mibsasq.wmv (0.9Mb)

"Cuesta Abajo" (1934)

Directed by Louis Gasnier.
Production: Exito Corporation, Inc., presented by Paramount Pictures.
Writing credits: Alfredo Le Pera.
Producer: Samuel E. Piza.
Cinematography: George Webber.
Original music by Carlos Gardel and Alberto Castellanos.
Musica direction: Alberto Castellanos.

Black and white, 75 minutes, shooted in May of 1934 in Astoria-Paramount's studios (New York, USA). Premiered in Nueva York, USA, August 10 1934 (Campoamor Theatre) and in Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 5 1934 (Cine Monumental).

"Cuesta abajo" was the best spanish spoken movie produced by Hollywood until then. In that film Gardel sang: "Amores de estudiante", "Por tu boca roja", "Criollita decí que sí", "Cuesta abajo" and "Mi Buenos Aires querido"; Spaventa sang: "Viejos tiempos", "En los campos en flor", "Olvido".

Cast:
Carlos Gardel (as Carlos Acosta), Mona Maris (Raquel), Vicente Padula (Jorge Linares), Anita Campillo (Rosa), Jaime Devesa (Bastida), Guillermo Arcos (Don Pedro), Suzanne Dulier (Aída), Manuel Peluffo (Gutiérrez), Carlos Spaventa (Juan), Alfredo Le Pera.

Mano_a_mano.wmv (1.1Mb)

(Argentina, 1931)

Production: Cinematografía Valle
Producer: Federico Valle
Direction: Eduardo Morera
Photography: Roberto Shmidt
Camera: Antonio Merayo
Sound: Ricardo Raffo
Performers: Carlos Gardel, Celedonio Flores

Shot at a warehouse on 832 México Street, Buenos Aires city, between October and November 1930. Carlos Gardel sings accompanied by a guitar group (Barbieri, Aguilar y Riverol) and previously appears in a scene with Celedonio Flores.

In the film Gardel says to Flores that he is proud to be the first to sing this tango in an "Argentine Sound Film".

Yira_Yira.wmv (0.9Mb)

(Argentina, 1931)

Production: Cinematografía Valle
Producer: Federico Valle
Direction: Eduardo Morera
Photography: Roberto Shmidt
Camera: Antonio Merayo
Sound: Ricardo Raffo
Players: Carlos Gardel, Enrique Santos Discépolo

Shot at a warehouse on 832 México Street, Buenos Aires city, between October and November 1930. Carlos Gardel sings accompanied by a guitar group (Barbieri, Aguilar y Riverol) and previously appears in a scene with Enrique Santos Discépolo.

It was the first of the short films starring Gardel (premiered on May 3, 1931 at the Astral cinema theater). Federico Valle intended to show them as complement to his newsreels "Actualidades Sonoras Valle" (a title adopted by the one previously known as "Film Revista Valle" in June 1930 when they began to be shown with their soundtracks).

Viejo_Smoking.wmv (0.6Mb)

(Argentina, 1931)

Production: Cinematografía Valle
Producer: Federico Valle
Direction: Eduardo Morera
Photography: Roberto Shmidt
Camera: Antonio Merayo
Sound: Ricardo Raffo
Music accompaniment: Francisco Canaro and his tango orchestra
Players: Carlos Gardel, Inés Murray, César Fiaschi

Shot at a warehouse on 832 México Street, Buenos Aires city, between October and November 1930. This short film is the best sound film made in our country, after two years of experiences of different kind among fiction plays and documentaries. Photography and sound placed this movie among the best of Gardel's short films.