Leopoldo Torres Ríos

Leopoldo Torres Ríos was born in Buenos Aires on 27 December 1899. A screenwriter from 1920, he directed his own films from 1923 and made more than forty of them until 1959, according to the University of California database. His brother Carlos was a cinematographer, and his son became the filmmaker Leopoldo Torre Nilsson. He also wrote tango lyrics. He died on 10 April 1960, in Buenos Aires or in Vicente López, depending on the sources.

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• CinemaLa vuelta al nidoLeopoldo Torres Ríos · 1938Cinema