to save a thief friend.
Tres millones... y el amor

An interfamily romance in a small town where two families are rivals with each other.
Villa Discordia

Two men define the destiny of a woman in a card game.
Vidas marcadas

Different stories that take place in a women's accommodation.
Albergue de mujeres

A couple of thieves with a worldwide reputation start a dispute over a valuable necklace in a transalpine train.
Tren internacional
A criminal tries to scam a horse racing fan using a seductive woman.
Palermo
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Una porteña optimista

The film, which contains exterior scenes filmed in the Paraná Delta, narrates a confrontation between troops from the Argentine Naval Prefecture and some silk smugglers on the Paraná River.