Writing
Enrique Santos Discépolo
Born — Died
1901-03-26 — 1951-12-23
Place of birth
Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Known for
Writing
Credits
24 titles
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Enrique Santos Discépolo was an Argentine tango composer and lyricist, author of famous tangos such as "Cambalache" and many others performed by several of the most important singers of his time, amongst them notably Carlos Gardel. He was also a film actor, director and screenwriter.
Known for
7.0Well-to-do idler loses his fortune, ends up going to night-school and working as butler for a wealthy family. Still posing as a rich toff, he courts a young lady who turns out to be the daughter of his employer.
Un señor mucamo
1940
6.8A millionaire appoints an administrator to control his daughter's overspending.
Caprichosa y millonaria
1940
NRMario Soffici's first introduction to film direction. Short made in 16mm, where he adapted some scenes from Armando Discepolo's script "Muñeca" as an experiment to compare the differences between theater and film. It was recorded in the dressing room courtyard of Teatro Avenida de Mendoza.
Muñeca
1927
10.0Cars and progress made an old carriage-driver jobless and so desperate that he becomes a gangster. When his own son starts a life of crime, he repents and gives himself to the authorities. When he lives prison, he will be happy to rejoin his family, as his son repented, too.
Mateo
1937
9.0A successful tango singer struggles to cope with the demands and opportunities of fame.
En la luz de una estrella
1941
6.0A man who is a director of a reformatory is slowly gaining everyone's trust.
...Y mañana serán hombres
1939
Film credits
1940s · 1 titles
1930s · 6 titles
10.0Cars and progress made an old carriage-driver jobless and so desperate that he becomes a gangster. When his own son starts a life of crime, he repents and gives himself to the authorities. When he lives prison, he will be happy to rejoin his family, as his son repented, too.
Mateo
1937
6.0A man who is a director of a reformatory is slowly gaining everyone's trust.
...Y mañana serán hombres
1939
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
7.0The perverse owner of a cabaret gets redemption by sacrificing himself for the happiness of others.
Cuatro corazones
1939
No synopsis available yet.
Melodías porteñas
1937
9.0Carlos Gardel and guitars performing "Yira, yira", tango composed and written by Enrique Santos Discépolo.
Yira, yira
1930
Behind the camera
7.0Well-to-do idler loses his fortune, ends up going to night-school and working as butler for a wealthy family. Still posing as a rich toff, he courts a young lady who turns out to be the daughter of his employer.
Un señor mucamo
1940
7.0Well-to-do idler loses his fortune, ends up going to night-school and working as butler for a wealthy family. Still posing as a rich toff, he courts a young lady who turns out to be the daughter of his employer.
Un señor mucamo
1940
6.8A millionaire appoints an administrator to control his daughter's overspending.
Caprichosa y millonaria
1940
6.8A millionaire appoints an administrator to control his daughter's overspending.
Caprichosa y millonaria
1940
9.0A successful tango singer struggles to cope with the demands and opportunities of fame.
En la luz de una estrella
1941
9.0A successful tango singer struggles to cope with the demands and opportunities of fame.
En la luz de una estrella
1941
8.0A counterfeiting gang implicate a bank employee in their crimes, but their cover-story about a ghost in the house where they do their printing backfires on them.
Fantasmas en Buenos Aires
1942
6.0Noir hero tries to avoid being arrested while he tracks down papers that will prove his innocence.
Yo no elegí mi vida
1949
7.0After being decorated for a meritorious act, Cándida finds herself involved in the activities of some scammers who try to use her fame.
Cándida, la mujer del año
1943
7.0After being decorated for a meritorious act, Cándida finds herself involved in the activities of some scammers who try to use her fame.
Cándida, la mujer del año
1943
7.0The perverse owner of a cabaret gets redemption by sacrificing himself for the happiness of others.
Cuatro corazones
1939
7.0The perverse owner of a cabaret gets redemption by sacrificing himself for the happiness of others.
Cuatro corazones
1939
8.5A mechanical worker and football fanatic finds the meaning of life in encouraging, following and collaborating with the club that he loves, to the point of indefinitely postponing the marriage with his eternal girlfriend.
El hincha
1951
No synopsis available yet.
Melodías porteñas
1937
9.0Carlos Gardel and guitars performing "Yira, yira", tango composed and written by Enrique Santos Discépolo.
Yira, yira
1930