Underplayed Gems

El carretero (1931)

El carretero poster
Directed by
Eduardo Morera
Genre
musical film
Country
Argentina
Runtime
4 min
Rating
8.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

This is a short black-and-white musical film from Argentina. It features singer Carlos Gardel performing the song 'El carretero' by Arturo de Nava. The film is one of the first Latin American movies with optical sound.

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What happens

El carretero es un cortometraje musical en blanco y negro filmado en Buenos Aires, Argentina, sobre la base de la canción "El carretero" de Arturo de Nava, dirigido por Eduardo Morera, con producción de Federico Valle, en el que participan el cantor Carlos Gardel y el propio De Nava, quien figura en los créditos como Arturo Navas. Está considerada como una de las primeras películas del cine sonoro latinoamericano con sonido óptico -junto a los demás cortometrajes de Gardel realizados en 1930- y uno de los primeros videoclips de la historia del cine.​​ Fue filmado en Buenos Aires entre el 23 de octubre y el 3 de noviembre de 1930 y estrenado en esa ciudad a partir del 3 de mayo de 1931, en el cine Astral. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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