Examines the early life of the twentieth-century Argentine author, from his boyhood in a prosperous family that spoke both English and Spanish, to his schooldays and his return to Argentina as a young man.
Recounts the life and career of the outstanding film actor, from his first thirty-five-dollars-a-week vaudeville dancing stint, through his sixty-two films, to his 1974 acceptance of the American Film Institute's Life Achievement Award.