Giliw Ko
| Giliw Ko | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Carlos Vander Tolosa |
| Written by | Carlos Vander Tolosa |
| Produced by | Narcisa de León |
| Starring | Ely Ramos Fernando Poe Mila Del Sol Fleur de Lis |
| Cinematography | Benigio Young |
| Edited by | Mario Rosales |
| Music by | Juan Silos Jr. Ariston Avelino |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | Carlos Vander Tolosa Production |
| Distributed by | LVN Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | Philippines |
| Languages | Filipino Tagalog |
Giliw Ko (Filipino for "my love"[1]) is a 1939 Filipino musical romance film. The first production of LVN Pictures, it established the production company's tradition of musical extravaganzas. Directed and written by Carlos Vander Tolosa, it stars Ely Ramos, Fernando Poe, Ely Ramos, Mila Del Sol, and Fleur de Lis.[1]
Plot
Guia (Mila del Sol) is a provincial girl who becomes infatuated with images of Hollywood and the attention lavished on her by Antonio (Ely Ramos), the son of the wealthy landlord. Antonio is the bandleader of a radio orchestra; he convinces Guia to come to Manila with him and sing American songs on the radio. In Manila, Guia eventually becomes disillusioned, defines Antonio by singing in Tagalog, and returns back to the province and into the arms of her childhood sweetheart, Jose (Fernando Poe Sr.).
Cast
- Ely Ramos as Antonio Lopez
- Fernando Poe as Jose
- Mila del Sol as Guia
- Fleur de Lis as Rosie
- Ben Rubio as Mang Takio
- Precioso Palma as Don Alvaro
- Cecilia Joaquin as Mang Juan
- Viva Ortega as Doña Lucia
- Nieves Obieta as Atang
- SSS Trio as Themselves
Production
Several scenes of the film were shot at the mansion of Narcisa de Leon, the producer and matriarch of LVN Pictures.[2]
Release
The film was released on July 29, 1939 at the Manila Metropolitan Theater. President Manuel L. Quezon was in attendance.[3]
Restoration
In 1998, for the Philippines's centennial, the Australian government, through its National Film and Sound Archive, gifted the country with a restored copy of Giliw Ko.[4] In 2022, ABS-CBN Film Restoration Project announced it was undergoing a new scan of the film print.[5]
See also
References
- ^ a b Matilac, Rosalie (1994). "Giliw Ko". Cultural Center of the Philippines Encyclopedia of Philippine Art. Cultural Center of the Philippines.
- ^ De Leon 2022, p. 61.
- ^ n.a. (May 16, 2018). "Inside The Manila Metropolitan Theatre Restoration". Tatler Asia. Archived from the original on March 20, 2023.
- ^ Forbes 2016, p. 171.
- ^ Soliman, Michelle Anne (February 1, 2022). "How ABS-CBN continues to save PHL film heritage". BusinessWorld.
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Bibliography
- De Leon, Mike (2022). Campos, Patrick (ed.). Last Look Back. Quezon City: Contra Mundum Publishing. ISBN 978-621-06-0080-3.
- Forbes, Amy (2016). "Tropical Imaginings and Romantic Nostalgia: 75 Years of Giliw Ko and the Colonial Gaze". ETropic: Electronic Journal of Studies in the Tropics. 12 (2). James Cook University: 171–179. doi:10.25120/etropic.12.2.2013.3340. eISSN 1448-2940.
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