Down Argentine Way
| Down Argentine Way | |
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Theatrical release poster
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| 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 |
| Music by | Harry Warren |
| Cinematography |
Leon Shamroy Ray Rennahan |
| Edited by | Barbara McLean |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
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Release date
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October 11, 1940 |
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Running time
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89 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million |
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. The American-composed music was by Harry Warren and Jimmy McHugh, lyrics by Mack Gordon and Al Dubin.
In a shooting period which lasted for 10 months, members of the film's crew traveled about 35,000 miles. A second unit was sent to Buenos Aires for location establishing shots, returning with about 20,000 feet of film, while another group flew to New York City filming Carmen Miranda for over a month. Miranda was performing South American songs in the Broadway production of The Streets of Paris, and thus was a prominent participant in this film without spending any time in Hollywood.
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