“Carlos Gardel was, as this poster makes clear, a darkly handsome singer who passed himself off as an authentic Argentinean. Although his repertoire was limited to tangos, he was in fact a Frenchman, born in Toulouse in 1890. He made several films, released by Paramount, all with Spanish titles... the last one [was] also released in English as ‘The Day You Love Me.’ This poster may have been used for his appearance in Henri Varna’s revue, ‘Parade de Femmes,’ at the Palace; it was definitely used also in a record dealer display and sleeve design by Odeon Records. Gardel died in an airplane accident in 1935 and was mourned almost as much as Valentino” (Colin, p. 8). Rare!
Imp. H. Chachoin, Paris
literature: Colin, 28; Colin Affichiste, 79; PAI-XXIV, 248
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