“Movie theaters served not only as venues for stage shows but also as covert centers of resistance. Rafael Roces, Jr., manager of the prestigious Cine Ideal, home of MGM pictures, used his theater to store weapons and communication radios as well as to host secret meetings of resistance fighters. Emerito Ramos used his office in Life Theater to hire the unemployed journalists and staff members of the newspapers El Debate, Mabuhay and Herald, all owned by J. Amado Araneta. Naturally, the office became the communication center of guerillas and underground fighters."
(Source- An Exodus from Philippine Cinema to Live Theater/ Philippine Cinema (1897-2020) by Gabriel A. Vibal and Dennis S. Villegas)
(Ad cut-outs, The Tribune, May 1943)
"Bulag na Pag-ibig"
(The Tribune, May 4, 1943)
(Ad cut-outs, The Tribune, May 1943)
"Kayumangging Kaligatan""
(The Tribune, May 24, 1943)
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