- Down Argentine Way
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Down Argentine Way
Theatrical release posterDirected by Irving Cummings Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck Written by Rian James
Ralph Spence
Karl Tunberg
Darrell WareStarring Betty Grable
Don Ameche
Carmen MirandaCinematography Leon Shamroy
Ray RennahanEditing by Barbara McLean Distributed by 20th Century Fox Release date(s) October 11, 1940 Running time 89 minutes Country United States Language English Down Argentine Way is a 1940 Technicolor musical film made by Twentieth Century Fox. It made a star of Betty Grable in her first leading role for the studio, and introduced American audiences to Carmen Miranda. The film also starred Don Ameche, The Nicholas Brothers, Charlotte Greenwood, and J. Carrol Naish. The film was directed by Irving Cummings and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck from a screenplay by Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware based on a story by Rian James and Ralph Spence. The cinematography was by Leon Shamroy and Ray Rennahan and the costume design by Travis Banton.
Contents
Cast
- Don Ameche - Ricardo Quintana
- Betty Grable - Glenda Crawford
- Carmen Miranda - Herself
- Charlotte Greenwood - Binnie Crawford
- J. Carrol Naish - Casiano
- Henry Stephenson - Don Diego Quintana
- Kay Aldridge - Helen Carson
- Leonid Kinskey - Tito Acuna
- Chris-Pin Martin - Esteban
- Robert Conway - Jimmy Blake
- Gregory Gaye - Sebastian, the Headwaiter
- Bobby Stone - Panchito
- Charles Judels - Dr. Arturo Padilla, the Ambassador
- Fayard Nicholas - Specialty Dancer (as The Nicholas Brothers)
- Harold Nicholas - Specialty Dancer (as The Nicholas Brothers)
Awards
The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, for Best Cinematography, Best Original Song and for Best Art Direction by Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright. [1]
References
- ^ "NY Times: Down Argentine Way!". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/14495/Down-Argentine-Way/details. Retrieved 2008-12-13.
External links
- Down Argentine Way at the Internet Movie Database
- Down Argentine Way at AllRovi
Films directed by Irving Cummings 1920s Flesh and Blood (1922) · The Johnstown Flood (1926) · The Port of Missing Girls (1928) · In Old Arizona (1929) · Behind that Curtain (1929)1930s Attorney for the Defense (1932) · Grand Canary (1934) · The White Parade (1934) · Curly Top (1935) · The Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) · Girls' Dormitory (1936) · Vogues of 1938 (1937) · Little Miss Broadway (1938) · Just Around the Corner (1938) · The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)1940s Lillian Russell (1940) · Down Argentine Way (1940) · That Night in Rio (1941) · Belle Starr (1941) · Louisiana Purchase (1941) · My Gal Sal (1942) · Springtime in the Rockies (1942) · Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) · The Impatient Years (1944) · The Dolly Sisters (1945)1950s Double Dynamite (1951)Categories:- English-language films
- 1940 films
- 1940s musical films
- American musical drama films
- American musical comedy films
- American romantic musical films
- Films directed by Irving Cummings
- Films set in Argentina
- Films set in New York City
- Films shot in Technicolor
- 20th Century Fox films
- Musical film stubs
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