Pedro E. Pico


Pedro E. Pico was an Argentine dramatist, lawyer, journalist, and screenwriter. His plays such as La polca del espiante and ¡Para eso se paga! were performed at the Teatro de la Comedia, and he later wrote several plays with Samuel Eichelbaum including Un romance turco and La Juana Figueroa.
In the 1940s he became a successful screenwriter. At the 1944 Argentine Film Critics Association Awards, he won the Silver Condor Award for Best Adapted Screenplay with Manuel Agromayor and Alfredo de la Guardia for Juvenilia.

Plays and screen credits

;Theatre works Querer y cerrar los ojosPueblerinaTrigo guachoSan Juancito de RealicóLa novia de los forasterosLa historia se repiteNoveleraAgua en las manosLas rayas de una cruz
;ScreenwriterCon [las alas rotas] La luz de un fósforo Último refugio Cándida millonaria Story of a Poor Young Man La novia de los forasteros Stella Juvenilia Los hombres las prefieren viudas El Capitán Pérez