THE FIFTIES # 114: DELIA RAZON AND MARIO MONTENEGRO IN "RODRIGO DE VILLA" (1952)

THE FIFTIES # 113: OSCAR MORENO AND GLORIA ROMERO IN "MONGHITA" (1952)

SUSAN ROCES VISITS VIDEO 48

Ms. Susan Roces at Video 48,  October 27, 2012                                 

  

 SR viewing FPJ collage poster

SR signing "Perlas ng Silangan" theatrical poster

Me and SR

THE FIFTIES # 112: FRED MONTILLA AND GLORIA ROMERO IN "SIKLAB SA BATANGAS" (1952)

"Siklab sa Batangas" (1952)

Sampaguita Pictures

Release Date July 19-28, 1952/ Dalisay Theater

Direction Nardo Vercudia

Cast Fred Montilla, Gloria Romero, Van de Leon, Ven Medina, Bella Flores, Tony Cayado, Martin Marfil, Justina David, Totoy Torrente, Armando Garces, Aring Bautista, Horacio Morelos, Ramon Revilla, Nardo Vercudia, Maria Ballesteros

THE FIFTIES # 111: FRED MONTILLA AND ALICIA VERGEL IN "HIRAM NA MUKHA" (1952)

"Hiram na Mukha" (1952)

Sampaguita Pictures

Release Date May 25- June 3, 1952/ Life Theater

Story Marcial Santillan

Direction Nardo Vercudia

Cast Fred Montilla, Alicia Vergel, Bert Olivar, Pedro Faustino, Rebecca Del Rio, Horacio Morelos, Eddie Garcia, Maria Ballesteros

THE FIFTIES # 110: JAIME DE LA ROSA AND DELIA RAZON IN "DIGMAAN NG DAMDAMIN" (1952)

"Digmaan ng Damdamin" (1952)

LVN Pictures

Release Date August 23- September 1, 1952/ Life Theater

Music Juan Silos, Jr.

Direction Artemio Marquez

Cast Jaime de la Rosa, Delia Razon, Alfonso Carvajal, Nida Blanca, Carlos Salazar, Elena Acosta, Citas Javellana, Armando Araneta, Victor Blanco

THE FIFTIES # 109: PANCHO MAGALONA AND ALICIA VERGEL IN "BASAHANG GINTO" (1952)

"Basahang Ginto" (1952)

Sampaguita Pictures

Release Date August 13-22, 1952/ Life Theater

Story Mars Ravelo

Direction Mar S. Torres

Cast Pancho Magalona, Alicia Vergel, Mtyrna Delgado, Aruray, Tony Cayado, Jose de Villa, Aring Bautista, Horacio Morelos, Maria Ballesteros, Dolores  Crescini, Dely Magpayo, Jose Salameda, Eddie Garcia, Herminia Caranea

THE FIFTIES # 108: PANCHO MAGALONA AND LINDA ESTRELLA IN "KASAYSAYAN NI RUDY CONCEPCION" (1952)

"Kasaysayan ni Rudy Concepcion" (1952)

Sampaguita Pictures

Release Date November 1-10, 1952/ Life

Story Dr. Fausto J. Galauran

Music Juan Silos, Jr.

Direction Octavio Silos

Cast Pancho Magalona, Linda Estrella, Myrna Delgado, Tita Munoz, Tolindoy, Tony Cayado, Jose de Villa

Pancho Magalona and Linda Estrella in SPI's "Kasaysayan ni Rudy Concepcion"

THE FIFTIES # 107: LILIA DIZON AND MARIO MONTENEGRO IN "BATHALUMAN" (1952)

"Bathaluman" (1952)

LVN Pictures

Release Date: July 29- August 7, 1952/ Dalisay

Music Quin Velasco

Direction Enrique Jarlego

Cast Lilia Dizon, Mario Montenegro, Evelyn Villar, Eusebio Gomez, Oscar Keese, Jose de Cordova, Victor Blanco, Nela Alvarez

(image above, courtesy of James dela Rosa/ Baul ni Juan)

THE FIFTIES # 106: TITA DURAN AND PANCHO MAGALONA/ WITH RUDY FRANCISCO, CHICHAY, TOLINDOY, SYLVIA LA TORRE IN MARS RAVELO'S "BUHAY PILIPINO" (1952)

"Buhay Pilipino" (1952)

Sampaguita Pictures

Release Date July 4, 1952/ Life Theater
Music Pastor de Jesus and Tirso Cruz and his Manila Hotel Orchestra

