MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ANGEL ESMERALDA, PURITA SANTAMARIA, TITA DURAN, WITH MONENG ILAGAN, HORACIO MORELOS, DINING ADAO, BENNY MACK IN "PANGARAP" (1940)

"Pangarap" (1940)

LVN Pictures

Release Date February 29, 1940/ Grand Theater

Story Ciciel

Music Tito Arevalo, Ariston Avelino

Direction Carmen Concha

Cast Angel Esmeralda, Purita Santamaria, Tita Duran, with Moneng Ilagan, Horacio Morelos, Dining Adao, Benny Mack

(Image, courtesy of Pinoy Kollektor)

MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: ANGEL ESMERALDA, TITO AREVALO, MERCEDES PONCE, ANTONINA HERNANDEZ IN "YAMAN NG MAHIRAP" (1939)/ UPDATED

Did you know that Armida Siguon-Reyna had her first acting experience in 1939? At age 8, Armida, Armida Liwanag Ponce-Enrile in real life, appeared as an extra with another child star Tita Duran in Yaman ng Mahirap, a movie directed by her aunt, Carmen Concha. 

(Source: The URIAN Anthology 1990-1999).

"Yaman ng Mahirap" (1939)

A Parlatone Production
Release Date: August 25- 31,1939/ Grand Theater
Director Carmen Concha
Cast Angel Esmeralda, Tito Arevalo, Mercedes Ponce, Antonina Hernandez

"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."

MORE ON PRE-WAR TAGALOG MOVIES: LYDIA LEYNES, ROGELIO DE LA ROSA, REYNALDO DANTE IN "NAGKAISANG LANDAS" (1939)/ UPDATED

The movie,"Magkaisang Landas" directed by Carmen Concha,  tells the story of a doctor's neglected wife who causes a town scandal. It starred Lydia Leynes, Rogelio de la Rosa and Reynaldo Dante.

It was released and shown at Fox Theater, February 11, 1938.

"Nagkaisang Landas" (1939)

Parlatone

Release Date February 11/ 15-28, 1939/ Fox

Story Ciciel

Direction Carmen Concha

Cast Lydia Leynes, Rogelio de la Rosa, Reynaldo Dante, Carmen Bernabe, Mercedes Ponce, Conchita Veles, Edo Bagali