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[AMIA-L] DONDE MUEREN LAS PALABRAS (Artistas Argentinos Asociados, 1946)
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DONDE MUEREN LAS PALABRAS (Artistas Argentinos Asociados, 1946)
or
WHERE WORDS FAIL (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer/Lopert Pictures, 1948)
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On November, 1946, MGM purchased the rights of this classic film from Argentina that predates "The Red Shoes" for a few years.
MGM did not widely distributed this masterpiece, written Ulyses Petit de Murat and Homero Manzi, and it was marginally released in the United States by a subsidiary, Lopert Pictures.
This film is in the public domain and it is frankly a shame that it is not as known as it should.
In fact, it is a much better and more important film than "The Red Shoes".
Director Hugo Fregonese eventually moved to Hollywood, but he never made something as memorable as this film and or his following "Apenas un delincuente".
And here is the film itself in almost its original form, as released in Argentina. Only six or seven minutes are missing, but non-alert viewers won't note that.
Enjoy it... the film is in the public domain and deserves to be seen in much better conditions.
JORGE FINKIELMAN
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DONDE MUEREN LAS PALABRAS (1946)
Distribution: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production company: Artistas Argentinos Asociados
Producer: Enrique Faustín
Associate producers: Alberto J. Martín and Pablo C. Cavallo
Director: Hugo
Fregonese
Supervisor: Lucas Demare
Assistant directors: Rubén W. Cavallotti and René Mugica
Production assistant: Carlos Rinaldi
Original story and script: Ulyses Petit de Murat and Homero Manzi
Coreography: Margarita Wallman,
Based upon Ludwig van Beethoven's 7th symphony
and a poem by Ulyses Petit de Murat and Homero Manzi
Cinematography: José María Beltrán
Camera: Vicente Consentino
Art direction and wardrobe design: Germén Gelpi
Wardrobe design for the ballet: Héctor Fergnó
Wardrobe: Sastrería Casa Machado
Sculptures: Germén Gelpi and Mario Arrigutti
Music performed by Orquesta Filarmánica de Buenos Aires
Music conductor: Juan José Castro
Original music: Juan José Castro and Julián Bautista
Musical themes by Ludwig van Beethoven, Johann Sebastian Bach,
Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, César Frank, Richard Wagner,
Johnan Strauss and Franz Liszt
Editing: Atilio Rinaldi
Sound: Ramón Ator and José
Castellanos
Sound System: RCA Victor
Lab: Alex
Original running time: 75 minutes
Release date: April 25, 1946 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and August 18, 1948 (New York, USA)
Cast: Enrique Muiño, Italo Bertini, Héctor Méndez, Darío Garzay,
Linda Lorena, Aurelia Ferrer, René Mugica, Pablo Cumo, María L.
Hurtado, José A, Vázquez, Enrique Ferraro, Francisco Amicarelli,
Vittorio Podrecca and his Piccoli puppets, Milita Brandon, Blanca
Rosa Baigorri, María Ruanova, Nelly Casella, Rubén Molet, Víctor
Moreno, Selva Andreieff, Basil Tupin, Francisco Pinter, Carlos
Sandoval, Eva Molner, The Firo Di Pardo dancers.
Notes:
The ballet sequence is the longest in an Argentine film (18 minutes)
Metro-Goldwn-Mayer bought (on November, 1946) the worlwide distribution rights of the film for U$S 100,000; but they had it only in a limited released, probably because they might had an English laguage remake in mind that was not produced. In
the United States, the film was released by an MGM subsidiary, Lopert Pictures, cut to 65 minutes with English language narration and subtitles for certain scenes that were preserved in Spanish; MGM did release it with its trademark in Spain and probably some other countries; MGM also put director Hugo Fregonese under contract, even though he never made a film for the studio.
Awards:
(Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de la Argentina, 1947)
Best new actor: Darío Garzay.
Best cinematography: José María Beltrán
Best music: Julián Bautista and Juan José Castro
Also a Special Award to the film itself
(Asociación de Cronistas Cinematográficos de La Habana, 1949)
Best actor: Enrique Muiño
Best foreign language film in Spanish
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