Direction Olive La Torre

Cast Tita Duran, Pancho Magalona, Rudy Francisco/ Also Starring Chichay, Tolindoy, Aruray, Sylvia La Torre and Leonora Ruiz/ Supported by an All-Star Cast

THE FIFTIES # 105: PUGO AND TOGO IN "KAMBAL TUKO" (1952)

"Kambal Tuko" (1952)

LVN Pictures

Release Date April 25- May 4, 1952/ Life Theater

Story Nemesio E. Caravana

Music S.S. Suarez

Direction F. H. Constantino

Cast Pugo and Togo, Inday Jalandoni,Carmencita Palma, Eddie San Jose, Gil de Leon, Jose de Cordova, Chuchi, Ramon Monroy, Pamboy, Berting Liwanag, Henry Dayao



THE FIFTIES # 104: NEPOMUCENO PRODUCTION'S "MGA BITUIN NG KINABUKASAN" (1952)

 "Mga Bitiin ng Kinabukasan" (1952)

Nepomuceno Productions

Release Date January 21- 30, 1952/ Dalisay Theater

Direction Jose Nepomuceno

Cast Lani Padilla, Roberto Rico, Pura Flor

THE FIFTIES # 103: EFREN REYES AND ESTER BUENAOBRA IN "NICOMEDES" (1952)

"Nicomedes" (1952)

People's Pictures/ Premiere Productions

Release Date: October 22-31, 1952/ Life theater

Story Angel Ad Santos

Direction Artemio Marquez

Cast Efren Reyes, Ester Buenaobra, Oscar Keese, Fernando Royo, Bebong Osorio, Jose Santago, Luis San Juan, Luis Vizconde, Dely Atay-atayan, Bruno Punzalan, Lito Anzures, Dory Lorenzana, Lory Gemora

THE FIFTIES # 102: TESSIE AGANA AS MARS RAVELO'S "REBECCA" (1952)

 

“Rebecca” (1952)
Sampaguita Pictures, Inc.
Release Date: January 1- 12, 1952/ Rialto
Story Mars Ravelo
Direction Olive de la Torre
Cast Tessie Agana, Tessie Martinez, Van de Leon, Rosa Mia, Bella Flores, Boy Alano, Etang Discher, Gloria Romero and Chichay & Tolindoy

 

THE FIFTIES # 101: DELIA RAZON AND MARIO MONTENEGRO IN "BOHEMIO" (1952)

 

“Bohemio” (1952)
LVN Pictures
Release Date: July 17-24, 1952/ Dalisay Theater
Music  Josefino Cenizal
Direction Dr. Gregorio Fernandez
Cast Delia Razon, Mario Montenegro, Merly Fernandez, Letty Alonso, Gil de Leon, Naty Bernardo,Eliseo Carvajal, Patsy Mateo, Etang Discher, Citas Javellana, Vicky Santos, Mining Alvarez, Juanita Rodriguez

 

THE FIFTIES # 100: CESAR RAMIREZ AND GLORIA ROMERO IN FRANCISCO V. COCHING'S "PALASIG" (1952)

 

"Palasig"

Sampaguita Pictures

Release Date April 15-24, 1952/ Life

Serialized in Liwayway Magazine

Story Francisco V. Coching

Direction Artemio B. Tecson

Cast Cesar Ramirez, Gloria Romero, Aruray, Tony Cayado, Totoy Torrente, Pedro Faustino, Dolores Crescini

Synopsis: A sultan, on a pleasure trip, came to Manila where he meets a pretty girl whom he falls in love. They become engaged and they are making preparation for marriage when the Sultan is called by an urgent business to sail abroad. The girl who is left behind, thinking that he would not come back and fearing that she would be the object of sneers in the social group to which she belongs, marries another before the child she carries in her womb would begin to show.

After a time, however, the Sultan comes back, makes discreet inquiries and finds out what happened to his former sweetheart. Believing that the child is really his, he orders his aide, Dampilan, to kidnap the child which Dampilan does while the parents are away from home. The Sultan comes back to his sultanate, but keeps the presence of the child a secret to his people, until one day he decides to let them know about it. The revelation is not welcome by his people, especially by Datu Balawis, his brother, who is now deprived of his succession right to the Sultanate by virtue of the presence of the child-heir who is named Palasig (Cesar Ramirez). Balawis plots to kill Palasig, but the child is ably defended by Dampilan, a loyal follower of the Sultan. But in one of his attempts to overthrow the Sultan, the latter is killed. Through the intervention of Dampilan, however, the child assumes the throne of his father.

