Down Argentine Way
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Directed by | Irving Cummings |
Produced by | Darryl F. Zanuck |
Starring | Betty Grable Don Ameche Carmen Miranda |
Cinematography | Leon Shamroy Ray Rennahan |
Distributed by | Twentieth Century Fox |
Release date(s) | 11 October 1940 |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
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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.