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Ad for films produced in Argentina
Luis Sandrini's new film headlines the September issue, while August issue shows a young female with an obvious sensuality as boys peak a sneak at her exposed leg.
Ad for films produced in the Unites States
Notice how the men stand in heroic poses, while women are subjugated to a secondary role as those who are to be saved
Advertisement for Con los Mismos Colores
"Con los mismos colores" premiered at Suipacha and starred Nelly Daren and three of Argentina's best players: Mario Boyé, Alfredo Di Stéfano, and Norberto Méndez (directed by Carlos Torres Rios)
Advertisement for Pelota de Trapo
News article and advertisement for the release of "Pelota de trapo" (written by Borocotó and Jerry Gómez, and starring Armando Bó (produced by S.I.F.A). The film premiered at the Metropolitan
Con el retiro de García Pérez se aleja de las canchas argentinas uno de sus grandes valores
Beyond the middle-class family lifestyle, notice here that García Pérez is married to actress and singer Inés Fernández
Del diario de Comeuñas
This piece of literature by Borocotó was the basis for the film Pelota de Trapo. These excerpts ran between Jan 10, 1947 and April 22, 1949
Dos películas locales serán estrenadas hoy; Advertisement
As customary for its time, newspapers doubled as promoters of social events and premieres, this time with the 1951 film "El Hincha" directed by Manuel Romero and starring the famus tango composer Enrique Discépolo.
El estado y el cine
Now free of Peronist intervention, the Argentine film industry looks forward to greater freedoms. But as this article points out, cinema is never free of state influence.
En el Broadway irá hoy "Escuela de campeones"
The 1950 film "Escuela de campeones" premiered at the Broadway cinema. The film recounts the origins of association football in Argentina by Anglo-Argentines who, in the process of developing and nurturing the sport in the country, became Argentines…
Estreno de hoy; Advertisement
The 1954 film, "El cura Loenzo," premiered at the Metropolitan cinema. The movie follows the life of the priest Lorenzo Massa, whose outreach efforts towards children in the impoverished barrio of Almagro, helped lay the foundation for Club Atlético…
Estrenos de hoy; Advertisement
The latest film parternship by directors Leopoldo Torres Nilsson and Leopoldo Torres Rios, and actor Armando Bo, "El hijo del crack," premiered at Normandie cinema in 1953. The movie is a spiritual companion to "Pelota de trapo" and continues to look…
Ha muerto un muchacho…
"Barras" nor "bravas" appears here, but some of the other ways to differentiate violent fans from peaceful spectators is noteworthy
Mañana se estrenará 'Sacachispas,' film de ambiente popular; Dos estrenos presentará hoy el programa; Advertisement
"Sacachispas" debuted at the Premiere Cinema on April 12, 1950, with most of the cast of the 1949 film "Pelota de trapo" joining director and lead actor Armando Bó.
Pelota de trapo, partida de nacimiento del fútbol
Useful for a look at the intersection between Argentine cinema and sports in popular culture
Poster for the film "Escuela de Campeones"
Escuela de campeones helped immortalize Alexander Watson Hutton as the "father" of fútbol in Argentina, making him criollo by virtue of his commitement to Argentina and its people.
Scene from "Con los mismos colores"
Featuring Mario Boyé, Norberto "Tucho" Méndez, and Alfredo Di Stéfano (featured in this image), Con los mismos colores (1948) elevated fútbol players from secondary characters to the fore.