"What is the quality in a modern girl that young men of today are after?", says the article published prior to the showing of the movie.
"Is it "Money, beauty or intelligence."
"A picture of student's life... it will give you a kind of thrill!," says the ad in this 1936 movie, "Lagablab ng Kabataan."
The movie was written by Dr. Fausto Galauran and directed by Manuel Silos and starred Rogelio de la Rosa, Silvia Rosales, Juanito Carriedo, Eddie Unson, Rose May Al Cante, Paquito Villa, Nati Rubi, V. Salumdides.
The movie was shown at Fox Theater, November 2, 1936
"Lagablab ng Kabataan" (1936)
Parlatone Hispano-Filipino, Inc.
Release Date November 2, 1936/ Fox TheaterParlatone Hispano-Filipino, Inc.
4 songs by Miguel Velarde, Jr.
Story Dr. Fausto Galauran
Director Manuel Silos
Cast Rogelio de la Rosa, Silvia Rosales, Juanito Carriedo, Eddie Unson, Rose May Al Cante, Paquito Villa, Nati Rubi, V. Salumdides/ with Velarde's KZRM Jazztocrats and The Manila High Steppers
Cast Rogelio de la Rosa, Silvia Rosales, Juanito Carriedo, Eddie Unson, Rose May Al Cante, Paquito Villa, Nati Rubi, V. Salumdides/ with Velarde's KZRM Jazztocrats and The Manila High Steppers
"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."
Whoa. After a while of not visiting here (because of too much gallivanting here and there :), now I'm treated to a period piece of cinema, literally vicariously - because it no longer exists, hence the flyer is all I see :(
ReplyDeleteOld movies and their flyers (or still photos) seem to exist like human beings and their houses.
People pass on, but the structures they left behind live for a long, long time, like in the case of a castle in Spain, one of the oldest in the world (if not the oldest), EL CASTILLO DE GUZMAN EL BUENO, located in the southern region of Andalucia in Tarifa. The people who lived there were long gone, but the structure remains standing for about 800 years now.
Lagablab ng Kabataan have vanished from the face of the earth long ago, yet its flyers are still in Simon's basement, now in his blog. He-he-he.
The only actor I recognize here is Rogelio de la Rosa, all the others are mere names that do not give any easy recall to me.
I guess we won't know how good or bad some of these actors have performed. But. with Manuel Silos on the helm, I'm pretty sure it was something special. The music probably was superb, and technically must have been on the cutting edge because he was known to innovate, i.e., inventing and/or improving the Siloscope and zoom lens of olden days.
Thank you so much for posting vintage tagalog movie flyers! this is what I've always been waiting for. :)
ReplyDeleteprobably one of the most "sophisticated" movies during that time as the characters wore western clothes, not the traditional baro't saya and barong tagalog as seen in zarzuela movies.
ReplyDeleteHi! I have here 3 movie flyers I purchased from an ebay seller years ago. If you need a scanned pic for your archives, send me an email thru djpjalos@yahoo.com. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteHi sir simon! I already responded to your email including the scans. Enjoy!
ReplyDeleteEddie Unson... that's my dad. :). He didn't pursue acting coz my mum didn't allow him to. (I'm his youngest and only girl :D).
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