Argentina Sono Film
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Entertainment |
| Founded | 1933 |
| Founder | Ángel Mentasti |
| Headquarters | Buenos Aires , Argentina |
| Products | Film production, film distribution |
Argentina Sono Film S.A.C.I. is an entertainment company headquartered in Buenos Aires, recognized as a pivotal studio throughout the Golden Age of Argentine cinema (1930s–1950s). It continues to operate actively in both film production and distribution.
Establishment and initial progress
Luis José Moglia Barth, a director from the silent film era, suggested to entrepreneur Ángel Mentasti the idea of producing a sound feature focused on tango, which led to the creation of Argentina Sono Film. Their inaugural film, titled ¡Tango!, showcased renowned artists including Azucena Maizani, Luis Sandrini, and Libertad Lamarque. This movie was the studio’s first project and represented the dawn of sound cinema in Argentina, being the earliest sound film publicly screened despite other contemporary works. In 1933, Moglia Barth directed another tango musical called Dancing, although no surviving copies are known. During the Liberating Revolution in 1955, proprietors Lucas and Atilio Mentasti were detained.
Selected list
Argentina Sono Film has been responsible for producing more than 200 titles, some of which include:
- ¡Tango!
- 24 Hours in the Life of a Woman
- A hierro muere
- África ríe
- Al toque de clarín
- Alejandra
- Almafuerte
- Amor a primera vista
- Amor en el aire
- Amor prohibido
- Amor se dice cantando
- ¡Atraco!
- Bajó un ángel del cielo
- Black Ermine
- Boína blanca
- Brigada explosiva
- La caída
- Canario rojo
- Caídos en el infierno
- Chico Viola Não Morreu
- Confesión
- Convivencia
- Corazón de León
- Dagli Appennini alle Ande
- Dancing
- Detrás de un largo muro
- Digan lo que digan
- Dios se lo pague
- Dos tipos con suerte
- Educating Niní (1940)
- End of the Month (1953)
- El bote, el río y la gente
- El Conde de Montecristo
- El dinero de Dios
- El Hincha
- El juramento de Lagardere
- El otro yo de Marcela
- El patio de la morocha
- El secuestrador
- El tango vuelve a París
- El tercer beso
- El túnel
- El vampiro negro
- En la ardiente oscuridad
- Especialista en señoras
- Ésta es mi vida
- Extermineitors II, la venganza del dragón
- Extermineitors III, La gran pelea final
- Fin de mes
- Fragata Sarmiento
- Graciela
- Guacho
- El hermano José
- Hogar, dulce hogar
- Incorregibles'
- La casa del recuerdo
- La despedida
- La edad del amor
- La Furia
- La hermosa mentira
- La indeseable
- La mejor del colegio
- La niña del gato