85th OSCAR AWARDS: ARGO, BEST PICTURE; DAY-LEWIS, BEST ACTOR

(CNN) -- Ben Affleck may not have earned recognition from the Academy in the directing category, but his movie "Argo" walked away on Sunday with the best picture Oscar.
"Life of Pi" was another big winner during the 85th Oscars ceremony as it claimed four awards, including the best director statue for Ang Lee.

List of the 85th annual Academy Award winners announced on Monday in Los Angeles:
1. Best Picture: 'Argo.'
2. Actor: Daniel Day-Lewis, 'Lincoln.
3. Actress: Jennifer Lawrence, 'Silver Linings Playbook.'
4. Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, 'Django Unchained.'
5. Supporting Actress: Anne Hathaway, 'Les Miserables.'
6. Directing: Ang Lee, 'Life of Pi.'
7. Foreign Language Film: 'Amour.'
8. Adapted Screenplay: Chris Terrio, 'Argo.'
9. Original Screenplay: Quentin Tarantino, 'Django Unchained.'
10. Animated Feature Film: 'Brave.'
11. Production Design: 'Lincoln.'
12. Cinematography: 'Life of Pi.'
13. Sound Mixing: 'Les Miserables.'
14. Sound Editing (tie): 'Skyfall,' 'Zero Dark Thirty.'
15. Original Score: 'Life of Pi,' Mychael Danna.
16. Original Song: 'Skyfall' from 'Skyfall,' Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth.
17. Costume: 'Anna Karenina.'
18. Documentary Feature: 'Searching for Sugar Man.'
19. Documentary (short subject): 'Inocente.'
20. Film Editing: 'Argo.'
21. Makeup and Hairstyling: 'Les Miserables.'
22. Animated Short Film: 'Paperman.'
23. Live Action Short Film: 'Curfew.'
24. Visual Effects: 'Life of Pi.

Oscar winners previously presented this season:
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award: Jeffrey Katzenberg
Honorary Award: Hal Needham
Honorary Award: DA Pennebaker
Honorary Award: George Stevens Jr
Award of Merit: Cooke Optics

Photo and movie posters- Internet source

THE 1951 SECOND MARIA CLARA AWARDS/ "SISA"- BEST PICTURE

THE 2nd MARIA CLARA AWARD WINNERS

Best Picture - Sisa (Premiere Productions)

Best Actress - Anita Linda (Sisa)

Best Actor - Jose Padilla, Jr. (Diego Silang)

Best Supporting Actress - Rosa Mia (Roberta)

Best Director - Gerardo de Leon (Sisa)

Best Screenplay - Eddie Romero (Diego Silang)

Best Musical Score - Tito Arevalo (Diego Silang)

Anita Linda (Best Actress) and Jose Padilla, Jr. (Best Actor)

(Photo Credits: James de la Rosa of Pelikula atpb)

 "Sisa" (1951)

Premiere Production

Music Ariston Avelino

Direction Gerardo de Leon

Cast Anita Linda, Reynaldo Dante, Eddie del Mar, Eddie Infante, Nati Rubi, Pancho Pelagio, Tony Tolman, Ruben Rustia, Don Danon, Rosita Noble, Andres Benitez, Fernando Santiago, Francisco Cruz,/ Featuring Bebong Osorio, Boy Francisco

"Diego Silang" (1951)

Premiere Productions

Direction Gerardo de Leon

Cast Jose Padilla, Jr., Leila Morena, Nena Cardenas, Lopito, Fred Santos, Oscar Keese 

"Roberta" (1951)

Sampaguita Pictures

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

THE 1950 FIRST MARIA CLARA AWARDS/ "KAMAY NI SATANAS"- BEST PICTURE

In 1950, the defunct Manila Times Publishing Co. established the Maria Clara Awards, an institution patterned after the annual Oscar Awards of the American Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) of Hollywood. The primary purpose of the Maria Clara Awards was to encourage the production of quality movies in the Philippines and to spur local movie personalities to greater achievements.

