Eduardo Morera (9 January 1906 – 21 January 1997) was an Argentine film director. Although his career was relatively short compared to other directors of the period, he directed 18 films between 1930 and 1943, including influential

tango 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 combina ...

films such as 1937's '' Así es el tango''. He worked with popular actors of the period such as

Tita Merello Laura Ana "Tita" Merello (11 October 1904 – 24 December 2002) was an Argentine film actress, tango dancer and singer of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960). In her 6 decades in Argentine entertainment, at the time of her death, s ...

and Tito Lusiardo.

Filmography

*''Añoranzas'' (1930) *''Canchero'' (1930) *''El Carretero'' (1930) *''Enfundá la mandolina'' (1930) *''Mano a mano'' (1930) *''Padrino Pelado'' (1930) *''Rosas de Otoño'' (1930) *''Tengo miedo'' (1930) *''

Viejo smoking ''Viejo smoking'' ( English title:''Old dinner jacket'') is a 1930 Argentine short musical film directed and written by Eduardo Morera, based on a play by Florencio Chiarello. It stars Carlos Gardel and Inés Murray. Cast * Carlos Gardel a ...

'' (1930) *''Yira, yira'' (1930) *''Diez canciones de Gardel'' (1931) *'' Idolos de la radio'' (1934) *''Por buen camino'' (1935) *''Ya tiene comisario el pueblo'' (1936) *'' Así es el tango'' (1937) *''Un Bebé de contrabando'' (1940) *'' Melodies of America'' (1941) *''Rosas de otoño'' (1943)

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* {{Argentina-film-director-stub Argentine film directors People from Buenos Aires Tango film directors 1906 births 1997 deaths