Un bebé de París (Spanish for "A Baby from Paris") is a 1941 Argentine comedy film written and directed by Manuel Romero and starring Paulina Singerman and Enrique Serrano. Produced by Lumiton during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema, it is based on the 1934 play of the same name by Camilo Darthés and Carlos Damel, being one of Romero's few adaptations. The film premiered on 18 April 1941 at the Ocean cinema in Buenos Aires. The fast-paced film is representative of Singerman and Romero at the height of their careers.
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Cast
Paulina Singerman as Raquel
Enrique Serrano as Andrés
Ernesto Raquén as Atilio
Segundo Pomar as Ponciano
María Esther Podestá as Teodora
Teresa Serrador as the mother
María Armand as Prudencia
Fernando Campos as Federico
Gerardo Rodríguez as the private detective
Francisco Audenino as the hardware store owner
Nelly Campos as Marcela
Arturo Palito as the waiter
Critical reception
In an unfavorable review, the trade magazine El Heraldo del Cinematografista described the film an "implausible and complicated intrigue, a tangled plot that oscillates between farce and sainete."