Joseph de Cordova

A war hero meets a prostitute in the postwar ruins of Manila. (imdb)

First shown at the Life Theater, 25 April -- 4 May 1952, Kambal Tuko is undoubtedly one of Pugo and Togo's best vehicles with the comic tandem as the conjoined twins Momoy and Popoy.

Nanding is a fisherman/farmer who also happens to possess a fine singing voice. The barrio is astir with the return of Marina, the daughter of the despotic Cabesang Berong the town’s richest resident, who was a childhood friend of Nanding. Marina and Nanding renew their old friendship and the friendship inevitably turns into love.

Lamberto Avellana’s adaptation of the Solomon and Sheba mythos.

Cristina, a pretty young neighborhood girl, is pursued by the mysterious Satur, a wealthy but mysterious young man. Cristina, however, is engaged to Sendong, a young farmer. When Cristina’s mother is taken suddenly ill and there appears to be no hope of recovery, Satur says that can cure her in exchange for Cristina being promised to him. Desperate, Cristina agrees and her mother pulls through. Cristina and Sendong soon find out that she may have well made a deal with the devil.

A man in 50’s Philippine society.