By the Light of a Star

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| name = By the Light of a Star

| image =

| caption =

| director = Enrique Santos Discépolo

| producer =

| writer = Armando Discépolo
Enrique Santos Discépolo

| narrator =

| starring = {{ubl|Hugo del Carril|Ana María Lynch|María Esther Gamas|Zully Moreno}}

| music = José Vázquez Vigo
Enrique Santos Discépolo

| cinematography = Adam Jacko

| editing = Oscar Carchano

| studio = Establecimientos Filmadores Argentinos

| distributor = Establecimientos Filmadores Argentinos

| released ={{Film date|1941|05|07|df=yes}}

| runtime = 86 minutes

| country = Argentina

| language = Spanish

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By the Light of a Star (Spanish:En la luz de una estrella) is a 1941 Argentine musical drama film directed by Enrique Santos Discépolo and starring Hugo del Carril, Ana María Lynch and María Esther Gamas.Rist p.202 It is a tango film, an extremely popular genre during the Golden Age of Argentine cinema.