MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ANNIE IMPERIAL, GUILLERMO JOYA, WITH EUSEBIO GABRIEL, TOMAS ESTEBAN, ANITA SANTOS, GERMANA CORTEY IN "MUTYA NG SILANGAN" (1938)

"Mutya ng Silangan," considered "the first and only operetta on the silver screen," opened at Grand Theater, December 15, 1938. It starred Annie Imperial, Guillermo Joya/ with Eusebio Gabriel, Tomas Esteban, Anita Santos, Germana Cortey, under the direction of Agaton G. Evangelista.

"Mutya ng Silangan"

Sinukuan Pictures, Corp.

Release Date December 15, 1938/ Grand Theater

Musical Director Leon C. Ignacio

Setting Director Wenceslao D. Bayhon

Supervising Director Ernesto C. Lopez

Direction Agaton G. Evangelista

Cast Annie Imperial, Guillermo Joya/ with Eusebio Gabriel, Tomas Esteban, Anita Santos, Germana Cortey and others