addition, the Great Depression had come to Argentina. Yrigoyen died in bed in 1933 and suddenly the entire country was gripped with grief for a man few had cared deeply for when he was alive. Cristiani respectfully withdrew the film from circulation. Quirino Cristiani never had another chance for greatness in animation. Mickey Mouse took over Argentina like he had the rest of the world, and like so many other artists, Cristiani couldn't compete. Studios Cristiani was converted into a dubbing/subbing lab, one of the best of its kind in Argentina. Cristiani made three more animated films in his life, none of which were memorable. When Walt Disney came to Argentina as part of his Latin America research tour, Cristiani showed his films to him, then sent him to cartoonist Molina Campos, the source of the gaucho segment in Saludos Amigos (1943). Cristiani has been called "The man who anticipated Disney." Two fires in 1957 and 1961 destroyed the majority of Cristiani's work, including the only prints of Peludópolis. He died in Bernal, Argentina on August 2, 1984. Films 1916: La intervención en la provincia de Buenos Aires 1917: El Apóstol 1918: Sin dejar rastros 1923: Firpo-Dempsey 1923: Firpo-Brennan 1924: Uruguayos forever 1924: Humberto de Garufa 1925: Rhinoplastia 1925: Gastronomía 1931: Peludópolis 1938: El mono relojero 1940–1951: Da Nasrda mono eco Mornici (released 1970) 1941: Entre pitos y flautas 1943: Carbonada See also List of lost films References Giannalberto Bendazzi (Anna Taraboletti-Segre, translator); Cartoons: One Hundred Years of Cinema Animation; Indiana University Press; (paperback reprint, 2001) External links Quirino Cristiani, The Untold Story of Argentina's Pioneer Animator, by Giannalberto Bendazzi: http://www.awn.com/mag/issue1.4/articles/bendazzi1.4.html Quirino Cristiani Movie, by Gabriele Zucchelli: http://www.QuirinoCristianiMovie.com/ 1896 births 1984 deaths Italian emigrants to Argentina People from the Province of Pavia Italian expatriates in Argentina Naturalized citizens of Argentina Argentine animators Argentine cartoonists Argentine satirists Argentine animated film directors