''Downward Slope'' (Spanish:''Cuesta abajo'') is a 1934 American-Argentine

musical film Musical film is a film genre in which songs by the Character (arts), characters are interwoven into the narrative, sometimes accompanied by dancing. The songs usually advance the plot or develop the film's characters, but in some cases, they serv ...

directed by

Louis J. Gasnier Louis Joseph Gasnier (September 15, 1875 – February 15, 1963) was a French-American film director, producer, screenwriter and stage actor. A cinema pioneer, Gasnier shepherded the early career of comedian Max Linder, co-directed the enormously ...

and starring

Carlos Gardel Carlos Gardel (born Charles Romuald Gardès; 11 December 1890 – 24 June 1935) was a French-born Argentine singer, songwriter, composer and actor, and the most prominent figure in the history of tango. He was one of the most influential inter ...

Mona Maris Mona Maris (born Mona Maria Emita Capdeville or Maria Rosa Amita Capdeville; November 7, 1903 – March 23, 1991) was an Argentine film actress. Early life Mona Maris was born Mona Maria Emita Capdeville. Some sources spell her last name as C ...

and Vicente Padula.Creekmur & Mokdad p.3

Cast

as Carlos Acosta *

as Raquel * Vicente Padula as Jorge Linares * Anita Campillo as Rosa * Jaime Devesa as Bastida * Guillermo Arcos as Don Pedro * Suzanne Dulier as Aida * Manuel Peluffo as Gutierrez * Carlos Spaventa as Corrales

References

Bibliography

* Corey Creekmur & Linda Mokdad. ''The International Film Musical''. Edinburgh University Press, 2012.

External links

* * 1934 films Argentine musical films 1934 musical films 1930s Spanish-language films Films directed by Louis J. Gasnier American musical films American black-and-white films Argentine black-and-white films 1930s American films 1930s Argentine films Spanish-language American films {{musical-film-stub