
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
7.5Matilda, 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
6.0Boyhood friends grow up, form a tango orchestra, one of them writes a brilliant song commemorating their friendship before he dies.
Goodbye Boys
1955
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El caballero de la rambla
1925
8.0A teacher who has secluded herself in a small town is harassed by a commissioner.
Poncho blanco
1936
10.0The harsh trials faced by an adolescent without a family.
Sin familia
1958
6.5Cacho Garibaldi is the soccer player of the moment, his goals lead to delirium fans. When an eccentric millionaire named Lupus buys his transfer, he expects to end up on a major team. Instead, he discovers the millionaire's goal in life is to collect the best -not art or stamps- but people.
That Forward Center Dies at Dawn
1961
Film credits
1950s · 13 titles
7.5Matilda, 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
6.0Boyhood friends grow up, form a tango orchestra, one of them writes a brilliant song commemorating their friendship before he dies.
Goodbye Boys
1955
10.0The harsh trials faced by an adolescent without a family.
Sin familia
1958
9.0Movie 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
6.0A famous football player faces retirement, but his son is still his most faithful fan.
El hijo del crack
1953
10.0Due to something very strange, a woman transforms from a housewife into a vedette.
Mi mujer está loca
1952
7.0Love will reveal the double life of a woman who is a scientist by day and a singer by night.
La doctora Castañuelas
1950
7.3For 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
7.0To protect the relationships of his two friends, a student drags to act as their aunt.
La tía de Carlitos
1953
7.8The 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
6.8When 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
NRThe admirer of a singer does her best to see him and be with him.
¡Qué hermanita!
1951
10.0A 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
8.0The love story between Emperor Pedro I of Brazil, after the independence of the country, and Domitila de Castro, Marchioness of Santos.
Embrujo
1941
7.0An 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
7.0When 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
7.0An 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
7.5After 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
7.4When 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
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
5.8The wife of an officer receives a "prize for virtue" from one of her many lovers, causing several misunderstandings.
La casta Susana
1944
8.0A woman forces a politician not to report a big scam.
An Ideal Husband
1947
7.0A 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
8.5In the 19th century, the son of a frivolous countess faces the rigors of a tragic life.
Las aventuras de Jack
1949
8.0A 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
7.1A 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
9.5The misadventures of a woman and her failed relationships. Everything is represented through the tango mythology.
La rubia Mireya
1948
9.0Film about the life of Francisco Ramírez, leader of Entre Ríos.
Centauros del pasado
1944
9.0A young man pretends to be his friends' aunt to solve certain problems.
La tía de Carlos
1946
8.0A doctor, a young woman and a romance between them product of a suicide attempt and a heart operation.
Despertar a la vida
1945
10.0A shy person is confused with a man that saved a woman from drowning, and he is seen as a hero.
Todo un héroe
1949
7.5After 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

