Alita Román Explained

Alita Román
Birth Name:Alita Blanca Barchigia
Birth Date:24 August 1912
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Years Active:1934–1983

Alita Blanca Barchigia (24 August 1912 – 15 April 1989), better known as Alita Román, was an Argentine film actress of the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema (1940–1960).[1]

She appeared in nearly 50 films between 1934 and 1982 and was a sought-after supporting actress, winning the Best Supporting Actress from the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences for her work in Concierto de almas and playing in many box-office hits. She also performed in live theater and on television and radio.

Biography

Román began her career in theater in the early 1930s, debuting with Narciso Ibáñez Menta and later joining the company of Lola Membrives.[2] Her film debut was in a 1934 Sono Film production, Riachuelo, directed by Luis Moglia Barth starring Luis Sandrini and Héctor Calcaño.[3]

Her next film La Barra Mendocina (1935), written and directed by Mario Soffici,[4] was followed by El alma del bandoneón (1935) with Libertad Lamarque and Alicia Barrié.[5]

In 1937, she made Mateo, written and directed by Daniel Tinayre and starring Luis Arata.[6]

Simultaneously, she was working in radio. She worked with a group of actors on a program called "Compañía Juvenil de Arte" (Youth Art Troupe) which aired on Radio Splendid.[7] One of the programs they aired was a radio drama called Reviviendo la emoción de los más bellos poemas, on which Román, along with Delia Garcés, Paul Lagarde, and Hugo Pimentel, among others, recited poems.[8]

Her first major success came with Mujeres que trabajan (1938), which starred Mecha Ortiz, Pepita Serrador, Alicia Barrié, Sabina Olmos, Niní Marshall,[9] and Hilda Sour, along with others. The film was Marshall's debut, after having done radio, and she was particularly praised, though all of the cast members' performances were rated highly.[10] Román was often described as very photogenic.[11] [12]

Román followed that success with Mi suegra es una fiera (1939), under the direction Luis Bayón Herrera with Olinda Bozán and Paquito Busto;[13] and El Loco Serenata (1939) directed by Luis Saslavsky for Argentina Sono Film and starring with Pepe Arias, which earned her a favorable review in The New York Times.[14] In 1942, she made Ceniza al viento directed by Luis Saslavsky and starring Berta Singerman, María Duval, Luis Arata, Santiago Arrieta, and Tita Merello, among others; and Concierto de almas directed by Alberto de Zavalía and starring Delia Garcés.[15]

Román won Best Supporting Actress from the Argentine Academy of Cinematography Arts and Sciences for her work in Concierto de almas.[16]

She also did theater in the 1940s, starring with Luis Arata in Cada cual a su juego in 1944 with Arata’s Company which was performing at the Teatro Buenos Aires.[17] In 1945, Román appeared in a musical comedy Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9 staged by "The Argentine Company of Comedy and Musical Comedy of Gloria Guzmán and Juan Carlos Thorry". The play opened in March at the Teatro Astral in Buenos Aires to excellent reviews.[18] She performed in Delia Garcés' farewell production in Argentina, Claudia by Rose Franken, which played at the Odeón Theater in 1945.[19]

From the late 1940s, she was a sought–after supporting actress, and participated in many award-winning films. In 1951, she made Los isleros (1951) directed by Lucas Demare and starring Tita Merello.[20] Los isleros was submitted to the Cannes Film Festival as Argentina's entry and it was awarded a Silver Condor Award for Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress to Merello for 1952 from the Argentine Film Critics Association.[21]

In 1956, Román appeared in Graciela,[22] which starred Chilean actor Lautaro Murúa and earned him the 1957 Silver Condor Award for Best Actor.[23]

In 1954 she starred in the one-woman television programme Mariquita y su teléfono, with only a phone as a prop.[24]

In 1960, she appeared in the Antonio Cunill Jr. film Los Acusados and[25] in 1969 she was in the comedy El Profesor hippie alongside actors such as Luis Sandrini and Roberto Escalada.[26]

From the mid-1960s, she worked in television series such as Ella, la gata (1967), Nino, las cosas simples de la vida (1971), Novia de vacaciones (1979), Trampa para un soñador (1980) and made her last performances in Aprender a vivir (1981) and Los días contados (1983). She made her last two movies Días de ilusión,[27] and then Toto Paniagua in 1980.[28]

Death

Alita Román died on 15 April 1989 in Buenos Aires, aged 76.[2]

