Argentine Nights is a 1940 musical film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring The Andrews Sisters . It was their first film.
5-612: Three conmen go to Argentina to escape their creditors. The Ritz Brothers appeared in the film as part of a settlement with Universal following their non appearance in The Boys from Syracuse (1940). The film was meant to start production in May 1940, but the casting of the brothers meant the script had to be rewritten and shooting pushed back until 10 June. The songs 'Hit the Road' and 'Rhumboogie' were written by Hughie Prince . George Reeves also sings in
10-451: The action too obvious, but the greater part of the film audience will relish the out-and-out screwiness of the whole idea." Harrison's Reports wrote that the film "should, for the most part, prove satisfying to the masses, for it has plentiful gags, a few good songs, and romance." Film Daily called it "packed with laughs" and "definitely timely as escapist entertainment." In a review for The New Yorker , Sally Benson reported that
15-400: The film, in the role of "El Tigre", a bandit chief. This article about a musical film is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . The Boys from Syracuse (film) The Boys from Syracuse is a 1940 American musical film directed by A. Edward Sutherland , based on the 1938 stage musical by Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart , which in turn was loosely based on
20-410: The more intriguing implications of bedroom farce and relies in the main for its humors upon familiar low-comedy mugging and anachronistic gags. Some of them are funny—the first two or three times, anyhow ... But a lot of modern slapstick and confusion only goes so far in ancient dress—and, in this case, it isn't far enough." Variety wrote, "Sophisticated audiences will find the gags too unsubtle and
25-426: The play The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare . The film was nominated for two Academy Awards ; one for Best Visual Effects ( John P. Fulton , Bernard B. Brown , Joe Lapis ) and one for Best Art Direction ( Jack Otterson ). The film received mixed reviews from critics. Bosley Crowther of The New York Times called the film "a light-weight story of mistaken identities which brushes quickly over
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