Ang Kasaysayan:
Buhat sa katahimikan ng isang monasterio, siya'y tinukso ng daigdig...sinabik ang kanyang mata sa nakasisilaw na liwanag ng araw, kamay ng pag-ibig ang nagbukas ng kanyang puso, at siya'y nangarap... nangarap sa kaligayahang tatamuhin sa labas ng kumbento. Si Dolores ay tumakas! Hindi nilingon ang kanyang sumpa, naging isang mutya ng lipunan, pumagitna sa bilog na hapag upang umawit, magtalik, umindak!
Datapuwa't... pagkatapos ay saka nadilat ang kanyang mata... nagliwanag ang kanyang isip. Ang liwanag pala ng araw ay nawawala at nilalamon ng dilim, at ang kaligayahang kanyang pinapangarap ay isang malaki at matayog palang kastilyo sa himpapawid na niyari sa marupok at maitim na ulap... ang puso niyang malinis at sinugatan ng pag-ibig... tumulo ang kanyang luha, wasak ang dibdib na muling nilingon ang pinanggalingan... at siya'y bumalik!
"Kaban ng Tipan" (1939)
X-Otic Films
Release Date: November 16, 1939/ Metropolitan Theater
Story Dr. Fausto J. Galauran
Release Date: November 16, 1939/ Metropolitan Theater
Story Dr. Fausto J. Galauran
Director Jose Nepomuceno
Cast Lucita Goyena, Reynaldo Dante, Andres Centenera, Luningning, Amanding Montes, Precioso Palma, Juanito Lazaga
Cast Lucita Goyena, Reynaldo Dante, Andres Centenera, Luningning, Amanding Montes, Precioso Palma, Juanito Lazaga
"Movie flyers have been used by theater owners as promotional ads to drum up business for movies. They would print them up from materials provided by the studio, adding information on local screening times and locations. Although they were cheaply produced, many of the flyers were quite nicely designed and are now considered highly collectibles. In many cases the original films have been lost, making the surviving flyers the only visual record of numerous movies."
may i know where did you get all these flyers? thanks
ReplyDeleteWhy would he tell you, that's his secret...
ReplyDeletewhy would he kept it as a secret? Isn't he created this blog to share information? anyway he already acquired/bought all this flyers so there's no problem anymore.. i just like to know..
ReplyDeleteHi anonymous 1 & 2 or A & B:
ReplyDeleteSimon has the flyer and he collected them from way back when.
What I am interested more is this: The theaters where these films were exhibited sound all unheard of when I used to live in the Philippines. Maybe you guys can research where theaters such as: Grand, Metropolitan, Strand, Cine Ligaya and Cine Star used to be. Are the buildings still there but with another name?
JM, according to my mother (who is 86 years old now), yung Cine Star nasa Azcarraga (now Recto Avenue) papuntang Divisoria (siguro sa may area ng Reina Regente). Nasira na raw ito nung giyera, at wala nang trace ng building. Sa kabila raw ng street yun namang Cine Moon kung saan dun daw siya naging takilyera bago magka-giyera. Yung Metropolitan Theater, ito siguro yung nasa may Lawton. The other theaters you mentioned, palagay ko mga provincial theaters yun like Cine Ligaya in Bocaue, Bulacan.
ReplyDeleteoh i see, its already with him decades ago.. thanks cool canadian...
ReplyDeleteabout the theaters, actually i dont have any idea where are they now, but if the metropolitan theater here is the one on lawton, it still exist. and i tink it was renovated through the efforts of german moreno..
Thanks, James.
ReplyDeleteIt is indeed unfortunate that the Second World War ravaged the Philippines and not only lives perished but buildings as well. Since your mom used to worked in the theater, I'm pretty sure she could remember a lot of old Tagalog films. Try asking her anything about Tagalog movies, then write them for us to read. She might have some interesting stories to tell, you know.
:)