RARE PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIE FLYERS # 9: "RUISENOR" (1939)

Did you know that National Artist for film Gerardo 'Gerry' de Leon started his movie career not as a director but as an actor? He was the lead star in Parlatone's Ruisenor, opposite Purita Santamaria. How was he as an actor? Just wondering.

"Ruisenor" (1939)
Parlatone

Release Date: April 8- 21, 1939/ Fox Theater

Director Mar I. Esmeralda
Cast Purita Santamaria, Gerardo de Leon, Moneng Ilagan, Patsy Mateo, Estela mari, Honor Ilagan, Edo Nagali

"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."