The mother, in the meantime, thinking that her child was dead, adopts another and names her Florinda (Gloria Romero). Palasig all the while grows up into manhood and gives up the idea of seeing again his mother, inasmuch as she has not done anything to rescue him. He trains himself to be fit to honor his father’s throne. After some years, Florinda and her adopted Father, while on a trip to the south, fall prey to a group of Moro sea raiders. Florinda falls a captive to Datu Balawis group. When Palasig meets Florinda, he frees her and this leads to a feud between the two until Balawis is killed. It is clear that Palasig is in love with Florinda, and when he announces that he would marry her, the Sultan’s people repudiate his choice because the bride he has chosen is a Christian. Led by the council of panditas or Moro priests, even Dampilan, his loyal friend turns against Palasig. What happens henceforth is anybody’s guess. (Source: Literary Song-Movie Magazine)

 

Cesar Ramirez and Gloria Romero in "Palasig" (1952)

THE FIFTIES # 99: ANITA LINDA AND DANILO MONTES IN "TATLONG KABANATA SA BUHAY KO..." (1952)

 

 "Tatlong Kabanata sa Buhay Ko"

Premiere Productions, Inc

Release Date July 9- 18, 1952/ Dalisay

Direction Eddie Infante

Cast Anita Linda, Danilo Montes, Patria Plata, Amparo Karagdag, Lopito, Ruben Rustia, Pancho Pelagio

 

 



DIREK MARILOU DIAZ-ABAYA, 57

MANILA, Philippines—Multi-awarded filmmaker Marilou Diaz-Abaya passed away at 6:30 p.m. on Monday at the St. Luke’s Hospital in Taguig City, after a five-year battle with cancer, her son Marc said. She was 57.

Only last September, Abaya posted this on her Facebook site: “The cancer cells in my brain have been reduced significantly since my radiation program three months ago. I’m off chemo for a whole month.”

Abaya also said she would just take hormone pills, which “would hopefully relieve me from the usual side effects.”

She had also planned to be “more physically active during this respite period.”
The award-winning director was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2007. Her health improved in 2008. Abaya’s illness returned the following year. It was gone again in 2010 and recurred in 2011. “Now it’s stage 4, but she’s fighting it,” said Marc in an interview with the Philippine Daily Inquirer last month.

Marc, who is an actor and the frontman of the rock band Kwan, also said that “on bad days,” his mother relied on painkillers, but “on good days” she used her time to show support for her sons’ numerous endeavors.

In 2001, Diaz-Abaya was awarded the Arts and Culture Prize of the Fukuoka Asian Culture Prizes. The Fukuoka award is a highly prized honor awarded to Asians who have distinguished themselves in the field of culture. Her works “blends entertainment, social consciousness, and ethnic awareness,” according to the citation.

Her films have also been exhibited at festivals Munich, Dusseldorf and Fukuoka. Her 1998 masterpiece “Jose Rizal” was exhibited as the closing film at the Guggenheim Museum in New York City in March 1999. The film-and-video exhibit “Empire and Memory” marked the centennial of the 1899 Philippine-American War.

She was 2005 Women for Peace co-nominee for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Born on March 30, 1955, in Quezon City, Diaz-Abaya graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, major in Communication Arts, degree from Assumption College in Makati in 1976. She obtained her Master of Arts in Film and Television from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles in 1979, and pursued post-graduate studies at London International Film School.

She was founder and president of Marilou Diaz-Abaya Film Institute and Arts Center, and film instructor at the Ateneo de Manila University.

Diaz-Abaya was married to filmmaker Manolo Abaya, with whom she had two sons, Marco and David, who is a cinematographer.—

 (Source: Inquirer Entertainment by Marinel R. Cruz with Almi M. Ilagan, Inquirer Research)http://entertainment.inquirer.net/61944/famed-tv-and-film-director-marilou-diaz-abaya-dies

THE MOVIES OF MARILOU DIAZ- ABAYA (Re-posted)

Left-1980: Tanikala written by Pablo Gomez, produced by Cine Filipinas Productions, starring Susan Roces, Bobby Vasquez, Eddie Garcia and Rita Gomez.

