Manuel Romero (director)

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Manuel Romeo (September 21, 1891 – October 3, 1954 in

score composer, and one of the influential directors in the cinema of Argentina
of the classic era. He directed and wrote over 50 films between 1931 and 1951 even composing the musical scores for several.

He was a pioneer of Variety Theatre, and one of the few tango lyrical writers that has reached timeless classical success. When he was a teenager, he began his journalist job in the Magacine Fray Mochoy, and in the newspapers Crítica y Última Hora.

His first play, "Teatro breve" is from 1919 with the collaboration of Ivo Pelay. He wrote 180 more. In 1922 the most famous, "El bailarín del cabaret", was staged with the César Ratti's company, where Corsini triunfó (had a success) with "Patotero sentimental".

In 1923 he travelled to

Julio De Caro
musical group.

He returned to

Lumitón cinema company, with Enrique Telémaco Susini . With that film company, released in February 1935, "Noches de Buenos Aires", written and directed by Romero, his cinema career began. The film starred Tita Merello, Irma Córdoba, Enrique Serrano and Fernando Ochoa
.

He filmed very quickly, he only wanted to have it finished as soon as possible and achieve a good box office outcome. His films were rejected by critics and intellectuals as a result, but ordinary people liked his style because they knew him from radio of variety shows.

He directed films such as Adiós pampa mía in 1946.

Filmography

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