Canto de amor

{{Short description|1940 Argentine romantic musical drama film by Julio Irigoyen}} {{for|the similarly named song|Cantos de Amor}} {{Infobox film | name = Canto de amor | image = Canto de amor 1940.jpg | caption = Photograph taken on set | director = Julio Irigoyen | producer = | writer = Julio Irigoyen | starring = | music = | cinematography = | editing = | studio = Buenos Aires Film | released = {{Film date|1940}} | runtime = | country = Argentina | language = Spanish | budget = }} '''Canto de amor''' is a 1940 Argentine musical melodrama film of the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, directed and written by Julio Irigoyen.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cinenacional.com/pelicula/canto-de-amor|title=Canto de amor|publisher=Cinenacional.com|accessdate=29 May 2015|language=Spanish}}</ref> It is based on a tango with music by Osvaldo Fresedo. Carlitos Viván and Tino Tori, known for his comic Filomeno Chichipío persona, made appearances opposite Nelly Omar.<ref>{{cite book|title=La Historia del tango|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WbwNAAAAYAAJ|year=1978|publisher=Ediciones Corrigidor|language=Spanish|page=2307}}</ref>

It is believed that all copies of the film were destroyed;<ref name="biography">{{cite news|last1=Pérez|first1=Jorge|title=Se fue un mito, nació una leyenda|url=http://www.diarioeltiempo.com.ar/se-fue-un-mito-nacio-una-leyenda.html|accessdate=21 May 2015|publisher=Diario El Tiempo|date=23 December 2013|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|language=Spanish|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150622174017/http://www.diarioeltiempo.com.ar/se-fue-un-mito-nacio-una-leyenda.html|archivedate=22 June 2015}}</ref> however, the Argentine film archive at the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken preserves photographs taken in the filming set.<ref name="Canto de amor">{{cite web|title=Canto de amor|url=http://www.acceder.gov.ar/fr/580668|website=acceder|publisher=Ministére de la Culture|accessdate=22 May 2015|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|language=Spanish|date=1940}}{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Cast== * Nelly Omar * Carlitos Viván (Carlos Vivan) * Herminia Velich * Tino Tori * Warly Ceriani

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==External links== * {{IMDb title|0308089}}

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