Right-1980: Brutal, written by Ricky Lee, produced by Bancom Audiovision, starring Amy Austria, Jay Ilagan, Johnny Delgado, Charo Santos

Did you know that Director Marilou Diaz-Abaya was only 24 years old when she did Tanikala in 1980, a much delayed movie project and initial venture of Cine Filipinas? Abaya was a graduate (with honors) of St. Theresa’s College and Assumption Convent, Outstanding Coed of the Year (1973-74), Teenage Ambassador of Goodwill, Karilagan Cultural Arts International awardee for Best Artistic Stage Performance of the Year and 1976 National Press Club awardee as Most Promising Stage Actress of the year. A promising credentials indeed for the young greenhorn in the local movie industry. Abaya soon established herself as one of the country’s best and finest directors, directing among others, Brutal (1980), Moral (1983), Karnal (1984), Baby Tsina (1984), Jose Rizal (1998) and Bagong Buwan (1999).

Left- 1983 : Moral, written by Ricky Lee, produced by Seven Star Productions, starring Lorna Tolentino, Gina Alajar, Sandy Andolong, Ana Marin, Laurice Guillen

Right- 1985: Baby Tsina, written by Ricky Lee, produced by Viva Films; starring Vilma Santos, Phillip Salvador, Caridad Sanchez

1984 : Karnal, rated A by the Film Ratings Board, written by Ricky Lee, produced by Cine Suerte productions; starring Charito Solis,Vic Silayan, Phillip Salvador, Joel Torre, Cecile Castillo

Left- 1991: Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo, written by Amado Lacuesta, produced by Regal Films’ starring Lorna Tolentino, Gabby Concepcion.

Right- 1992 : Ikalabing-Isang Utos, produced by Regal Films; starring Aiko Melendez, Gabby Concepcion, Edu Manzano, Maricel Laxa.

Left- 1996 : Sa Pusod Ng Dagat, written by Jun Luna, produced by GMA Films; starring Jomari Yllana, Elizabeth Oropesa, Chin Chin Gutierrez, Rolando Tinio, Jhong Hilario

Right- 1998 : Jose Rizal, written by Ricky Lee, Jun Lana, produced by GMA Films; starring Cesar Montano, Jaime Fabregas, Gina Alajar, Jhong Hilario, Gloria Diaz, Pen Medina

Left- 1999: Muro Ami, written by Ricky Lee, Jun Lana, produced by GMA Films; starring Cesar Montano, Amy Austria, Pen Medina, Jhong Hilario

Right- 1999: Bagong Buwan, written by Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Ricky Lee, Jun Lana, produced by Bahag-Hari Productions and Star Cinema; starring Cesar Montano, Amy Austria, Caridad Sanhchez, Jhong Hilario, Noni Buencamino, Ronnie Lazaro, Jericho Rosales

Diaz has directed at least twenty-one (21) full length feature films which include internationally exhibited films with English titles and subtitles. The partial list includes the following:

1980: Tanikala (Chains), written by Pablo Gomez, produced by Cine Filipinas Productions, starring Susan Roces, Bobby Vasquez, Eddie Garcia and Rita Gomez.

1980: Brutal (Brutal), written by Ricky Lee, produced by Bancom Audiovision, starring Amy Austria, Jay Ilagan, Johnny Delgado, Charo Santos; multi-awards from the 1980 Metro Manila Film Festival, Film Academy of the Philippines, FAMAS; exhibited at the PIA Film Festival, Tokyo.

1983 : Moral (Moral) , written by Ricky Lee, produced by Seven Star Productions, starring Lorna Tolentino, Gina Alajar, Sandy Andolong, Ana Marin, Laurice Guillen; rated A by the Film Ratings Board; 1984 British Film Institute Outstanding Film of the Year.

1984 : Karnal (Of the Flesh), rated A by the Film Ratings Board, written by Ricky Lee, produced by Cine Suerte productions; starring Charito Solis,Vic Silayan, Phillip Salvador, Joel Torre, Cecile Castillo; Multi-awards from 1984 Metro Manila Film Festival, FAMAS, Film Academy of the Philippines, Catholic Mass Media; Gawad URIAN pelikula ng dekada 80; exhibited in Sceaux,Paris Women’s Film Festival (1985); in retrospective in Munich and Dusseldorf (1999).

1985: Baby Tsina, written by Ricky Lee, produced by Viva Films; starring Vilma Santos, Phillip Salvador, Caridad Sanchez; exhibited in ASEAN Festival, Tokyo (1988).

1991: Kung Ako'y Iiwan Mo, written by Amado Lacuesta, produced by Regal Films’ starring Lorna Tolentino, Gabby Concepcion.

1992 : Ikalabing-Isang Utos, produced by Regal Films; starring Aiko Melendez, Gabby Concepcion, Edu Manzano, Maricel Laxa.

