Down Argentine Way

Down Argentine Way
Down Argentine Way

Theatrical release poster
Directed by Irving Cummings
Produced by Darryl F. Zanuck
Written by Rian James
Ralph Spence
Karl Tunberg
Darrell Ware
Starring Betty Grable
Don Ameche
Carmen Miranda
Cinematography Leon Shamroy
Ray Rennahan
Editing by Barbara McLean
Distributed by 20th Century Fox
Release date(s) October 11, 1940 (1940-10-11)
Running time 89 minutes
Country United States
Language English

Down Argentine Way is a 1940 Technicolor musical film made by Twentieth Century Fox. It made a star of Betty Grable in her first leading role for the studio, and introduced American audiences to Carmen Miranda. The film also starred Don Ameche, The Nicholas Brothers, Charlotte Greenwood, and J. Carrol Naish. The film was directed by Irving Cummings and produced by Darryl F. Zanuck from a screenplay by Karl Tunberg and Darrell Ware based on a story by Rian James and Ralph Spence. The cinematography was by Leon Shamroy and Ray Rennahan and the costume design by Travis Banton.

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Awards

The film was nominated for three Academy Awards, for Best Cinematography, Best Original Song and for Best Art Direction by Richard Day and Joseph C. Wright. [1]

References

  1. ^ "NY Times: Down Argentine Way!". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/14495/Down-Argentine-Way/details. Retrieved 2008-12-13. 

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v · d · eFilms directed by Irving Cummings
1920s
Flesh and Blood (1922) · The Johnstown Flood (1926) · The Port of Missing Girls (1928) · In Old Arizona (1929) · Behind that Curtain (1929)
1930s
Attorney for the Defense (1932) · Grand Canary (1934) · The White Parade (1934) · Curly Top (1935) · The Poor Little Rich Girl (1936) · Girls' Dormitory (1936) · Vogues of 1938 (1937) · Little Miss Broadway (1938) · Just Around the Corner (1938) · The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
1940s
Lillian Russell (1940) · Down Argentine Way (1940) · That Night in Rio (1941) · Belle Starr (1941) · Louisiana Purchase (1941) · My Gal Sal (1942) · Springtime in the Rockies (1942) · Sweet Rosie O'Grady (1943) · The Impatient Years (1944) · The Dolly Sisters (1945)
1950s

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