The making of Avenida Nueve de Julio
If you have visited Buenos Aires, you are familiar with the wide boulevard of Avenida Nueve de Julio. These before and after images show the extent of the demolition in […]
1940’s
Osvaldo Pugliese playing La Yumba.
See a film clip of Osvaldo Pugliese playing “La Yumba” for his fans in the 1948 film “Mis cinco hijos” (My five sons).
Stage “Tango” from 1941
“Dime mi amor” (Tell me my love) sung by Sabina Olmos and Juan Carlos Thorry, from the 1941 film “Quiero ser Bataclana” (I Want to Be a Chorus Girl). Down […]
Confitería Congo
This newspaper ad from Sunday, 2 June 1945 says: At Confitería Congo. Today and every Sunday. Rodolfo Biagi with singers Ortiz (Jorge Ortiz) and Amor (Alberto Amor) Early show (“vermouth”) […]
Dinah Shore sings La Cumparsita with Xavier Cugat!
A film clip, circa 1940, of Dinah Shore singing La Cumparsita with Xavier Cugat’s orchestra… in English! Some may remember Dinah Shore from her daytime TV talk/variety show Dinah! in […]