THE SIXTIES # 1473: GLORIA SEVILLA, MAT RANILLO, JR. AND INTRODUCING FRANKIE NAVAJA, JR. IN "BADLIS SA KINABUHI" (1969)

"Badlis sa Kinabuhi" (1969)

MG Productions

Release Date December 12, 1969/ Main

Executive Producer Arry. Matias K. Ranillo, Jr.

Direction Leroy Salvador

Cast Gloria Sevilla, Mat Ranillo, Jr./ Also Starring Felix de Catalina, Danilo Nunez, Aurora Villa, Siux Cabase/ Introducing Frankie Navaja, Jr.

THE SIXTIES # 1472: GABRIEL (FLASH) ELORDE AND GLORIA SEVILLA IN "PALAD TA ANG NAGBUOT" (1969)

"Palad Ta ang Nagbuot" (1969)

Direction Leroy Salvador

Cast Gabriel (Flash) Elorde and Gloria Sevilla

MAT RANILLO, JR. AND GLORIA SEVILLA: THE LIFE IN THE RANILLO MENAGE BY RENE FERNANDO/ LSM- MAY 1, 1967

"Life in the Ranillo Menage"

by Rene Fernando

Literary Song-Movie Magazine

May 1, 1967

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Read: The Visayan Film Industry: The Retrospective

THE VISAYAN FILM INDUSTRY: THE RETROSPECTIVE

The Visayan Film Industry: A Retrospective

by J. Vincent Noriega and Valeriano Avila

with Kris Relatado and Junuis F. Ranillo

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"Badlis sa Kinabuhi (The Line of Life)" (1969) received 12 of 14 Famas nominations. Gloria Sevilla won Best Actress, Frankie Navaja, Jr., Best Child Actor and a posthumous award to Mat Ranillo, Sr.. The movie was the Philippine entry to the Asean Film Festival in Indonesia, and was showcased  under the informative division f the Berlin Film Festival (the film was dubbed in English in Hongkong and retitles as "Destined"). In 1970, the movie was released in their original Visayan version in Manila theaters and made good at the box office. (excerpt from the article)