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Monday, May 4, 2026
POST-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES # 167: MONA LISA, FERNANDO ROYO, LUNINGNING, BIMBO DANAO, AND INTRODUCING CAROL VARGA, WITH PERLA SOLIMAN, ARMANDO CRIS, CRIS DE VERA, JOSE TRONI, TOTOY TORRENTE, OSCAR OBLIGACION, PEDRO FAUSTINO IN "SIYUDAD SA ILALIM NG LUPA" (1949)/ UPDATED
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Thursday, April 23, 2026
POST-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES # 55: LINDA ESTRELLA, TEDDY BENAVIDEZ, MONA LISA, FERNANDO ROYO, BIMBO DANAO, WITH ROSA AGUIRRE, CRIS DE VERA, GIL DE LEON, JOSE TRONI, TOTOY TORRENTE, OSCAR OBLIGACION, SERAFIN GARCIA IN "SUNSET OVER CORREGIDOR (KRUS NG DIGMA)" (1948)/ UPDATED

"Sunset Over Corregidor (Krus ng Digma)"
X'OTIC Productions
Release Date: December 8, 1948/Times
Direction Carlos Vander Tolosa
POST-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES # 164: VIDA FLORANTE, LEILA MORENA, ROSA ROSAL, PILAR PADILLA, FERNANDO ROYO, BIMBO DANAO IN "APAT NA DALANGIN" (1948)/ UPDATED
Saturday, April 4, 2026
POST-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES # 158: LEOPOLDO SALCEDO, BIMBO DANAO, BEN PEREZ, BEN RUBIO, GIL DE LEON, FERNANDO ROYO, DON DANON, WITH ROSA AGUIRRE, ALMA BELLA IN "SIETE DOLORES (ANG PITONG ANAK)" (1948)
Tuesday, December 2, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ELY RAMOS, NORMA BLANCAFLOR, NARDING ANZURES, LILIAN VELEZ, NATI RUBI, PUGO & TOGO WITH FLORENTINO BALLECER, EXEQUIEL SEGOVIA, PERLA GARCIA, LETTY PEREZ, ADRIANO CATOT IN "BINIBIRO LAMANG KITA" (1941)/ UPDATED
Saturday, November 29, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ELY RAMOS, NORMA BLANCAFLOR, PUGO & TOGO, WITH FLORENTINO BALLECER, EXEQUIEL SEGOVIA, PATRING CARVAJAL, ROSARIO LAM IN "BINIBINI NG PALENGKE" (1941)/ UPDATED
Release Date April 19-28, 1941/ Dalisay Theater
Director Carlos Vander Tolosa
Music Ariston Avelino
Story Carlos Vander Tolosa and Narciso Asistio
Cast Ely Ramos, Norma Blancaflor, Pugo & Togo, Florentino Ballecer, Exequiel Segovia, Patring Carvajal, Rosario Lam
"Movie flyers have been used by theater owners as promotional ads to drum up business for movies. They would print them up from materials provided by the studio, adding information on local screening times and locations. Although they were cheaply produced, many of the flyers were quite nicely designed and are now considered highly collectibles. In many cases the original films have been lost, making the surviving flyers the only visual record of numerous movies."
Friday, November 21, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ELY RAMOS, NORMA BLANCAFLOR, WITH MINA DE GRACIA, ANGELITA (RHUMBA) REY, PRECIOSO PALMA, NATI RUBI IN "DALAGA (ISANG NGITI LAMANG!)" (1940)
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ELY RAMOS, MILA DEL SOL, MARIA MIRANDA, ANICETO ROBLEDO IN "HALI" (1940)

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ELY RAMOS, FERNANDO POE, MILA DEL SOL, FLEUR DE LIS, PRECIOSO PALMA, BEN RUBIO, CECILIO JOAQUIN IN "GILIW KO" (1939): LVN PICTURES' FIRST MOVIE/ UPDATED
Giliw Ko, directed by Carlos Vander Tolosa, is one of the five existing pre-war movies available.
