MILA DEL SOL, LEOPOLDO SALCEDO, DINA VALLE, FRED CORTES IN "VILLA HERMOSA" (1941): ANOTHER MANUEL CONDE'S LOST MASTERPIECE

"Villa Hermosa" (1941)

LVN Pictures
Release Date:May 18-26, 1941/ Dalisay Theater
Director Manuel Conde
Music Juan Silos, Jr.Cast Mila Del Sol, Leopoldo Salcedo, Dina Valle, Fred Cortes, Gregorio Ticman, Pedro Faustino, Juan Rodriguez, Nardo Zamora

Synopsis: A beautiful country mansion becomes the legacy of a convent-bred provinciana (Mila del Sol). She comes to Manila to take possession and meets a madcap taxi driver (Leopoldo Salcedo) and a handsome playboy (Fred Cortes). The taxi driver turns out to be the real heir to the mansion and Mila only a muchacha. Nevertheless, they fall in love and the sister of the heir (Dina Valle) falls for the playboy Fred. (Tribune, May 27, 1941)

Source: The Cinema of Manuel Conde by Nicanor Tiongson