Manuel Romero

Directing

Manuel Romero

Born — Died

1891-09-21 — 1954-10-03

Place of birth

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Directing

Credits

40 titles

Manuel Romero (1891–1954) was an Argentine dramatist, film director, screenwriter and tango lyricist. He wrote and directed over 50 films between 1931 and 1951 even composing the musical scores for several.

Known for

Behind the camera

¡Ué... Paisano! poster
NR

The story revolves around the relationship of Italian immigrants and Argentines. Nostalgia for his country of origin and life in a strange country. It is a call for the union of immigrants that evokes sentimentality. The film conveys the sensation of the musician, whom an Italian immigrant listens to, and feels "understood and unconditionally loved"

¡Ué... Paisano!

1953

¡Ué... Paisano! poster
NR

The story revolves around the relationship of Italian immigrants and Argentines. Nostalgia for his country of origin and life in a strange country. It is a call for the union of immigrants that evokes sentimentality. The film conveys the sensation of the musician, whom an Italian immigrant listens to, and feels "understood and unconditionally loved"

¡Ué... Paisano!

1953

The Tango Returns to Paris poster
7.0

Obsessed by a Mexican singer, an Argentine doctor arrives in Paris; Far from his land he begins to find his true identity transforming into a singer of tangos.

The Tango Returns to Paris

1948

The Tango Returns to Paris poster
7.0

Obsessed by a Mexican singer, an Argentine doctor arrives in Paris; Far from his land he begins to find his true identity transforming into a singer of tangos.

The Tango Returns to Paris

1948

El fabricante de estrellas poster
8.0

The owner of an artists agency meets a soccer player who sings, and sets out to make him a star.

El fabricante de estrellas

1943

El fabricante de estrellas poster
8.0

The owner of an artists agency meets a soccer player who sings, and sets out to make him a star.

El fabricante de estrellas

1943

Isabelita poster
7.4

In order to seduce a humble man, a rich girl pretends to be a maid.

Isabelita

1940

Isabelita poster
7.4

In order to seduce a humble man, a rich girl pretends to be a maid.

Isabelita

1940

Historia de crímenes poster
10.0

A bank clerk uncovers the manager's criminal behavior and prevents him from carrying out a murder.

Historia de crímenes

1942

Historia de crímenes poster
10.0

A bank clerk uncovers the manager's criminal behavior and prevents him from carrying out a murder.

Historia de crímenes

1942

Navidad de los pobres poster
8.5

A woman finds herself in trouble from a single mother whose father has stolen her child and decides to protect her.

Navidad de los pobres

1947

Navidad de los pobres poster
8.5

A woman finds herself in trouble from a single mother whose father has stolen her child and decides to protect her.

Navidad de los pobres

1947

La modelo y la estrella poster
6.8

Driven by the passion of his girlfriend, a humble young man gets a place as a singer achieving resounding success. When he gets it, he marries a famous diva leaving behind his youthful love.

La modelo y la estrella

1939

La modelo y la estrella poster
6.8

Driven by the passion of his girlfriend, a humble young man gets a place as a singer achieving resounding success. When he gets it, he marries a famous diva leaving behind his youthful love.

La modelo y la estrella

1939

La modelo y la estrella poster
6.8

Driven by the passion of his girlfriend, a humble young man gets a place as a singer achieving resounding success. When he gets it, he marries a famous diva leaving behind his youthful love.

La modelo y la estrella

1939

Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda poster
7.5

Rich girl with progressive ideas goes undercover as a sales clerk at her father's department store.

Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda

1942

Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda poster
7.5

Rich girl with progressive ideas goes undercover as a sales clerk at her father's department store.

Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda

1942

Los muchachos se divierten poster
8.0

Some youngsters from the city, visiting the countryside, have fun tricking naive local boys.

Los muchachos se divierten

1940

Los muchachos se divierten poster
8.0

Some youngsters from the city, visiting the countryside, have fun tricking naive local boys.

Los muchachos se divierten

1940

La muchacha del circo poster
7.0

The life of some circus people and how their lives are affected by melodramatic situations.

La muchacha del circo

1937

La muchacha del circo poster
7.0

The life of some circus people and how their lives are affected by melodramatic situations.