Filmography

Film

Television

Notes and References

  1. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0739793/ Alita Román profile
  2. Web site: Alita . Cine Nacional. Cine Nacional. 11 June 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.
  3. Book: Cavanagh. Cecilia. La búsqueda de la nostalgia: afiches cinematográficos argentinos, 1934-1964. 2006. Pontificia Universidad Católica Argentina. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 22. 11 June 2015. Spanish.
  4. Book: Calistro. Mariano. Reportaje al cine argentino: los pioneros del sonoro. 1978. ANESA. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 417. 11 June 2015. Spanish.
  5. Book: Sosa de Newton. Lily. Lily Sosa de Newton. Las argentinas y su historia. 2007. Feminaria Editora. Buenos Aires, República Argentina. 978-987-21999-4-4. 287. 1. 11 June 2015. Spanish.
  6. Book: Martín. Jorge Abel. Cine argentino '79. 1980. Corregidor. Buenos Aires, Argentina. 48. Spanish.
  7. "Blanco Pazos & Clemente (2004)", p 56
  8. Web site: Mario C. Lugones. Cine Papaya. Cine Papaya. 11 June 2015. Chile. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611172806/https://www.cinepapaya.com/cl/biografia/mario-c-lugones. 11 June 2015. dead.
  9. Book: Posadas. Abel. Niní Marshall : desde un ayer lejano. 1993. Ediciones Colihue. Buenos Aires. 950-581-242-6. 38–40. 11 June 2015. Spanish.
  10. Book: Finkielman. Jorge. The film industry in Argentina: an illustrated cultural history. 2004. McFarland. Jefferson, NC [u.a.]. 978-0-7864-1628-8. 225–226. Spanish.
  11. Book: Blanco Pazos. Roberto. Clemente. Raúl. De la fuga a la fuga: diccionario de films policiales; [el policial en el cine argentino]]. 2004. Ed. Corregidor. Buenos Aires. 950-05-1528-8. 21, 24. 11 June 2015. Spanish.
  12. Los Isleros. Criterio. 1951. 24. 1136–1146. 313. Editorial Surgo. Argentina. Spanish.
  13. Book: Neveleff. Julio. Monforte. Miguel. Mar del Plata 100 años de cine (1908-2008). 2008. Corregidor. Bs. As. [i.e. Buenos Aires]. 978-950-05-1779-9. 104. 11 June 2015. Spanish.
  14. News: Crisler. B. R.. At the Radio Teatro Hispano. 11 June 2015. The New York Times. April 22, 1940. New York City, New York.
  15. Book: Núbila. Domingo di. La época de oro. 1998. Ed. del Jilguero. Buenos Aires. 9879578651. 422. Ed. actual. y ampl.. 11 June 2015. Spanish.
  16. Web site: 1942 Premios Anuales. Academia de Cine. Academia de las Artes y Ciencias Cinematográficas de la Argentina. 16 June 2015. Buenos Aires. Spanish. 31 May 2014.
  17. Book: Pellettieri. Osvaldo. Pirandello y el teatro argentino : (1920 - 1990). 1997. Ed. Galerna. Buenos Aires. 950-556-369-8. 67. 11 June 2015. Spanish.
  18. Web site: de Maria y Campos. Armando. Las dos representaciones en México de Los maridos engañan de 7 a 9. Resena Historica Teatro Mexico 2021. Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes. 11 June 2015. Mexico City, Mexico. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20150611171918/http://www.resenahistoricateatromexico2021.net/transcripciones/520_460806.php?texto_palabra=. 11 June 2015. dead.
  19. Web site: Famá Hernández. Roberto. "Claudia" con Delia Garcés en el Teatro Odeón (año 1945). Colecciones Teatrales. Colecciones Teatrales. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish. 16 June 2010.
  20. Cine. Visión: Revista internacional. 1972. 40. 2. 11 June 2015. Spanish.
  21. Book: Rist. Peter H.. Historical dictionary of South American cinema. 2014. Rowman & Littlefield. Lanham, Maryland. 978-0-8108-6082-7. 204. 11 June 2015.
  22. Book: Cowie. Peter. Variety International Film Guide. 1967. Tantivy Press. London. 34. 11 June 2015.
  23. Book: Vieites. María del Carmen. Aguilar. Gonzalo Moisés. Leopoldo Torre Nilsson: una estética de la decadencia. 2002. Grupo Editor Altamira. Buenos Aires. 9789879423967. 128. Spanish.
  24. Book: Nielsen. Jorge. Vega. Hugo F.. La magia de la televisión argentina : cierta historia documentada. 2004. Ediciones del Jilguero. Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina. 987-9416-06-6. 75. 1.. registration. 11 June 2015. Spanish.
  25. Web site: Posters - Argentina - Acusados, Los. Difilm-argentina. Archive DiFilm. 11 June 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.
  26. Web site: El profesor hippie (1969). Cine Nacional. Cine Nacional. 11 June 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.
  27. Web site: Revistas e Artigos Jornalísticos. ACCEDER. Ministério de Cultura. 11 June 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish.
  28. Web site: Toto Paniagua. ACCEDER. Ministério de Cultura. 11 June 2015. Buenos Aires, Argentina. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20150613152402/http://www.acceder.gov.ar/pt/1155973. 2015-06-13. dead.
  29. Web site: Historia de las Telenovelas en Argentina. Historia de la TV Argentina. Historia de la TV Argentina. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish. 5 April 2012.
  30. Web site: La hora Fate (1960/1962) . Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  31. Web site: Gran teatro universal (1970) . Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  32. Web site: Soledad, un destino sin amor (1970/1971). Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  33. Web site: Ciclo de teatro argentino (1971) . Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  34. Web site: Alta Comedia (1971). Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish. https://web.archive.org/web/20131112111107/http://www.nuestrosactores.com.ar/index.php/component/content/article/25-programas/787-alta-comedia-1971. 12 November 2013. dead.
  35. Web site: Nino, las cosas simples de la vida (1971/1972) . Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  36. Web site: La selva es mujer (1972/1973). Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  37. Web site: Amar al ladrón (1973) . Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  38. Web site: Vermouth de teatro argentino (1974) . Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  39. Web site: Novia de vacaciones (1979). Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  40. Web site: Dos y Bartolo (1980) . Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  41. Web site: Trampa para un soñador (1980/1981). Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  42. Web site: Quiero gritar tu nombre (1981). Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  43. Web site: Aprender a vivir (1981/1982) . Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  44. Web site: Área peligrosa (1982) . Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.
  45. Web site: Los días contados (1983) . Nuestros Actores. Nuestros Actores. 11 June 2015. Argentina. Spanish.

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