Continuously playing to a full house, “Hindi Ko Akalain” now on its fourth day at the Fox promises to establish a new box-office record.
Millions will compare it with “Dolores” and find it even greater. The story taken out of life itself is filled with deep human understanding. A warm, vibrant love fired with the desires and conflicts of all youth--- a love that Ben could not forget--- a love that Gloria hoped to dedicate to God--- a love that survived all the unbelievable malicious and stinging gossips that aimed to wreck their young lives. He loved, and the rest was immaterial. The world might look askance for all he cared.
Capping her triumph in “Dolores,” Gloria Imperial heads the big cast in this picture, where she handles her role with a sure touch and an extremely appealing charm. Never has she been photographed to greater advantage than in the beautiful “ternos” and “balintawaks” she wore throughout this picture.
As Ben Rubio’s most ambitious starring performance, it is a safe bet that this young and handsome man will soon be causing much excitement among the ladies. More dashing, more winning than ever, he was perfect from beginning to end.
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Hindi Ko Akalain” is a picture that does not make pretenses about elaborate settings and extravagant production expenses. But it is precisely this alluring simplicity of everything about it that will always make the film a success whether in a big city or in the smallest town. It is the kind of a picture that people tell their families about over and over again.
(The Tribune, May 21, 1939)
"Hindi Ko Akalain" (1939)
A Parlatone Production
Release Date May 18, 1939/ Fox Theater
Story Armando Villa
Direction Consuelo and Salvador Osorio
Cast Gloria Imperial, Ben Rubio, with Antonia Santos, Conchita Tudela, Raul de Aram, Pedro Faustino, Estrella Luna, Pedro Adao, Jr. and others
