El Tango en Broadway (English: The Tango on Broadway) is a 1934 American musical film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Carlos Gardel, Trini Ramos, and Blanca Vischer.[1] The film was a Spanish-language production made in the United States, for release to Spanish-speaking audiences at home and abroad without English subtitles. It was released by Paramount Pictures and filmed at the company's New York Studios. Gardel was a popular Argentine singer of tango music who made a number of films for Paramount before his death in 1935. Like Gardel's other American films, it is not a version of an existing English-language film, but a completely original story. By contrast, most of Hollywood's Spanish language films were remakes of English productions.

El Tango en Broadway
Carlos Gardel promoting the film in New York.
Directed byLouis J. Gasnier
Written byAlfredo Le Pera
StarringCarlos Gardel
Trini Ramos
Blanca Vischer
Vicente Padula
CinematographyWilliam Miller
Music byAlberto Castellanos
Carlos Gardel
Production
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Exito Productions
Distributed byParamount Pictures
Release date
  • December 28, 1934 (1934-12-28)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageSpanish

Cast

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  • Carlos Gardel as Alberto Bazán
  • Trini Ramos as Celia
  • Blanca Vischer as Laurita
  • Vicente Padula as Juan Carlos
  • Jaime Devesa as Don Indalecio Bazán
  • Suzanne Dulier as Susana
  • Manuel Peluffo as El hombre blanco
  • Don Alberto as Morales
  • Agustín Cornejo as Cornejo
  • Carlos Spaventa as Carlos
  • Carlos Gianotti as El gaucho
  • José Moriche as Piñata
  • Dan Duryea as Bob - Laurita's Boyfriend

References

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  1. ^ Durovicová & Newman p.169-170

Bibliography

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  • Nataša Durovicová, Kathleen E. Newman. World Cinemas, Transnational Perspectives. Routledge, 2010.
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