Down Argentine Way (1940) | |
| Director(s) | Irving Cummings |
| Producer(s) | Harry Joe Brown (associate), Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Top Genres | Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, Sports |
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Down Argentine Way (1940) was a Comedy - Drama Film directed by Irving Cummings and produced by Harry Joe Brown and Darryl F. Zanuck.
Down Argentine Way was inducted into the National Film Registry in 2014.
Academy Awards 1940 --- Ceremony Number 13 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Art Direction | Richard Day, Joseph C. Wright | Nominated |
| Best Cinematography | Leon Shamroy, Ray Rennahan | Nominated |
| Best Music - Song | Music by Harry Warren; Lyrics by Mack Gordon | Nominated |
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Down Argentine Way ( 1940 )
By The Metzinger Sisters on Mar 9, 2019 From Silver Scenes - A Blog for Classic Film LoversBetty Grable and Don Ameche head south of the border in one of the most delightful Fox musicals of the 1940s - Down Argentine Way. Sparkling Technicolor, musical melodies to tickle your fancy, an amusing script, and Carmen Miranda chica-chica-booming in her tutti-frutti way are just a few of the ple... Read full article
Musical Monday: Down Argentine Way (1940)
on Jul 21, 2014 From Comet Over HollywoodIt?s no secret that the Hollywood Comet loves musicals. In 2010, I revealed I had seen 400 movie musicals over the course of eight years. Now that number is over 500. To celebrate and share this musical love, here is my weekly feature about musicals. This week?s musical: ?Down Argentine Way? ? Music... Read full article
Down Argentine Way (1940)
By Beatrice on May 22, 2014 From Flickers in TimeDown Argentine Way Directed by Irving Cummings Written by Darrell Ware, Karl Tunberg et al 1940/USA Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation First viewing/YouTube This is strictly for old-time musical comedy lovers but I’m one and I liked it a lot in spite of, or maybe because of,?all its basi... Read full article
CINECON DAY 1: DOWN ARGENTINE WAY (1940)
By Lara on Aug 30, 2013 From BacklotsHello readers, I have had a very full day at Cinecon and am back with the latest returns! I have decided that this year I will do things a bit differently. Normally when I cover festivals, I give a brief rundown of the experience and a bit about each movie I watched. This year, since I am seeing clo... Read full article
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Although this film marked Betty Grable's debut in perfected, three-strip Technicolor, she already had appeared once in early Technicolor. Thirteen-year-old Betty, as one of The Goldwyn Girls, led off the Busby Berkeley-staged production number, "Cowboys" (music by Walter Donaldson, lyrics by Gus Kahn) in Whoopee!. That same year, Miss Grable had a chorus bit in the New Movietone Follies of 1930, which contained sequences shot in the Multicolor process.
Alice Faye was set to play the role of Glenda, but she fell ill with appendicitis and was replaced by Betty Grable. Although Miss Grable was making films for 10 years, this was the role that made her a star. Cesar Romero contracted para-typhoid and was replaced by Leonid Kinskey.
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