Wednesday, October 19, 2016

FERNANDO POE, JR., DIVINA VALENCIA, WITH PAQUITO DIAZ, LITO ANZURES, VICTOR BRAVO AND JOHNNY MONTEIRO IN "MGA ALABOK SA LUPA" (1967)


"Mga Alabok sa Lupa" (1967)
FPJ Productions
Release Date July 9, 1967/ Globe
Music Ariston Avelino
Direction Armando A. Herrera
Cast Fernando Poe, Jr., Divina Valencia/ Also Starring Paquito Diaz, Lito Anzures, Victor Bravo, Manolo Robles, Vic Varrion, Pablo Virtuoso, Dencio Padilla, Mario Escudero, Bebong Osorio, Resty Sandel and Johnny Monteiro/ with Joe Cunanan, Diego Guerrero, Ding Salvador, Robert talby and Mary Walter/ Featuring Ramonito


Magazine article- Via PelikulaATBP/ James dela Rosa

Fernando Poe, Jr. received his first FAMAS Best Actor trophy as the fighting priest in "Mga Alabok sa Lupa" (1967)



Wednesday, October 12, 2016

FERNANDO POE, JR., HELEN GAMBOA WITH PAQUITO DIAZ, LITO ANZURES,, VICTOR BRAVO AND JOHNNY MONTEIRO IN "DUGO SA BUHANGIN" (1967)


"Dugo sa Buhangin" (1967)
RTG Productions
Release Date June 18, 1967/ Cinerama and Dalisay
Music Ariston Avelino
Executive Producer Atty. Ruben T. Gozon
Direction Armando A. Herrera
Cast Fernando Poe, Jr., Helen Gamboa/ Also Starring Paquito Diaz, Lito Anzures, Victor Bravo, Manolo Robles, Vic Varrion, Mario Escudero, Bebong Osorio, Resty Sandel and Johnny Monteiro/ with Joe Cunanan, Ding Salvador, Diego Guerrero, Bob padilla, Robert Talby and the SOS Daredevils






(image above- courtesy of pelikula.blogspot.com/ James dela Rosa)

Thursday, October 6, 2016

FERNANDO POE, JR., SUSAN ROCES, LOU SALVADOR, JR., LITO ANZURES, VICTOR BRAVO, MANOLO ROBLES IN "LANGIT AT LUPA" (1967)


"Langit at Lupa" (1967)
FPJ Productions
Release Date March 25, 1967/ Hollywood, Center, Main
Music Ariston Avelino
Direction D'Lanor
Cast Fernando Poe, Jr., Susan Roces/ Also Starring Lou Salvador, Jr., Lito Anzures, Victor Bravo, Manolo Robles, Vic Varrion, Vic Uematsu, Resty Sandel, Joe Cunanan, Diego Guerrero, Ding Salvador Robert Talby, Bert Laforteza/ with Katy de la Cruz, Dencio Padilla, Mario Escudero, Dely Atay-Atayan/ Guest Performer- Jesus 'Og' Ramos/ Introducing Ramonito





FPJ Productions’ Langit at Lupa is a love story salvaged from the chaos of war. It tells the drama between two individuals who meet at a moment when one is about to be married to a vocation.

Ronnie Poe plays the role of a miner in one of Baguio’s mining camps, Susan Roces is a postulant.

In a mining mishap, nuns from a nearby convent rush to rescue the casualties. Raul (Ronnie Poe) meets Veronica (Susan Roces) and from that moment, each knew of the strong attraction between them. But they are cautious and careful not to entertain the feelings because they are aware of the gap between them.

War breaks out and Raul, with his fellow miners, become soldiers, and later guerillas. They camp near their old mine. In one instance, when the Japanese pursue them, Raul and company have no other recourse but to seek refuge in the nearby convent. Veronica and Raul meet again, but the she is about to be committed to Christ.

When Raul and his group leave, Veronica feels and realizes that she will be more happier with Raul. She talks with the mother superior.

After the war, Raul once more returns to the convent, only to find out that most of the nuns detailed that time perished when the Japanese bombed the place.






A poignant ending as Raul and Veronica were finally reunited.



Did you know that National Artist,the late Fernando Amorsolo, a well-known and famous painter did a portrait of Susan Roces in this movie. The painting was very essential to fully project the dramatic implication of a sequence in the film. The story called for the renowned painter being requested by FPJ, in the role of Raul to do a portrait of a woman he had known in the past but only from his (Ronnie’s) description as he envisioned her from memory. The woman was Susan Roces who portrayed the role of Veronica in the film.

Susan Roces with the Amorsolo painting


Monday, October 3, 2016

FERNANDO POE, JR., (IN THE TITLE ROLE), JOSE ROMULO, REBECCA, NOVA VILLA, MARION DOUGLAS, LITO ANZURES, VICTOR BRAVO, PABLO VIRTUOSO, DENCIO PADILLA IN "EX-CONVICT" (1967)

 

"Ex-Convict" (1967)
RTG Productions
Release Date March 15, 1967/ Dalisay
Music Paquito Toledo
Executive Producer Ruben T. Gozon
Direction Efren Reyes
Cast Fernando Poe, Jr., Jose Romulo, Rebecca, Nova Villa, Marion Douglas, Lito Anzures, Victor Bravo, Pablo Virtuoso, Dencio Padilla, Vic Varrion, Mario Escudero/ Supported by Joe Cunanan, Dely Villanueva/ Guests- Nello Nayo, Johnny Reyes, Resty Sandel, Johnny Long




 The movie was released in VCD