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Historical / Period. first feature-length film produced and made in the Philippines to be released. La Vida y Muerte del Gran Martir Filipino, Dr. Jose Rizal. Albert Yearsley. Oriental Moving Picture. Short film. 1913. Walang Sugat. Albert Yearsley.
TitleDirectorCastProduction CompanyDalagang Bukid (aka Countryside Maiden, ...Atang de la Rama, Mar I. EsmeraldaMalayan MoviesAng PagtitipidArmando CrisostomoMalayan MoviesLuis Tuason, Dimples CooperMalayan MoviesMalayan Movies- Jose, The Pioneer
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Nepomuceno grew up amid revolutions—both political and industrial in nature. Born on May 15, 1893, he was still a child when the Spanish-American war broke out and Uncle Sam took over the Philippines from Spanish rule. In 1897, just a year before the start of the revolution, the chromophotograph was introduced to the Philippines. The same year, the...
Why did Nepomuceno choose the story of Dalagang Bukid, a zarzuela, for the film? Back then, zarzuelas and moro-moro were the main forms of theater. The appeal of the zarzuela could be attributed to its comedic and musical elements which made for a livelier kind of entertainment. Moro-moros, on the other hand, depicted battles between Christians and...
It was Vicente Salumbides, a contemporary filmmaker of Nepomuceno that dubbed him the “Father of Philippine Movies” in his 1952 book, Motion Pictures in the Philippines. “It was he, more than anybody else, who built the movie industry from its infancy to the present state of maturity. His success proved that the Filipinos could make their own movie...
Sadly, none of the over 80 films, including 38 silent films that the Nepomucenos made are intact. It was only in 2011 when the Society of Filipino Archivists for Film (Sofia) got a lead that some scenes in the 1934 American movie Brides of Sulu were actually cut from Nepomuceno’s 1931 silent film, Moro Pirates. Members of Sofia investigated this po...
Jul 18, 2019 · 1| Sakay. SAKAY trailer 1993 a Raymond Red film. Watch on. Present-day history books don’t go into much detail on the life and work of Macario Sakay, an ardent revolutionary once vilified as a mere bandit. Despite his vindication, Sakay’s name remains rather obscure among our list of revered heroes.
Sep 2, 2020 · Punyal na Guinto. Photo credit: IMDB. Another masterpiece by Nepomuceno, Punyal na Guinto—which was released on March 9, 1933—is considered as the first Filipino talkie movie. Nepomuceno was halfway through completing the film when American duo Harris and Tait offered their machines to include sound into the film.
Collegian Love - first Filipino film to be synchronized with phonograph records. It was produced by Carlos Vander Tolosa and was shown on March 4, 1930. Ang Aswang - was the first film made in the Philippines to feature optically recorded sound.
There are already several films about José Rizal that attempt to humanize the hero, but in El Presidente, the focus shifts to the first president of the Philippine Republic, Emilio Aguinaldo. A stunningly crafted film with gorgeous cinematogaphy and heart-thumping fights, El Presidente took the historical film and made it more of a blockbuster ...
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Oct 22, 2019 · The first film produced by LVN was Giliw Ko in 1939. It was a huge success. It was also LVN who produced the movie Ibong Adarna in 1941. It was the first Filipino film to color sequences...