Release Date: July 29, 1939/ Metropolitan Theater
and August 1-10, 1939/ Grand Theater
Sunday, October 19, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ROGELIO DE LA ROSA AND MARI VELEZ IN "DIWATA NG KARAGATAN" (1936/1939)/ RE-ISSUED
Saturday, October 18, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: YOLANDA MARQUEZ, ELY RAMOS, WITH ANDRES CENTENERA, NATY RUBI, MIGUEL ANZURES, SOLEDAD AQUINO, PRECIOSO PALMA, BILLY VIZCARRA, LITA ZABALA IN "DAHONG LAGAS" (1938)
Release Date: December 30, 1938- January 6, 1939/ Grand Theater
Story and Director Carlos Vander Tolosa
"Movie flyers have been used by theater owners as promotional ads to drum up business for movies. They would print them up from materials provided by the studio, adding information on local screening times and locations. Although they were cheaply produced, many of the flyers were quite nicely designed and are now considered highly collectibles. In many cases the original films have been lost, making the surviving flyers the only visual record of numerous movies."
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ELSA ORIA AND ELY RAMOS, WITH YOLANDA MARQUEZ, TEDDY BENAVIDES, ERNESTO LA GUARDIA, PRECIOSA PALMA, MANUEL ELORIAGA, NATI RUBI, BILLY VIZCARRA, EXEQUIEL SEGOVIA, JOAQUIN GAVINO IN "MADALING ARAW" (1938)/ UPDATED
Cast Elsa Oria, Ely Ramos, Yolanda Marquez, Teddy Benavides, Ernesto la Guardia, Precioso Palma, Manuel Eloriaga, Nati Rubi, Billy Vizcarra, Exequiel Segovia, Joaquin Gavino
"Movie flyers have been used by theater owners as promotional ads to drum up business for movies. They would print them up from materials provided by the studio, adding information on local screening times and locations. Although they were cheaply produced, many of the flyers were quite nicely designed and are now considered highly collectibles. In many cases the original films have been lost, making the surviving flyers the only visual record of numerous movies."
Saturday, October 4, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: EXEQUIEL SEGOVIA, TEDDY BENAVIDES, MIGUEL ANZURES, NITA LINDA, JOSE DEL PRADO, PRECIOSA PALMA, NENA OLGA, TERRIBLE MAX, YOUNG PANCHO VILLA, JOSE PAYUMO IN "TIGRE" (1938)
"His own people branded him a murderer and a murderer of his own people he became! This is the gripping story of an innocent convict whose thirst for vengeance forced him to take justice in his own way!," says the ad in this 1938 action thriller, "Tigre."
Synopsis---
Thursday, September 25, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ELSA ORIA, ROGELIO DE LA ROSA, ELY RAMOS, SILVIA ROSALES, TEDDY BENAVIDES, NATI RUBI, BILLY VIZCARRA IN "BITUING MARIKIT" (1937)--- SAMPAGUITA PICTURES' DEBUT MOVIE/ UPDATED
Acclaimed as the best local super-muslcal production, "Bituing Marikit," Sampaguita's debut picture, has for the last week broken all the past box-office records set by other pictures of the kind." Failing to house the enormous crowd
Who daily stormed the Grand Theatre, especially during the last few days, its showing automatically had to be extended by popular request. Starred in "Bituing Marikit," Elsa Oria, the Singing Sweetheart of the Philippines, reveals the best performance in her screen career. Her superb vocal renditions prove her undoubtful talent as a screen diva. She is teamed with the screen idol, Rogelio de la Rosa. The cast also includes the radio Romeo, Ely Ramos, with Silvia Rosales, Teddy Benavides, Natl Rubi, Billy Vizcarra and supported by several radio stars including Baron "Amateur"Unterhelsen.
(The Tribune, January 5, 1938)
Release Date: December 12-20, 1937/ Savoy Theater
Sunday, September 21, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: YOLANDA MARQUEZ, ANGEL ESMERALDA, TEDDY BENAVIDES, TITA DURAN, FEDERICO QUERY, CASIMIRO PADILLA IN "MILAGRO NG NAZARENO SA QUIAPO (THE MIRACLE)" (1937)
Friday, September 19, 2025
MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ELSA ORIA, ANGEL ESMERALDA, TITO AREVALO, PRIMA VERA IN "NASAAN KA IROG" (1937)/ UPDATED
Release Date: March 11, 1937/ Fox Theater
Director Carlos Vander Tolosa


















