1994 : Ipaglaban Mo, The Movie (Redeem her Honor), written by Ricky Lee, produced by Star Cinema; starring nida Blanca, Ronaldo Valdez, Elizabeth Oropesa, Chin Chin Gutierrez, Sharmaine Arnaiz, Joel Torre, Ricky Davao; exhibited at the Fukuoka International Film Festival (1995), Tokyo (1995) New Delhi (1996).

1995 : Milagros (Milagros), written by Rolando Tinio, produced by Crown Seven, starring Elizabeth Oropesa, Sharmaine Arnaiz, Dante Rivero, Joel Torre, Raymond Bagatsing, Noni Buencamino; exhibited at the Film Festivals of Fukuoka, Tokyo, Pusan Munich, Dusseldorf; Gawad Urian Pelikula ng Dekada 90.

1996 : Sa Pusod Ng Dagat (In the Navel of the Sea), written by Jun Luna, produced by GMA Films; starring Jomari Yllana, Elizabeth Oropesa, Chin Chin Gutierrez, Rolando Tinio, Jhong Hilario; exhibited at the film festivals in Berlin, Munich, Dusselfdorf, Singapore, Brussels, Fukuoka, Tokyo, Pusan, Toronto, Montreal, Vancouver, New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Hawaii, and others; NETPAC Award; FIPRESCI award.

1998 : Jose Rizal, written by Ricky Lee, Jun Lana, produced by GMA Films; starring Cesar Montano, Jaime Fabregas, Gina Alajar, Jhong Hilario, Gloria Diaz, Pen Medina; multi-awarded by the Metro Manila Film Festival (1998), Gawad Urian, Star Awards, FAMAS; commercially released at the Iwanami Hall, Tokyo (2000); exhibited at the film festivals of Berlin, Munich, Dusseldorf, Madrid, Paris, Singapore, Fukuoka, Tokyo, Pusan, Monteal, Vancouver, Guggenheim Museum of New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, San Diego, Hawaii, and others.

1999: Muro Ami (Reef Hunters), written by Ricky Lee, Jun Lana, produced by GMA Films; starring Cesar Montano, Amy Austria, Pen Medina, Jhong Hilario; multi-awarded by the Metro Manila Film Festival (1999), FAMAS, Star Awards; exhibited in the film festivals in Fukuoka, Tokyo, Los Angeles, Hawaii, and others.

1999: Bagong Buwan (New Moon), written by Marilou Diaz-Abaya, Ricky Lee, Jun Lana, produced by Bahag-Hari Productions and Star Cinema; starring Cesar Montano, Amy Austria, Caridad Sanhchez, Jhong Hilario, Noni Buencamino, Ronnie Lazaro, Jericho Rosales; rated A by the Film Ratings Board; multi-awarded by the Metro Manila Film Festival (2001); exhibited at the film festivals of Asia Society of New York, Fukuoka, Tokyo, Pusan, Hawaii, and others.

2003 : Noon at Ngayon (Then and Now),written by Ricky Lee, produced by Star Cinema; starring Dina Bonnevie, Laurice Guillen, Jericho Rosales, Cherrie Pie Picache, Eula Valdez, Jean Garcia ; rate A by the Cinema Evaluation Board; exhibited at the film festivals of Hawaii, Fukuoka,Tokyo, San Francisco, and others.
Film Institute & Arts Center

2003 : Noon at Ngayon,written by Ricky Lee, produced by Star Cinema; starring Dina Bonnevie, Laurice Guillen, Jericho Rosales, Cherrie Pie Picache, Eula Valdez, Jean Garcia

THE FIFTIES # 98: ALICIA VERGEL, CESAR RAMIREZ, GLORIA ROMERO IN "MADAM X" (1952)

"Madam X"
Sampaguita Pictures
Release Date February 10-19, 1952/ Dalisay
Writer Dr. Fausto J. Galauran

Direction Artemio Tecson

Cast Alicia Vergel, Cesar Ramirez, Gloria Romero, Chichay, Tolindoy, Tony Cayado, Jose de Villa, Pedro faustino, Aring Bautista, Precy Ortega

THE FIFTIES # 97: NENA CARDENAS AND EDUARDO DEL MAR IN "MALULOS" (1952)

"Malulos"
Premiere Productions
Release Date January 31- February 9, 1952/ Dalisay

Direction Consuelo P. Osorio

Cast Nena Cardenas, Eduardo 'Eddie' del Mar, Lopito, Oscar Keese, Arturo Lerma, Ruben Rustia, Rosita Noble, Amelita Sol, Dolly Garcia, Luis San juan, Nello Nayo, Francisco Cruz, Lito Anzures