Down Argentine Way (1940) (original) (raw)

Irresistible songs and lavish musical numbers give a staccato beat to the romantic adventures of Betty Grable and Don Ameche in this Technicolor� extravaganza.

Everyone goes south of the border in this comic tale of horseracing, with lots of romance and nightclubbing tossed in. Glenda (Grable) wants to buy a horse from Ricardo (Ameche). But because their families have been feuding for years, Ricardo's father refuses. But in true Romeo and Juliet fashion, the two fall in love. Carmen Miranda makes her North American film debut and the Nicholas Brothers do brilliant things with their ...(more)

Irresistible songs and lavish musical numbers give a staccato beat to the romantic adventures of Betty Grable and Don Ameche in this Technicolor� extravaganza.

Everyone goes south of the border in this comic tale of horseracing, with lots of romance and nightclubbing tossed in. Glenda (Grable) wants to buy a horse from Ricardo (Ameche). But because their families have been feuding for years, Ricardo's father refuses. But in true Romeo and Juliet fashion, the two fall in love. Carmen Miranda makes her North American film debut and the Nicholas Brothers do brilliant things with their feet in this romp that also features Charlotte Greenwood, J. Carrol Naish, Henry Stephenson and Leonid Kinskey. (less)

Director: Irving Cummings
Writers: Darrell Ware, Karl Tunberg, Rian James, Ralph Spence
Starring: Don Ameche, Betty Grable, Carmen Miranda, Charlotte Greenwood, J. Carrol Naish, Henry Stephenson
Producer: Darryl F. Zanuck

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