Francisco Pablo Donadío

Acting

Francisco Pablo Donadío

Born — Died

1887-12-31 — 1968-01-01

Place of birth

Buenos Aires City, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Known for

Acting

Credits

36 titles

Francisco Donadío, whose full name was Francisco Pablo Donadío, was an actor and film director who was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1888 and died in the same city in 1968. After having initiated in the theater in his country, Donadío traveled to Italy, where he acted along with Eleonora Duse and Ermete Zacconi and took part in some silent film productions such as The Last Days of Pompeii and Quo Vadis. Upon returning to Argentina in the 1920s, he was part of the theater companies led by Mecha Ortiz and Luisa Vehil. He debuted at the local cinema in 1925 directing the film without sound El caballero de la rambla; already in the stage of the sonorous one directed Poncho white (1936) and…

Known for

Film credits

1950s · 13 titles

Love at First Sight poster
7.5

Matilda, a girl from a wealthy family, is in love with Mario de Larosa, a singer and heartthrob who is adored by women everywhere. She knows all his songs by heart and prays to heaven to give her the opportunity to meet her idol in person. Her dreams come true — Mario is scheduled to sign autographs at an appliance and record store, and Matilda and her cousin rush to this fateful meeting, which will fundamentally change the lives of the young woman and Mario himself...

Love at First Sight

1956

Goodbye Boys poster
6.0

Boyhood friends grow up, form a tango orchestra, one of them writes a brilliant song commemorating their friendship before he dies.

Goodbye Boys

1955

Sin familia poster
10.0

The harsh trials faced by an adolescent without a family.

Sin familia

1958

Somos todos inquilinos poster
9.0

Movie divided in three episodes: a methodic man believes he's near his death and starts spending other people's money; to cure his husband's gambling addiction a woman becomes a horse races expert; a dancer and a soprano bother each other until they fall in love.

Somos todos inquilinos

1954

El hijo del crack poster
6.0

A famous football player faces retirement, but his son is still his most faithful fan.

El hijo del crack

1953

Mi mujer está loca poster
10.0

Due to something very strange, a woman transforms from a housewife into a vedette.

Mi mujer está loca

1952

La doctora Castañuelas poster
7.0

Love will reveal the double life of a woman who is a scientist by day and a singer by night.

La doctora Castañuelas

1950

Trees Die Standing poster
7.3

For over twenty years, an elderly man convinces his wife that their long-lost criminal grandson has changed his ways to become a successful professional and loving husband. When he learns of his grandson’s death, he decides to keep yet another secret and arranges for a false couple to pose as their exiled grandson and his wife. As the couple enters, uncertainties arise. Will they be able to convince her?

Trees Die Standing

1951

La tía de Carlitos poster
7.0

To protect the relationships of his two friends, a student drags to act as their aunt.

La tía de Carlitos

1953

El último payador poster
7.8

The film tells the story of the payador José Betinotti, a mythical character in Argentine music. It faithfully reconstructs the scenarios of the early twentieth century: the workers' struggles, the party meetings of the caudillos and the circus criollo, the cradle of Argentine theater and music.

El último payador

1950

Esposa último modelo poster
6.8

When a young woman who knows nothing about housework falls in love, her grandmother and nanny make her seem like the ideal housewife in front of her boyfriend.

Esposa último modelo

1950

¡Qué hermanita! poster
NR

The admirer of a singer does her best to see him and be with him.

¡Qué hermanita!

1951

Payaso poster
10.0

A professional clown takes advantage of another clown, who is simple and naif, to take over his place and conquer the heart of a young lady.

Payaso

1952

1940s · 19 titles

Embrujo poster
8.0

The love story between Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, after the independence of the country, and Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos.

Embrujo

1941

Cuidado con las imitaciones poster
7.0

An American producer arrives in Argentina searching for its most representative artists to film a movie. A group of imitators will try to convince him that they are the real artists he is looking for. The film was conceived as a showcase for the successful radio group "La Cruzada del Buen Humor", the precursor to what would later become "Los Cinco Grandes del Buen Humor", alongside the Cuban vedette Blanquita Amaro.

Cuidado con las imitaciones

1948

La suerte llama tres veces poster
7.0

When a man agrees to join a gang of criminals, his life becomes a complicated labyrinth that he will have to leave in order to be saved.

La suerte llama tres veces

1943

Los Tres Mosqueteros poster
7.0

An attempt to bring the famous novel by Dumas to the cinema, where the promenades of Montevideo such as Parque Rivera and the Castillo del Parque Rodó are transformed into French settings.

Los Tres Mosqueteros

1946

La novela de un joven pobre poster
7.5

After losing all his fortune, a man assumes his poverty with dignity, confidence and effort. He faces all adversities and his nobility and perseverance make him succeed and be happy with the woman he loves.

La novela de un joven pobre

1942

El juego del amor y del azar poster
7.4

When the man her father wants to impose on her as a husband is coming home, a young woman changes her personality with her maid. The film is set in two periods, the contemporary to the realization and the times of Louis XV.

El juego del amor y del azar

1944

No artwork available
9.0

An impulsive actress abandons a film shoot and is replaced by a dressmaker, and the former's husband hires her to impersonate her in front of his future in-laws.

La otra y yo

1949

La casta Susana poster
5.8

The wife of an officer receives a "prize for virtue" from one of her many lovers, causing several misunderstandings.

La casta Susana

1944

An Ideal Husband poster
8.0

A woman forces a politician not to report a big scam.

An Ideal Husband

1947

The House of the Millions poster
7.0

A capricious "new rich" makes her employees suffer with her moods, until she hires a poor servant that can make her open up.

The House of the Millions

1942

Las aventuras de Jack poster
8.5

In the 19th century, the son of a frivolous countess faces the rigors of a tragic life.

Las aventuras de Jack

1949

La piel de zapa poster
8.0

A man in debt obtains a miraculous skin that makes all his wishes come true but at the cost of shortening his life.

La piel de zapa

1943

The Armchair and the Grand Duchess poster
7.1

A Russian duke who's fallen on hard times tries to recover a stash of jewels hidden inside an armchair, but the chair gets sold at auction to a millionairess and he's forced to marry her in order to retrieve the treasure.

The Armchair and the Grand Duchess

1943

La rubia Mireya poster
9.5

The misadventures of a woman and her failed relationships. Everything is represented through the tango mythology.

La rubia Mireya

1948

Centauros del pasado poster
9.0

Film about the life of Francisco Ramírez, leader of Entre Ríos.

Centauros del pasado

1944

La tía de Carlos poster
9.0

A young man pretends to be his friends' aunt to solve certain problems.

La tía de Carlos

1946

Despertar a la vida poster
8.0

A doctor, a young woman and a romance between them product of a suicide attempt and a heart operation.

Despertar a la vida

1945

Todo un héroe poster
10.0

A shy person is confused with a man that saved a woman from drowning, and he is seen as a hero.

Todo un héroe

1949

¡Secuestro sensacional! poster
7.5

After a 14 years old girl runs away from home, her family believes she's been kidnapped and a young man with good intentions is accused.

¡Secuestro sensacional!

1942

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