La muchacha del circo

1937

No artwork available
6.5

A rich and arrogant girl falls into poverty, while a noble and hardworking boy, who at first was despised, receives love.

Hay que casar a Paulina

1944

Outside the Law poster
6.2

A delinquent, the son of a police commissioner, leaves prison to seduce someone who should be like a sister to him: a girl raised and loved by his parents. To force her to give in to his obsession, he kidnaps her little daughter.

Outside the Law

1937

Outside the Law poster
6.2

A delinquent, the son of a police commissioner, leaves prison to seduce someone who should be like a sister to him: a girl raised and loved by his parents. To force her to give in to his obsession, he kidnaps her little daughter.

Outside the Law

1937

When My Heart Calls poster
9.0

A singer married to a gambler is accused of murder.

When My Heart Calls

1942

When My Heart Calls poster
9.0

A singer married to a gambler is accused of murder.

When My Heart Calls

1942

A Light in the Window poster
7.3

A woman and her two companions get lost in a storm and end up in a creepy house where a mad doctor is conducting experiments in the basement.

A Light in the Window

1942

A Light in the Window poster
7.3

A woman and her two companions get lost in a storm and end up in a creepy house where a mad doctor is conducting experiments in the basement.

A Light in the Window

1942

Noches de Buenos Aires poster
10.0

Various love and crime stories take place in the context of a theater, between tango singers, musicians and dancers.

Noches de Buenos Aires

1935

Gente bien poster
7.2

A single mother who is denied work to support the son she had with the aristocrat who had seduced her, is helped by a singer, a director of orchestra and an American female singer, who get her shelter in the humble pension where they live.

Gente bien

1939

Gente bien poster
7.2

A single mother who is denied work to support the son she had with the aristocrat who had seduced her, is helped by a singer, a director of orchestra and an American female singer, who get her shelter in the humble pension where they live.

Gente bien

1939

Morir en su ley poster
6.0

A policeman infiltrates a gang of criminals.

Morir en su ley

1949

Yo quiero ser bataclana poster
7.0

Catita intercedes when a producer courts a chorus girl who is the director's girlfriend.

Yo quiero ser bataclana

1941

Yo quiero ser bataclana poster
7.0

Catita intercedes when a producer courts a chorus girl who is the director's girlfriend.

Yo quiero ser bataclana

1941

Boys on Board poster
10.0

A boy who is doing compulsory military service in the navy has a confrontation with a superior over the love of a woman.

Boys on Board

1936

Boys on Board poster
10.0

A boy who is doing compulsory military service in the navy has a confrontation with a superior over the love of a woman.

Boys on Board

1936

Un bebé de París poster
5.7

A woman fakes her pregnancy to keep her husband and then it turns out to be true.

Un bebé de París

1941

Three Argentines in Paris poster
7.0

Three Argentines who live in Paris and dream of returning to Buenos Aires but lack resources for the passage, find their opportunity when a landowner, a business man and his daughter arrive in Paris. In a game of rigged poker the three anchors obtain the money for the passages from the newcomers; it happens however that the employer has made an embezzlement and will go to jail if he does not return the money. The character represented by Parravicini, who is the true father of his adopted daughter, gives him the money won to solve his problem and the three remain in Paris to see them in an end with the best poetry of Romero crossing a bridge under the mist , silent, once again anchored but with the happy sadness of recovered self-esteem.

Three Argentines in Paris

1938

Three Argentines in Paris poster
7.0

Three Argentines who live in Paris and dream of returning to Buenos Aires but lack resources for the passage, find their opportunity when a landowner, a business man and his daughter arrive in Paris. In a game of rigged poker the three anchors obtain the money for the passages from the newcomers; it happens however that the employer has made an embezzlement and will go to jail if he does not return the money. The character represented by Parravicini, who is the true father of his adopted daughter, gives him the money won to solve his problem and the three remain in Paris to see them in an end with the best poetry of Romero crossing a bridge under the mist , silent, once again anchored but with the happy sadness of recovered self-esteem.

Three Argentines in Paris

1938

Mi amor eres tú poster
7.3

An authoritarian tutor changes his behavior thanks to a young orphan with whom he ends up falling in love.

Mi amor eres tú

1941