Francisco Canaro

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Francisco Canaro

Born 1888-11-26 · San José de Mayo, Uruguay

Francisco Canaro, artistic name of Francisco Canarozzo (b. November 26, 1888 in San José, Uruguay - d. December 14, 1964 in Buenos Aires, Argentina), was an Uruguayan tango composer, violinist, orchesta director and producer, nationalized Argentine in 1940. He is widely considered one of the most important musicians in the history of Tango.

Acting credits

Rosas de otoño poster
8.0

Carlos Gardel performing Rosas de Otoño, vals composed by Guillermo Barbieri and written by José Rial.

Rosas de otoño

1930

Así cantaba Carlos Gardel poster
8.5

A film that brings together ten of the fifteen shorts that Carlos Gardel filmed in 1930 under the direction of Eduardo Morera, in the film studios of the pioneer Federico Valle.

Así cantaba Carlos Gardel

1935

With music in the soul poster
7.0

An orchestra director had a son as a result of an affair in his youth and hides the fact from his wife. But the young man succeeds as a musician and the truth soon comes to light.

With music in the soul

1951

Corrientes, calle de ensueños poster
9.0

Story about a humble musician who triumphs overcoming his failures and a young woman arrives in Buenos Aires from the interior of the country in search of triumph but finds death.

Corrientes, calle de ensueños

1949

Clouds of Smoke poster
7.0

A student and tango aficionado stops singing when he finishes his career, but later relapses.

Clouds of Smoke

1959

La voz de mi ciudad poster
5.3

No synopsis available yet.

La voz de mi ciudad

1953

Idols of the Radio poster
8.0

Different love stories that take place in a radio station.

Idols of the Radio

1934

La historia del tango poster
5.5

The director of a tango set is in love with the singer but she marries another man who eventually abandons her. In their old age, their children will fulfill their dreams.

La historia del tango

1949

La tía de Carlos poster
9.0

A young man pretends to be his friends' aunt to solve certain problems.

La tía de Carlos

1946

Viejo smoking poster
9.0

One of Carlos Gardel's singing short films.

Viejo smoking

1930

Canción de arrabal poster
6.3

Set in the 1900s and filmed partially in Buenos Aires, Córdoba, Barcelona, Madrid and Sevilla. A young lady of Spanish parents, raised in the neighborhood of La Boca in Buenos Aires, travels to act in Europe after winning a contest, she becomes famous and marries an Argentinian.

Canción de arrabal

1961

Dos amigos y un amor poster
10.0

Two young men from the radio environment dispute for the love of a girl.

Dos amigos y un amor

1938

Behind the camera