THE WAR YEARS (1942- 1945): LEOPOLDO SALCEDO, ESTER MAGALONA, CARLOS PADILLA, FRED CORTES, DEANNA PRIETO, GREGORIO TICMAN AND ANITA LINDA (IN HER FIRST SCREEN APPEARANCE) IN "TIA JUANA" (1943)

LVN Pictures’ Tia Juana, one of the few films completed or partially finished before the outbreak of the war, held its first public screening in 1943. Directed by Lamberto Avellana, the film starred Leopoldo Salcedo, Ester Magalona, Carlos Padilla, Fred Cortes, Deanna Prieto, and Gregorio Ticman. It also marked the screen debut of Anita Linda, then hailed as the “vibrant stage sensation.”

The movie was released and shown at Lyric Theater, May 27, 1943.