Abel Santacruz
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Argentina
Argentina , officially the Argentine Republic , is the second largest country in South America by land area, after Brazil. It is constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city, Buenos Aires...
screenwriter
Screenwriter
Screenwriters or scriptwriters or scenario writers are people who write/create the short or feature-length screenplays from which mass media such as films, television programs, Comics or video games are based.-Profession:...
who is credited for writing nearly 130 films spanning seven decades of Argentine cinema
Cinema of Argentina
The cinema of Argentina has a tradition dating back to the late nineteenth century, and continues to play a role in the culture of Argentina....
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Santacruz first wrote the script for a film Un Señor mucamo in 1940 but it was not until ten years later in 1950 that his career had a breakthrough with his adaption of the Oscar Wilde
Oscar Wilde
Oscar Fingal O'Flahertie Wills Wilde was an Irish writer and poet. After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s...
play, The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest, A Trivial Comedy for Serious People is a play by Oscar Wilde. First performed on 14 February 1895 at St. James's Theatre in London, it is a farcical comedy in which the protagonists maintain fictitious personae in order to escape burdensome social obligations...
in Al compás de tu mentira
Al Compás de tu Mentira
Al compás de tu mentira is a 1950 black-and-white Argentine musical film directed by Héctor Canziani. The film adapted from the play The Importance of being Earnest written by Irish writer Oscar Wilde. Abel Santacruz adapted the script for the film...
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In 1963 he wrote the cript to the gangster comedy Alias Flequillo
Alias Flequillo
Alias Flequillo is a 1963 black-and-white Argentine comedy film directed by Julio Saraceni and written by Abel Santacruz. The film starred José Marrone and Inés Moreno.-Cast:*José Marrone .... Atilio de Grossi, Origenes Buendia, Flequillo...
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Although Abel died in 1995 his legendary work in film writing has since transcended to television with some 10 different TV credits in over a decade since his death.
In 1969 he wrote the script to the Fernando Ayala
Fernando Ayala
Fernando Ayala was an Argentine film producer, film director, screenwriter and film producer of the classic era...
film El Profesor Hippie
El Profesor Hippie
El professor hippie is a 1969 Argentine musical comedy film directed by Fernando Ayala and written by Abel Santacruz which Ayala produced with Héctor Olivera. The film starred Luis Sandrini, Roberto Escalada and Soledad Silveyra...
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