Acting

Alvaro Escobar

Known for

Acting

Credits

28 titles

Known for

Criollo viejo poster
10.0

Don Armando de la Peña, is the owner of a ranch located in a plain of the mountains of the province of Córdoba, administered by the loyal and honest Pedro Oria, a model of old Creole who lives with his wife and children Juan, Carlos and Maria. The former is lazy, gambling, and bad-tempered, while Carlos inherited the virtues of his father. Don Armando is not satisfied with his children. Mercedes, his favorite daughter, likes life in the big city, she is flirtatious and superficial even when she is in the ranch; she has an attitude of contempt towards Carlos, even after his life is saved, but that attitude hides a nascent feeling of love. His brother, also named Carlos, is what could be described as a bad person. With these characters various dramatic episodes unfold.

Criollo viejo

1924

No artwork available
10.0

An old criollo who is protecting a persecuted bandit tells him his story. He was imprisoned in Sierra Chica for killing his wife.

Sierra Chica

1938

Perdón, viejita poster
8.5

The film revolves around a lower-class family: Doña Camila, the aging mother, and Elena and Carlos, her children. Carlos is, unbeknownst to her, a reformed thief. One day he meets Nora, a prostitute, in the park, and decides to bring her home after falling in love with her. Elena, who is being courted by a shady Don Juan, is given a ring as a gift, but Nora takes it away from her complaining that she knows men like Don Juan and the ring is probably stolen. This is evidenced when the police arrive in search for the ring, and Nora takes the fall for Elena.

Perdón, viejita

1927

Plegaria gaucha poster
7.0

A gaucho hosts a stranger who will try to fall in love with her wife and so he ends up dueling with him.

Plegaria gaucha

1938

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

No te metás, Joaquín

1939

No artwork available
NR

No synopsis available yet.

La chacra de Don Lorenzo

1938

Film credits

1940s · 7 titles

1930s · 9 titles

1920s · 12 titles

Criollo viejo poster
10.0

Don Armando de la Peña, is the owner of a ranch located in a plain of the mountains of the province of Córdoba, administered by the loyal and honest Pedro Oria, a model of old Creole who lives with his wife and children Juan, Carlos and Maria. The former is lazy, gambling, and bad-tempered, while Carlos inherited the virtues of his father. Don Armando is not satisfied with his children. Mercedes, his favorite daughter, likes life in the big city, she is flirtatious and superficial even when she is in the ranch; she has an attitude of contempt towards Carlos, even after his life is saved, but that attitude hides a nascent feeling of love. His brother, also named Carlos, is what could be described as a bad person. With these characters various dramatic episodes unfold.

Criollo viejo

1924

Perdón, viejita poster
8.5

The film revolves around a lower-class family: Doña Camila, the aging mother, and Elena and Carlos, her children. Carlos is, unbeknownst to her, a reformed thief. One day he meets Nora, a prostitute, in the park, and decides to bring her home after falling in love with her. Elena, who is being courted by a shady Don Juan, is given a ring as a gift, but Nora takes it away from her complaining that she knows men like Don Juan and the ring is probably stolen. This is evidenced when the police arrive in search for the ring, and Nora takes the fall for Elena.

Perdón, viejita

1927

The Return to the Crash Pad poster
8.0

A poor fellow is dominated by his wife who is unfaitful.

The Return to the Crash Pad

1926

No artwork available
7.0

A 1925 film.

El organito de la tarde

1925

No artwork available
7.0

A 1923 film.

La maleva

1923

No artwork available
8.0

A 1925 currently lost film.

Mi último tango

1925

No artwork available
10.0

A 1921 film.

La gaucha

1921

La costurerita que dio aquel mal paso poster
10.0

Film based on the sonnet by the same name, written by Evaristo Carriego.

La costurerita que dio aquel mal paso

1926

La chica de la calle Florida poster
10.0

A poor girl falls in love with a young rich boy who is the son of her boss.

La chica de la calle Florida

1922

No artwork available
10.0

A 1924 film.

El consultorio de Madame René

1924

No artwork available
8.0

A 1926 film. Only a 4-minute fragment survives.

Muchachita de Chiclana

1926

No artwork available
10.0

A 1923 film.

Melenita de oro

1923