Tuesday, July 10, 2012

THE FIFTIES # 78: TESSIE AGANA AS MARS RAVELO'S "ROBERTA" (1951)

Sampaguita Pictures was established in 1937 and was hit by a huge fire in 1951 with hundreds of film prints destroyed. The movie, Roberta starring Tessie Agana in her first lead role as a battered child, became one of the sensational hits of the year and saved the company from bankruptcy.

The movie made Tessie Agana the studio's biggest draw and box-office champion and hailed as one of the biggest child stars of the decade.


 "Roberta"
Sampaguita Pictures
Release Date March 2-11, 1951/ Life
Story Mars Ravelo
Direction Olive La Torre
Cast Tessie Agana, Van de Leon, Bella Flores, Maria Cristina, Rosa Mia, Jose de Villa, Aruray/ Introducing Boy Alano, Tony Cayado





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2 comments:

  1. Watchful EyesOctober 9, 2014 at 11:14 PM

    are there any videos of Roberta (1951) starring Tessie Agana and Boy Alano. If there isn't available in the film archives and film associations in the Philippines maybe we could do some research into film archives in US (especially Washington D.C.) and Europe but also few others in Asia.

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  2. Watchful EyesOctober 9, 2014 at 11:15 PM

    are there any videos of Roberta (1951) starring Tessie Agana and Boy Alano. If there isn't available in the film archives and film associations in the Philippines maybe we could do some research into film archives in US (especially Washington D.C.) and Europe but also few others in Asia.

    ReplyDelete