The Boys Didn't Wear Hair Gel Before
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| Directed by | Manuel Romero |
| Written by |
Mario Bernard Manuel Romero |
| Starring |
Florencio Parravicini Mecha Ortiz Santiago Arrieta Irma Córdoba |
| Music by | Alberto Soifer |
| Cinematography | Francisco Múgica |
| Edited by | Francisco Múgica |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Lumiton |
Release dates | 31 March 1937 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | Argentina |
| Language | Spanish |
The Boys Didn't Wear Hair Gel Before (Spanish:Los Muchachos de antes no usaban gomina) is a 1937 Argentine historical drama film directed and written by Manuel Romero and starring Florencio Parravicini, Mecha Ortiz and Santiago Arrieta.[1]
Plot
The aristocratic Alberto Rosales (Arrieta) falls in love with the blond tango dancer Rubia Mireya (Ortiz) leaving his fiancée (Córdoba). His father convinces him to give her up and return to his respectable fiancée. Ten years later Alberto and Rubia meet again at a charitable event organized by his wife. He wants to rekindle the romance, but when his two children burst on to the scene, she leaves without a word. Though she still cares for him, she will not allow his children to become fatherless.[2]
Cast
- Florencio Parravicini as Ponce - Mocho
- Mecha Ortiz as La Rubia Mireya
- Santiago Arrieta as Alberto
- Irma Córdoba as Camila Peña
- Martín Zabalúa as Carlos Rosales
- Niní Gambier as Inés Rosales
- Alfonso Pisano as Euclides García Fuentes
- Mary Parets as Lucy Rosales
- Pedro Laxalt as Jorge Rosales
- Aurelia Musto as Sra.Rosales
- Hugo del Carril as El cantor
- María Vitaliani as Sra. Peña
- Amalia Bernabé as Amiga de Camila
- Fernando Borel as Jorge Newbery
- Eduardo de Labar as Hansen
- Homero Cárpena as Guapo Salinas
- Malisa Zini as Amiga de Camila
- Isabel Figlioli as Mujer del cabaret
- Jorge Lanza as Amigo de Rivera
- Carlos Enríquez as Vendedor de globos
- Osvaldo Miranda as Amigo de los Rosales
- Delfina Fuentes
- Nelly Quirós
- Andrés Labrano
- Roberto Blanco
- Roberto Páez
- José de Ángelis
Reception
The film's title alludes nostalgically to the past, referring to an era before young men began wearing hair gel which was commonplace by the mid-1930s. It was a popular success, one of the major hits of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. It marked the film debut of the actor and singer Hugo del Carril who quickly went on to become a leading star. The film was remade in 1969.
References
Bibliography
- Rist, Peter H. Historical Dictionary of South American Cinema. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.