THE SEVENTIES # 544: NORA AUNOR AND TIRSO CRUZ III, WITH LUIS GONZALES, LUCITA SORIANO, ROSA MIA IN MARS RAVELO'S "AND GOD SMILED AT ME" (1972)

Winner of 8 major awards in the 3rd Quezon City Film Festival- Manuel L. Quezon Award for Best Picture; Best Actress (Nora Aunor); Best Actor (Tirso Cruz III); Best Supporting Actress (Lucita Soriano); Best Color Cinematography (Felipe Santiago); Best Sound (Flaviano Villaruel); Best Musical Score (Danny Holmsen); Top Grosser

"And God Smiled at Me" (1972)

Sampaguita-VP Pictures

Release Date October 15- 24, 1972/ New Frontier, Grand, Circle

Serialized in Teen World Magazine

Story Mars Ravelo

Screenplay Medy Tarnate and Manny Fernandez

Music Danny Holmsen

Direction Mar S. Torres and Danny Holmsen

Cast Nora Aunor, Tirso Cruz III, Luis Gonzales, Lucita Soriano/ Also Starring Rosa Mia, Matimtiman Cruz, Naty Santiago, Nympha Bonifacio/ Introducing Monia Rojo/ Co-starring Ven Medina, Nenita Jana, Jose de Villa, Aring Bautista

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