Luis Moglia Barth

Luis Moglia Barth

Birth : 1903-04-10, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Death : 1984-06-18

History

Luis José Moglia Barth (1903–1984) was a film director and screenwriter who directed numerous films in the early stages of Argentine cinema, including ¡Tango! (1933), considered the first Argentine sound feature film.

Profile

Luis Moglia Barth

Movies

Dringue, Castrito y la lámpara de Aladino
Director
Two carnival workers are being chased by the police and stumble across Aladdin's magical lamp and two political factions from Eastern Europe that are fighting over it.
Intermezzo criminal
Director
Performer is murdered onnstage during a show at a vaudeville theatre.
La mujer puede y debe votar
Director
La doctora Castañuelas
Writer
Love will reveal the double life of a woman who is a scientist by day and a singer by night.
La doctora Castañuelas
Director
Love will reveal the double life of a woman who is a scientist by day and a singer by night.
La fuerza ciega
Writer
A shipyard owner rapes the daughter of a blind worker, unaware that she is his own son's girlfriend.
La fuerza ciega
Director
A shipyard owner rapes the daughter of a blind worker, unaware that she is his own son's girlfriend.
Don't Tell Me Goodbye
Director
La campana nueva
Director
The struggle of two rural teachers to rebuild a school destroyed by a tornado.
Edición extra
Director
Tabloid journalists muddy the waters during the investigation of the murder of an Argentine senator.
Juan Moreira
Director
La senda oscura
Director
An impostor pretends to be the mother of a blind man so he can manage his assets. But things are changing because of the arrival of the person who takes care of the blind.
María Rosa
Director
Romance de medio siglo
Director
A love story in the midst of historical accidents in Chile, through the revolution of 1891, the Valparaiso earthquake of 1906, the centenary celebrations of 1910 to the present, in 1944.
Ponchos azules
Editor
Ponchos azules
Director
Cruza
Director
The young daughter of a murdered rancher takes possession of her lands in Patagonia and must fight criminals alongside a teacher.
Cruza
Writer
The young daughter of a murdered rancher takes possession of her lands in Patagonia and must fight criminals alongside a teacher.
Boina blanca
Writer
The film narrates events of the Revolution of the Park, carried out by radical sympathizers on July 26, 1890. There is a secondary plot with the romance of a girl who, despite being in love with her father's godson, must contract a marriage with a banker that fails.
Boina blanca
Director
The film narrates events of the Revolution of the Park, carried out by radical sympathizers on July 26, 1890. There is a secondary plot with the romance of a girl who, despite being in love with her father's godson, must contract a marriage with a banker that fails.
Fortín alto
Director
Hogar, dulce hogar
Writer
A capricious lady resigns herself to work as the host of a female radio program where she sings jingles and gives advice on cooking and gardening, putting aside her love of police novels, but she will find herself involved in a murder.
Hogar, dulce hogar
Director
A capricious lady resigns herself to work as the host of a female radio program where she sings jingles and gives advice on cooking and gardening, putting aside her love of police novels, but she will find herself involved in a murder.
Con el dedo en el gatillo
Director
Confesión
Writer
Group of tango musicians picks up an aspiring young chanteuse at one of their whistle stop engagements; film focuses on their collective path to stardom, romantic conflicts between the woman and two guys in the band and some peripheral crime-drama stuff.
Confesión
Director
Group of tango musicians picks up an aspiring young chanteuse at one of their whistle stop engagements; film focuses on their collective path to stardom, romantic conflicts between the woman and two guys in the band and some peripheral crime-drama stuff.
Huella
Director
In 1840, a caravan of carts headed from Buenos Aires to Córdoba carrying merchandise, ammunition and prisoners, against the background of the struggles between the Unitarians and the Federalists.
Una mujer de la calle
Director
This is the story of a woman who returns to her neighborhood after a long absence and leaving behind dubious company. Her arrival causes misfortunes and revives dark forgotten feelings.
Doce mujeres
Director
Senderos de fe
Writer
Senderos de fe
Director
El último encuentro
Director
Melodías porteñas
Writer
Melodías porteñas
Director
La casa de Quirós
Writer
