
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
NRThe 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
7.0Obsessed 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
8.0The owner of an artists agency meets a soccer player who sings, and sets out to make him a star.
El fabricante de estrellas
1943
7.4In order to seduce a humble man, a rich girl pretends to be a maid.
Isabelita
1940
10.0A bank clerk uncovers the manager's criminal behavior and prevents him from carrying out a murder.
Historia de crímenes
1942
8.5A 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
Behind the camera
NRThe 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
NRThe 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
7.0Obsessed 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
7.0Obsessed 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
8.0The owner of an artists agency meets a soccer player who sings, and sets out to make him a star.
El fabricante de estrellas
1943
8.0The owner of an artists agency meets a soccer player who sings, and sets out to make him a star.
El fabricante de estrellas
1943
7.4In order to seduce a humble man, a rich girl pretends to be a maid.
Isabelita
1940
7.4In order to seduce a humble man, a rich girl pretends to be a maid.
Isabelita
1940
10.0A bank clerk uncovers the manager's criminal behavior and prevents him from carrying out a murder.
Historia de crímenes
1942
10.0A bank clerk uncovers the manager's criminal behavior and prevents him from carrying out a murder.
Historia de crímenes
1942
8.5A 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
8.5A 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
6.8Driven 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
6.8Driven 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
6.8Driven 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
7.5Rich girl with progressive ideas goes undercover as a sales clerk at her father's department store.
Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda
1942
7.5Rich girl with progressive ideas goes undercover as a sales clerk at her father's department store.
Elvira Fernández, vendedora de tienda
1942
8.0Some youngsters from the city, visiting the countryside, have fun tricking naive local boys.
Los muchachos se divierten
1940
8.0Some youngsters from the city, visiting the countryside, have fun tricking naive local boys.
Los muchachos se divierten
1940
7.0The life of some circus people and how their lives are affected by melodramatic situations.
La muchacha del circo
1937
7.0The life of some circus people and how their lives are affected by melodramatic situations.
La muchacha del circo
1937
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
6.2A 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
6.2A 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
9.0A singer married to a gambler is accused of murder.
When My Heart Calls
1942
9.0A singer married to a gambler is accused of murder.
When My Heart Calls
1942
7.3A 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
7.3A 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
10.0Various love and crime stories take place in the context of a theater, between tango singers, musicians and dancers.
Noches de Buenos Aires
1935
7.2A 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
7.2A 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
6.0A policeman infiltrates a gang of criminals.
Morir en su ley
1949
7.0Catita intercedes when a producer courts a chorus girl who is the director's girlfriend.
Yo quiero ser bataclana
1941
7.0Catita intercedes when a producer courts a chorus girl who is the director's girlfriend.
Yo quiero ser bataclana
1941
10.0A 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
10.0A 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
5.7A woman fakes her pregnancy to keep her husband and then it turns out to be true.
Un bebé de París
1941
7.0Three 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
7.0Three 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
7.3An authoritarian tutor changes his behavior thanks to a young orphan with whom he ends up falling in love.
Mi amor eres tú
1941
