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Juan sin Ropa1919

Juan Sin Ropa is a 1919 mostly lost Argentine silent melodrama film directed by Georges Benoît and starring Camila Quiroga, Héctor G. Quiroga, José de Ángel, Julio Escarsela and Alfredo Carrizo. It was produced during a brief flourishing period of silent films in Argentina in the second half of the 1910s, when the country became one of the most important producers in Latin American cinema and a leader in the Spanish-speaking world. In this context, Juan Sin Ropa was part of a trend that relied on considerable investment in renowned theatrical actors, successful playwrights and experienced foreign directors to produce a "quality cinema", comparable to the big U.S. productions but with national themes. It was the only film released by Quiroga-Benoît Film, a production company formed by Camila and Héctor G. Quiroga—a prestigious acting couple in Argentine theater—along with Benoît, a French photographer then active in the U.S. film industry.

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