Sound
Francisco Canaro
Born — Died
1888-11-26 — 1964-12-14
Place of birth
San José de Mayo, Uruguay
Known for
Sound
Credits
18 titles
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.
Known for
9.0Story 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
7.0An 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
Some romances while some thugs try to dominate a town where there is an arrogant but cowardly sergeant.
Ya tiene comisario el pueblo
1936
8.0Different love stories that take place in a radio station.
Idols of the Radio
1934
10.0Country boy moves to Buenos Aires, falls upward into a prestigious career. Meanwhile two idle-class playboys are running practical jokes on him that interfere with his personal life.
El diablo andaba en los choclos
1946
7.0A student and tango aficionado stops singing when he finishes his career, but later relapses.
Clouds of Smoke
1959
Film credits
1950s · 3 titles
7.0An 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
7.0A student and tango aficionado stops singing when he finishes his career, but later relapses.
Clouds of Smoke
1959
5.3No synopsis available yet.
La voz de mi ciudad
1953
1940s · 3 titles
9.0Story 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
5.5The 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
9.0A young man pretends to be his friends' aunt to solve certain problems.
La tía de Carlos
1946
1930s · 5 titles
8.0Different love stories that take place in a radio station.
Idols of the Radio
1934
10.0Two young men from the radio environment dispute for the love of a girl.
Dos amigos y un amor
1938
8.5A 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
8.0Carlos Gardel performing Rosas de Otoño, vals composed by Guillermo Barbieri and written by José Rial.
Rosas de otoño
1930
9.0One of Carlos Gardel's singing short films.
Viejo smoking
1930
Behind the camera
Some romances while some thugs try to dominate a town where there is an arrogant but cowardly sergeant.
Ya tiene comisario el pueblo
1936
10.0Country boy moves to Buenos Aires, falls upward into a prestigious career. Meanwhile two idle-class playboys are running practical jokes on him that interfere with his personal life.
El diablo andaba en los choclos
1946
10.0Two young men from the radio environment dispute for the love of a girl.
Dos amigos y un amor
1938
5.5The 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
8.5A 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
9.0Two gangs of drug traffickers try to control the monopoly of drugs in the city, while the police commissioner tries to kill them with the help of a snitch, "the puppet".
Turbión
1938