Trivia:
The young Poe, only 16 years old, had dropped out of second
year high (the farthest he got in school) to work as messenger for a film
exchange at php18 a week. Some friends of his at Everlasting Studio thought of
him during a scene where a knife had to hit a leaf on a tree. Knives are
usually wired for such scenes; but Ronnie was called in when the director heard
he could hit the target with an unwired knife. He did---and got treated to a
beer blowout by the crew. Markmanship and horsemanship were what really got him
into the movies. Those childhood summers in Baguio when he rode the ponies on
Burnham Park, all the riding lessons he ever had, stood him in good stead when
he turned movie "double." It started when lead star Lilia Dizon, who
was doing Simaron (1956) with co-star Johnny Monteiro, sprained an ankle and
couldn't do a riding scene. Asked to do it for her, Ronnie put on a shirt, tied
on a bandana, made like a girl on a horse, and exhibited such riding skill. He
became a regular stuntman at Everlasting, where he doubled in riding and other
action scenes.
From the article "Batang Taquilla"
by Quijano de Manila (or Nick Joaquin)
"Simaron" (1955)
Everlasting Pictures
Release Date January 10-19, 1956/ Dalisay
Story and Screenplay Ding M. de Jesus
Music Tito Arevalo
Direction Gerardo de Leon
Cast Lilia Dizon, Johnny Monteiro, Celia Fuentes, Vicente Liwanag, Joe Sison, Bruno Punzalan, Jaime Vargas, Ding Tello, Roberto Dantes, Ric Bustamante
