By the Light of a Star (Spanish:En la luz de una estrella) is a 1941 Argentine musical drama film directed by Enrique Santos Discépolo and starring Hugo del Carril, Ana María Lynch and María Esther Gamas.Rist p.202 It is a tango film, an extremely popular genre during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.

Synopsis A successful tango singer struggles to cope with the demands and opportunities of fame.

Cast Hugo del Carril as Jorge Ana María Lynch María Esther Gamas Zully Moreno Cirilo Etulain Eduardo Sandrini Adolfo Stray Bernardo Perrone Carlos Lagrotta Julio Renato Adolfo Meyer Lina Estevez Sabina Vittone José S. Harold José Ruzzo Casimiro Ros Manuel Alcón Eduardo de Labar

References

Bibliography Rist, Peter H. Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

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