La casa de Quirós
Director
Melgarejo
Writer
An adultery-induced woman is helped by her driver who discovers the villains.
Melgarejo
Director
An adultery-induced woman is helped by her driver who discovers the villains.
¡Goal!
Director
Santos Vega
Director
A 1936 film.
Amalia
Writer
The romance between Amalia Sáenz de Olabarrieta –a widow living in Buenos Aires– and the young Unitarian Eduardo Belgrano. Based on the novel by José Mármol.
Amalia
Director
The romance between Amalia Sáenz de Olabarrieta –a widow living in Buenos Aires– and the young Unitarian Eduardo Belgrano. Based on the novel by José Mármol.
Picaflor
Writer
An habitant of the Paraná Delta is tempted to engage in smuggling but abandons it for the love of a teacher.
Picaflor
Director
An habitant of the Paraná Delta is tempted to engage in smuggling but abandons it for the love of a teacher.
Riachuelo
Writer
Riachuelo
Director
Dancing
Writer
The film's plot, which largely takes place in a cabaret, revolves around a worldly guy who had abandoned a mature lover for a younger and more beautiful one. It is very elementary and is just a pretext for a parade of popular songs. Currently considered lost.
Dancing
Director
The film's plot, which largely takes place in a cabaret, revolves around a worldly guy who had abandoned a mature lover for a younger and more beautiful one. It is very elementary and is just a pretext for a parade of popular songs. Currently considered lost.
¡Tango!
Writer
¡Tango! follows a formula established by Carlos Gardel with films such as Luces de Buenos Aires (The Lights of Buenos Aires, 1931) in which a melodramatic story is interspersed with tango songs. However, the film had less dialog and more music, making it more like a musical revue. This format would be copied by many subsequent films. The plot is derived from tango songs. Many of these songs tell of the seduction of an innocent slum girl by a rich man who promises her a glamorous life, but who abandons her when her looks fade. The stylized and sentimental plot of ¡Tango! revolves around a young man who is abandoned by his girlfriend for an older rich man and is heartbroken. The film follows his misfortunes.
¡Tango!
Director
¡Tango! follows a formula established by Carlos Gardel with films such as Luces de Buenos Aires (The Lights of Buenos Aires, 1931) in which a melodramatic story is interspersed with tango songs. However, the film had less dialog and more music, making it more like a musical revue. This format would be copied by many subsequent films. The plot is derived from tango songs. Many of these songs tell of the seduction of an innocent slum girl by a rich man who promises her a glamorous life, but who abandons her when her looks fade. The stylized and sentimental plot of ¡Tango! revolves around a young man who is abandoned by his girlfriend for an older rich man and is heartbroken. The film follows his misfortunes.
Tango Advice
Director
A 1932 Argentinian film by Luis Moglia Barth.
Aphrodite
Writer
According to historian Fernando Martín Peña, this film was produced by Julio Tello's Argentine Cinematographic Union distributor and premiered at the San Martín Theater as if it were French "presumably for reasons of respectability." After the campaign against him by the Catholic newspaper El Pueblo, San Martín took it down from the billboard. On November 4 it was announced that the film would be shown again in a downtown theater and finally on November 7 the interim mayor Adrián Fernández Castro resolved the ban for "amoral".
Aphrodite
Director
According to historian Fernando Martín Peña, this film was produced by Julio Tello's Argentine Cinematographic Union distributor and premiered at the San Martín Theater as if it were French "presumably for reasons of respectability." After the campaign against him by the Catholic newspaper El Pueblo, San Martín took it down from the billboard. On November 4 it was announced that the film would be shown again in a downtown theater and finally on November 7 the interim mayor Adrián Fernández Castro resolved the ban for "amoral".
El 90
Director
Through a succession of flashbacks, a grandfather tells his grandson about the outstanding episodes of the 1890 revolution, known as the "Revolution of the Park", against the government of Juárez Celman. Between the armed confrontations and the exaltation of the figure of Leandro N. Alem, the evocation includes a synthetic love story and culminates with the celebration of the second presidency of Hipólito Yrigoyen.
Puños, chárleston y besos
Director
A 1927 Argentinian film by Luis Moglia Barth.