Melgarejo
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Melgarejo is a 1937 Argentine
film
directed and written by Luis Moglia Barth
. The film premiered in the US on September 19 1937 and starred Santiago Gómez Cou
and Mecha Ortiz
.
Editing to the film was performed by Carlos Rinaldi
.
Manuel Alcón
as Liborio
Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
film
Film
A film, also called a movie or motion picture, is a series of still or moving images. It is produced by recording photographic images with cameras, or by creating images using animation techniques or visual effects...
directed and written by Luis Moglia Barth
Luis Moglia Barth
Luis Moglia Barth was an Argentine film director and screenwriter, and one of the influential directors in the Cinema of Argentina of the classic era. He directed some 30 films between 1927 and 1959, often screenwriting for his pictures.He directed films such as Los tres berretines and Amalia...
. The film premiered in the US on September 19 1937 and starred Santiago Gómez Cou
Santiago Gómez Cou
Santiago Gómez Cou was a classic Uruguayan - Argentine actor who appeared in films between 1936 and 1980.Born in Montevideo Uruguay, Cou moved to Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a screen actor. He appeared in his first film in 1936...
and Mecha Ortiz
Mecha Ortiz
Maria Mercedes Varela Nimo Dominguez Castro de Ortiz was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1937 and 1981. Beginning in 1954 film El Abuelo . Her last appearance on film was in 1981. She died in 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, aged 87.-Family:Her husband, Julián Ortiz, was a...
.
Editing to the film was performed by Carlos Rinaldi
Carlos Rinaldi
Carlos Rinaldi was an Argentine film director, film editor and screenwriter.Rinaldi began as a film editor in 1937 but in 1949 he became a film director and directed some 30 pictures working on films such as Besos perdidos...
.
Plot Outline
Funny Melgarejo prevents Clotilde, a war pilot's wife, from being unfaithful to her husband.Cast
- Florencio Parravicini as Cándido Melgarejo
- Mecha OrtizMecha OrtizMaria Mercedes Varela Nimo Dominguez Castro de Ortiz was a classic Argentine actress who appeared in film between 1937 and 1981. Beginning in 1954 film El Abuelo . Her last appearance on film was in 1981. She died in 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina, aged 87.-Family:Her husband, Julián Ortiz, was a...
as Clotilde Contreras - Santiago Gómez CouSantiago Gómez CouSantiago Gómez Cou was a classic Uruguayan - Argentine actor who appeared in films between 1936 and 1980.Born in Montevideo Uruguay, Cou moved to Buenos Aires to pursue a career as a screen actor. He appeared in his first film in 1936...
as Ricardo - Orestes CavigliaOrestes CavigliaOrestes Caviglia was an Argentine film actor and film director of the classic era of the Cinema of Argentina....
as Carlos Bertolini - Blanca del Prado as Julia Bertolini
- Ernesto Raquén as Juancito
- Rufino Córdoba as Clodomiro Barragán
- Margarita Padín as Cholita
- Ilde Pirovano as María Malatesta
- Blanca Vidal as Remigia Contreras
- Adelaida Soler as Martina
- José Ruzo as Capataz
- Dorita Ferreyro as Invitada 1 (as Dora Ferreiro)
- Tilda Thamar as Invitada 2
- Malisa Zini as Invitada 3
- Herminia Velich as Invitada 4
- Delia GarcésDelia GarcésDelia Garcés was an Argentine film actress of the late 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. She made almost 30 appearances in film between 1937 and 1959.Garcés began her acting career in 1937...
as Invitada 5
Manuel Alcón
Manuel Alcón
Manuel Alcón was an Argentine film actor and musician of the classic era.Alcón began acting for film in 1937 and made over 30 film appearances between then and his death in 1962...
as Liborio
- Amanda Varela as Invitada 6
- Juan Vítola
- Emilio Velich