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Friday, August 21, 2026

THE FIFTIES # 176: JOSE PADILLA, JR., CELIA FLOR , WITH LEROY SALVADOR, ROSA AGUIRRE, JOSEPH DE CORDOVA, VIC SILAYAN, VEN MEDINA IN L.V. AVELLANA'S "HUK SA BAGONG PAMUMUHAY" (1953)/ UPDATED

Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay, a film by National Artist Lamberto Avellana tells of Carding (played by Jose Padilla, Jr.), a former guerrilla, who mortgages his mother's piece of land, thinking that his family could pay the usurer, a certain Mr. Fargas with the harvest or his backpay. Bad luck hounds Carding as the typhoon practically destroy most of the crops. The backpay likewise does not arrive. Mr Fargas forecloses the land. Push against the wall, Carding strikes the usurer with a shovel. Now a fugitive from justice, Carding is forced to join the burgeoning Hukbalahap, the local Communist movement.

The movie, produced by LVN Pictures as part of the government propaganda effort against the spread of communism in the country, received numerous awards from the FAMAS- Best Picture, Best Actor (Jose Padilla, Jr.), Best Supporting Actor (Leroy Salvador) and Best Direc
tor (Lamberto Avellana).





"Huk sa Bagong Pamumuhay" (1953)
LVN Pictures
Release Date August 3- 12, 1953/ Dalisay
Story Rolf Bayer
Music Constantino de Guzman
Direction Lamberto V. Avellana
Cast Jose Padilla, Jr., Celia Flor, Leroy Salvador/ Also starring Ven Medina, Joseph de Cordova, Rosa Aguirre, Vic Silayan, Leroy Salvador, Miguel Lopez, Ezar Visenio

Here's a short absorbing clip of the movie that drove Carding (played by Jose Padilla, Jr.) to lose his temper and struck the usurer with a shovel---


Courtesy of LVN Pictures





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