In the very first Maria Clara Awards, several producers, pictures, directors, actors, actresses and technicians vied with each other to win the bronze Maria Clara statuette by Guillermo E. Tolentino, the country's top sculptor.

A board of judges, composed of well-known writers, film critics, playwrights and musical composers chose winners that year. 

First Winners:

The winners of the first Maria Clara Awards were: Narcisa Buencamino Vda. de Leon, producer of the year; Premiere's KAMAY NI SATANAS, best picture; Nena Cardenas, best actress for her performance in DOBLE CARA, a Premiere's film; Reynaldo Dante, best actor for his performance in KAMAY NI SATANAS;

Tony Santos, best supporting actor, for LVN's HANTIK; Alicia Vergel, best supporting actress for Sampaguita's MAPUPUTING KAMAY; Premiere's Gerardo de Leon, best director for KAMAY NI SATANAS; Lebran's Julio Esteban Anguita, best musical director, for THE SPELL;

Sampaguita's Higino Fallorina, best cinematographer, for BAGUIO CADETS; Lebran's Charles Gray, best sound recording; and Royal Production's Mila Nimfa, best child star, for NANAY KO.

Source: "History of RP Movies"

by Joe Quirino

published in The Times Journal, June 26, 1974

Excerpts from "Awards, Deserved and Otherwise"

by Joe Quirino

Via: Pelikula ATBP

"Kamay ni Satanas" (1950)

Premiere Productions

Music Tito Arevalo

Direction Gerardo de Leon

Cast Leila Morena, Reynaldo Dante, Nena Cardenas, Fred Santos, Patria Plata, Oscar Keese, Conrado Conde, Arturo Lerma, Rino Bermudez, Tony Tolman, Vicente Liwanag, Agapito Santiago

THE 1st MARIA CLARA AWARD WINNERS

Producer of the Year - Narcisa Buencamino vda. de Leon (LVN Pictures)

Best Picture - Kamay Ni Satanas (Premiere Productions)

Best Actress - Nena Cardenas (Doble Cara) (Premiere Productions)

Best Actor - Reynaldo Dante (Kamay Ni Satanas) (Premiere Productions)

Best Supporting Actress - Alicia Vergel (Mapuputing Kamay) (Sampaguita Pictures, Inc.)

Best Supporting Actor - Tony Santos (Hantik) (LVN Pictures)

Best Director - Gerardo de Leon (Kamay Ni Satanas) (Premiere Productions)

Best Musical Score - Julio Esteban Anguita (The Spell) (Lebran Productions)

Best Cinematographer - Higino Fallorina (Baguio Cadets) (Sampaguita Pictures, Inc.)

Best Sound Recording - Charles Gray

Best Child Star - Mila Nimfa (Nanay Ko) (Royal Productions)

The Judges:

Narciso Pimentel, Jr. - Chairman

Sarah K. Joaquin - Member

Alejandro R. Roces - Member

Wilfredo Guerrero - Member

Prof. Ramon Tapales – Member

"Doble Cara" (1950)

Premiere Productions

Direction Gerardo de Leon

Cast Rogelio de la Rosa, Nena Cardenas, Enrico Pimentel, Oscar Keese, Patria Plata, Amelita Sol, Conrado Conde, Eddie Infante

"Hantik" (1950)

LVN Pictures

Direction Lamberto V. Avellana

Cast Leopoldo Salcedo and Celia Flor

"Mapuputing Kamay" (1950)

Sampaguita Pictures

Direction Octavio Silos and Dr. Fausto J. Galauran

Cast Pancho Magalona, Lillian Leonardo, Alicia Vergel, Tessie Martinez, Norma Vales

ROSA DEL ROSARIO: "RETURN OF THE ROSE" (1982)

Here’s an interesting article on Rosario del Rosario (1916-2005), the erstwhile Queen of Philippine Movies, written by Jose Quirino published in the Star Magazine in 1982---

 "Rosa del Rosario: The Return of the Rose"

by Jose A. Quirino

Stars Magazine

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