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Tuesday, September 23, 2025

MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ROSITA RIVERA, JOSE PADILLA, JR., MANUEL BARBEYTO IN "ILAW NG LANGIT" (1937)

Acclaimed as one of the greatest romantic serials ever written Gregorio C. Coching's Liwayway serial Ilaw ng Langit" comes to the screen in the screen version produced by the Filippine Films and which opens at the Fox Theatre, October 13.

"Ilaw ng Langit", the story of great love, sacrificed to the greet and the conventionalities of the world, appeals to all, young and old, who had ever loved and who have felt the ecstasies and heartaches that comes from a childhood love, won and lost and recovered at the end. (The Tribune, October 13, 1937)

Directed by Tor Villano, the movie topbilled Rosita Rivera, Jose Padilla, Jr., and Manuel Barbeyto.



"Ilaw ng Langit" (1937)
Filippine Films
Release Date October 13, 1937/ Fox Theater
Story Gregory Coching
Direction Tor Villano
Cast Rosita Rivera, Jose Padilla, Jr., Manuel Barbeyto


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