Alicia Barrie Movies
- 1942
The Argentine musical drama Tu Eres la Paz (Thou Art Peace) was written directly for the screen by celebrated Spanish novelist-playwright Gregorio Martinez Sierra, who also directed. Ernest Raquem stars as a famous sculptor whose romantic escapades are even more celebrated than his artistic achievements. After a torrid affair with dancer Alicia Barrie, Raquem is left with a baby son. The child's grandmother Catalina Barcena, whose own love life has been as colorful and checkered as Raquem's, vows that her grandchild will not grow up with the stigma of illegitimacy. Grandma spends the remainder of the film pulling strings to reunite Barrem and Barrie, accomplishing her goal on the brink of death. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alicia Barrie
- 1942
Hollywood director John Reinhardt spent most of the 1940s megging films in South America, specifically Argentina. In Reinhardt's Una Novia en Apuros (A Bride In Trouble), newlywed Alicia Barrie receives a mysterious message on her wedding night. Her new husband suspects that the missive has been sent by one of Barrie's former boyfriends and goes on a rampage. So violent is hubby's temper that our heroine is virtually forced into the arms of handsome Estaban Serrador, who turns out to be the right man for her after all. Some scattered laughs are provided by Pedro Quadracci as a sardonic seen-it-all chauffeur. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Esteban Serrador, Alicia Barrie, (more)
- 1942
Mexican singing favorite Elvira Rios made her Argentine film debut in Ven, Mi Corazon te Llama (When My Heart Calls). The plot is set in motion by Alicia Barrie, chronic-gambler wife of anti-gambling newspaper editor Tito Lusiardo. The latter's crusade against crooked gaming establishments is seriously compromised by Barrie's activities -- especially when she leaves a ring as security at the roadside casino managed by the husband of Elvira Rios. When said husband is murdered, Barrie is accused of the crime but is cleared at the last minute by Rios, who knows only too well "who done it." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Elvira Rios, Tito Lusiardo, (more)
- 1941
You Quiero Ser Bataclana translates roughly as I Want to Be Chorus Girl. Popular Latin American radio songstress Nini Marshall plays the heroine who aspires to the titular goal. Managing to land a job with a third-rate musical troupe, Marshall saves her new friends from bankruptcy with her extensive talents. The film's "money number" is a parody of Saint-Saens Dying Swan ballet, with Marshall delivering an abundance of belly laughs. Critics were rough on Yo Quiero Ser Bataclana, but audiences ate it up and asked for more. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Nini Marshall, Alicia Barrie, (more)
- 1939
Also known as College Girls, this Argentine comedy-drama was the fourth 1938 release for the prolific producer-director Manuel Romero. The audience doesn't see much of college, but there are plenty of girls on display, each with her own hopes, ambitions and crosses to bear. Much of the story concentrates on rich girl Isabel (Alicia Barrie) who turns her back on her family's wealth while trying to get through school on her own, and poor girl Dora (Alicia Vignoli), who hopes to gain fame and fortune upon graduation. The plot is the usual melange of minor triumphs, major setbacks and romantic triangles, somehow culminating in a happy ending for all concerned. Argentine "tango king" Francisco Lomuto breaks up the action with a few lively dance routines. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Enrique Serrano
- 1938
The title Mujeres Que Trabajan translates roughly as Working Women, an accurate description of the film's collective. Spending their days laboring away at a huge department store and their nights cooling their heels in a boarding house, the girls are naturally susceptible to any and all promises of overnight wealth. Curiously, when wealthy Ana Maria (Mecha Ortiz) moves in with them and offers them a huge amount of money, they refuse, preferring to make their own way through the world. Ana Maria's inability to "connect" with the girls causes her a great deal of grief, but at long last they accept her as one of their own. Stealing the film is third-billed Nini Marshall, who wrote all of her own dialogue. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Mecha Ortiz, Tito Lusiardo, (more)
- 1936
Radio Bar was an effort to build up the international popularity of Tango singer-dancer Alberto Vila, who'd been anointed as the successor to the late, great Argentine entertainer Carlos Gardel. The story is set largely in the titular nightclub and in a radio broadcasting studio, as Vila is helped along on the road to fame by his good buddies. Along the way, there are a few satiric jabs at radio sponsors which would not have been out of place in an American film of the era. Much of the comedy is generated from the drunken antics of a bespectacled spinster, a brand of humor that might seem questionable today. Radio Bar was released in the U.S. minus English-language subtitles, which somewhat limited its appeal. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Alberto Vila, Juan Carlos, (more)
