''Buenos Aires Sings'' (Spanish:''Buenos Aires canta'') is a 1947 Argentine musical film directed by Antonio Solano and starring

Niní Marshall Marina Esther Traveso (June 1, 1903 – March 18, 1996), known by her stage name Niní Marshall, was an Argentine humorist, comic actress and screenwriter; nicknamed ''The Chaplin with a skirt'' and ''The Lady of Humour''. Life and work S ...

Hugo del Carril Pierre Bruno Hugo Fontana, otherwise known as Hugo del Carril (30 November 1912 – 13 August 1989 in Buenos Aires), was an Argentine film actor, film director and tango singer of the classic era. Early life Born in Buenos Aires, del Carril ...

and Azucena Maizani.Etchelet p.351 The film is part of the tradition of

tango film Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combinat ...

Cast

* Azucena Maizani *

Homero Cárpena Homero Cárpena (14 February 1910 – 17 January 2001) was an Argentine film actor born in Mar del Plata. He appeared in 72 films between 1933 and 1972 although the bulk of his work was in the late 1930s and 1940s. He starred in '' El hombr ...

Oscar Alemán Oscar Marcelo Alemán (20 February 1909 – 14 October 1980) was an Argentine jazz multi instrumentalist, guitarist, singer, and dancer. Career Alemán was born in Machagai, Chaco Province, in northern Argentina. He was the fourth child of seve ...

* Oscar Alonso * Los Lecuona Cuban Boys * Lilia Bedrune * Los Mills Brothers * Chola Luna * Ernesto Famá * Francisco Amor

References

Bibliography

* Etchelet, Raúl. ''Niní Marshall: (la biografía)''. La Crujía Ediciones, 2005.

External links

* 1947 films 1947 musical films Argentine musical films 1940s Spanish-language films Argentine black-and-white films Films set in Buenos Aires 1940s Argentine films {{musical-film-stub