The romance in a student pension run by a good-natured spinster, between a pensioner and a student gambler.

The plot reflects the figure of Pascual Contursi, tango poet. In love with a singer, he leaves his wife and son to go with her. Some time later, the singer leaves him and he composes the tango that gives the film its title.

After being decorated for a meritorious act, Cándida finds herself involved in the activities of some scammers who try to use her fame.

A young man has to fight over his girlfriend with a newly arrived competitor, an older man who arrived from America.

When her boyfriends are tempted by attractive women who are only interested in their money, two friends decide to join forces to make them give up such love affairs.

A man returns to town after a long time and meets his ex-girlfriend, who is married to a husband in desperate economic situation.

A country girl falls in love with an English professor who's in the country studying fossils, but must return to his land.

A young couple, Margarita and Armando, reenact the story of The Lady of the Camellias, as they fall in love, Armando's flamboyant father disapproves of their relationship and does everything to separate them.

A bank clerk uncovers the manager's criminal behavior and prevents him from carrying out a murder.