Armando Bó Explained

Armando Bó
Birth Date:3 May 1914
Birth Place:Buenos Aires, Argentina
Years Active:1939 – 1979
Domestic Partner:Isabel Sarli (1956–1981, his death)
Children:3, including Víctor Bó
Relatives:Armando Bó (grandson)
Nicolás Giacobone (grandson)

Armando Bó (3 May 19148 October 1981) was an Argentine film actor, director, producer, screenwriter and score composer of the classic era. He made drama and sexploitation films of the 1960s and 1970s starring his favorite actress and romantic partner, sex symbol Isabel Sarli. His works include Thunder Among the Leaves, which features the first nude scene in an Argentine film.

Bó's son is the actor Víctor Bó and his grandson is the screenwriter Armando Bó.

Biography

Bó began acting for film in 1939 in Ambición and made some 50 film appearances as an actor, but by the late 1940s he had already taken up an interest in film production and began as a director, producer, actor, and screenwriter in the early 1950s. He was involved in almost 100 different films during his career.

In June 1956, he met Isabel Sarli on a television show. He later offered her the opportunity to star in El trueno entre las hojas (Thunder in the Leaves). Bo tricked Sarli to appear naked in a scene in which she bathed in a lake, though she had previously been told she would wear a flesh-colored body stocking. The film became the first to feature full frontal nudity in Argentine cinema. Bo and Sarli became lovers and he continued to exploit her in his films, many, in which she was asked to perform sex acts on film always starring him as her lover. She became the primary star of his films until his death in 1981. Upon his death Sarli was given no rights to any of the films they made together.

Their films were controversial at the time and most of them were banned, but this ban led them to be even more successful. Films like Fuego (1969) and Fiebre (1970) reached the American and European markets. The banning of Fuego led to them moving into exile.[1]

He was married to Teresa Machinandiarena, and had three children: María Inés, María Jesús, and Víctor. His son, Víctor Bó, was a prominent actor in Argentina during the 70s and 80s. His grandsons are Academy Award winners Nicolás Giacobone and Armando Bó Jr., credited as Armando Bó.

Filmography

Year Film Role Notes and Awards
1939Ambition
Chimbela
...Y mañana serán hombres
1940Un señor mucamo
Nosotros, los muchachos
Fragata Sarmiento
1941Melodies of America
El más infeliz del pueblo
Mamá Gloria
La maestrita de los obreros
Si yo fuera rica
Joven, viuda y estanciera Invitado
Cándida millonaria
1942Tú eres la paz
Story of a Poor Young Man
1944The Abyss Opens
1945Villa Rica del Espíritu Santo
The Circus Cavalcade
1946The Three Musketeers D'Artagnan
1947La caraba
Si mis campos hablaranSimon
1948Su última pelea
Pelota de trapo
1949Con el sudor de tu frente
1950Fangio, el demonio de las pistas
Sacachispas
1951My Divine Poverty
Honour Your Mother
En cuerpo y alma Antonio Núñez
1953Muerte civil
El Hijo del crack Héctor 'Balazo' López
1955Adiós, muchachos
1956El trueno entre las hojas
1958Sabaleros
1959...Y el demonio creó a los hombres
1962Lujuria tropical
La Burrerita de Ypacaraí
1963Pelota de cuero
La Diosa impura Reinoso
1964La mujer del zapatero
La leona
1966La tentación desnuda
1968La mujer de mi padre Jose
1969Éxtasis tropical
Fuego Carlos
1970Fiebre Juan
1972Intimidades de una cualquiera Jose Luis
1973La diosa virgen
Furia infernal Barbara's husband
1974El sexo y el amor
1976Insaciable
1977Una mariposa en la noche
1979El último amor en Tierra del Fuego

Legacy

Renowned filmmaker John Waters has claimed to be a big fan of Bó's filmography, and to have been influenced by it as well.[2] [3] Waters presented Bó's 1969 cult film Fuego as his annual selection within the 2002 Maryland Film Festival, and it was also a featured film in episode three of the Here! network original series John Waters Presents Movies That Will Corrupt You.

External links

Notes and References

  1. 15 October 1969 . Preem of 'Fuego' in N.Y. Another Bitter Pill For Argentine Film Industry. . 19 .
  2. Web site: Waters toma Coca . Waters drinks Coca . Mariano . Kairuz . 20 August 2012 . Pagina 12 . es . 22 February 2022.
  3. Web site: Los juegos que juegan los hombres . The games men play . Axel . Kuschevatzky . 24 January 2010 . Pagina 12 . es . 22 February 2022 .