Los martes, orquídeas

Los martes, orquídeas
Theatrical release poster
Directed byFrancisco Múgica
Screenplay byFrancisco Oyarzábal
Story byCarlos A. Olivari
Sixto Pondal Ríos
StarringMirtha Legrand
Enrique Serrano
Juan Carlos Thorry
CinematographyAlfredo Traverso
Music byEnrique Delfino
Production
company
Distributed byLumiton
Release date
Running time
84 minutes
CountryArgentina
LanguageSpanish

Los martes, orquídeas (On Tuesdays, Orchids) is a 1941 Argentine black and white comedy film of the Golden Age directed by Francisco Múgica and starring Mirtha Legrand, Enrique Serrano, Juan Carlos Thorry and Nuri Montsé. It won the Argentine Best Picture award for 1941. It was remade as the Hollywood classic You Were Never Lovelier (1942), starring Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth.

In a survey of the 100 greatest films of Argentine cinema carried out by the Museo del Cine Pablo Ducrós Hicken in 2000, the film reached the 27th position. In 2022, the film was included in Spanish magazine Fotogramas's list of the 20 best Argentine films of all time.