Del Pingo al Volante
Date: 1929
Director: Roberto Kouri
Production Company: Bonne Garde
Stars: Louisita Ramirez, Garcia Morales, Luis Alberto Hill Hamilton, Carlos Vanrell Ramos
Location(s): Montevideo & The Cerro, Uruguay
Region(s): Rest Of The World
Storyline:
An unsophisticated cattle farmer comes to the big city and learns the social differences, but finds true love. The days when men were men and a punch in a rival’s chops was enough to win the fair lady’s favour. The second full-length feature film to have ever been made in Uruguay and now kindly provided by the Cinemateca, Montevideo.
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- Capture 1
- 20 Dec 2010
Central Station, Montevideo, now disused by the railways. Look at the plasterwork behind the lady's head.
Yes, same place. Anyone wanting to fund a railway museum?
- Capture 2
- 20 Dec 2010
This shows a side entrance of this magnificent station, different style of plasterwork.
And there it is. Good sleuthing, or what?
- Capture 3
- 20 Dec 2010
Back to the original exit.
Confirmation.
- Capture 4
- 20 Dec 2010
Main forecourt, and they've moved the car from the side entrance, where the bonnet was showing.
The Statues are of Volta, and Shephenson, despite Richard Trevithick’s better, and earlier, claim to have invented steam locomotives.
- Capture 5
- 'Now' required
A fine house, Prado, Ave Brasil, Bvd Espana or a couple of dozen other places?
- Capture 6
- 'Now' required
Another fine house with probably a similar address. Steve Randall confirms that it is indeed a 'fine house', it is in fact Palacio Pietracaprina, the Brazilian Embassy in Montevideo, construction of which was completed in 1913. (RL)
- Capture 7
- 'Now' required
Front steps of Palacio Pietracaprina, the Brazilian Embassy in Montevideo as identified by Steve. See also Capture 6 (RL)
- Capture 8
- 'Now' required
Front yard of Palacio Pietracaprina, the Brazilian Embassy in Montevideo as identified by Steve, looking out to Boulevard Jose Artigas 1410. See also Capture 6 (RL)
- Capture 9
- 'Now' required
Carrasco, the Rambla and the Hotel.
- Capture 10
- 'Now' required
Hotel front steps
- Capture 11
- 'Now' required
Possibly the Parque Prado in the north of the city.
- Capture 12
- 'Now' required
The house shown in 003.
- Capture 13
- 'Now' required
And same lamps.
- Capture 14
- 'Now' required
The side of the house.
- Capture 15
- 'Now' required
MMMMMMmmmmm?
- Capture 16
- 'Now' required
Nice iron work.
- Capture 17
- 'Now' required
An arched building and a column.
- Capture 18
- 'Now' required
Probably the Golf Club, built by the Swift Corned Beef Co in 1905 at the Cerro, Montevideo
- Capture 19
- 'Now' required
In the film, the side of the club house, but in reality, another large house.
- Capture 20
- 20 Dec 2010
Montevideo in the background across the bay.
The trees have now grown too large to take the view of the city from the original viewpoint.
- Capture 21
- 'Now' required
Hotel Carrasco
- Capture 22
- 'Now' required
On the Rambla, the Promenade, Carrasco.
- Capture 23
- 'Now' required
Probably, possibly, the garden of 003.
- Capture 24
- 'Now' required
.........and a statue.