Magazine NO 1 JANUARY 2014 Ang pelikula ni Ate Vi na Trudis Liit ay tandang tanda Dito makikita ang malinaw na talento ni Ate Vi. ng maraming Vilmanians. Sa murang edad na siyam Hindi lamang sa kanyang hindi pilit na pag-iyak na taon, ito’y nagdulot ng unang karangalan sa pag- kundi sa pagkanta rin. Dito rin sa pelikulang ito'’y arte. Sa mga Vilmanians ang maraming madramang nakipagsabayan siya sa pagganap ni Olivia eksena rito’y natanim sa ating alaala. Ang sabi nga Cenizal at sa pang-aapi ni Carol Varga. Ang ng isa’y “the first movie I’ve seen in Black & White dekada ng sisenta ay patuloy na nagbigay ng sa TV mula sa bintana ng kapitbahay ay ang "Trudis maraming pelikula kay Ate Vi magmula sa Liit" na napaiyak ang lahat ng nanonood dito pagiging isang batang artista hanggang sa isang Magazine * 2014 * no. 1 nagsimula ang lahat...ng kanyang pagiging isang teenager. Umabot ito sa unang karangalan niya Vilmanian.” Katulad ng Vilmanian na ito’y, dito rin bilang isang hindi na batang artista sa nagsimula ang aking paghanga sa star for all pamamagitan ng pagkanominado niya sa Best Filmography 1960s season. Galit na galit ako nuon kay Bella Flores Supporting Actress muli sa FAMAS at ang 1963 dahil sa pang-aaping ginawa niya kay Trudis. Sa kanyang pagkapanalo ng parehong titulo mula Trudis Liit pagkapanalo ni Ate Vi ng FAMAS Best Child Actress naman sa San Beda College. Siya lamang ang Anak, ang Iyong Ina sa pelikulang ito, sinundan pa ng Sampaguita batang artista na hindi natigil and pag-aartista King & Queen for a Day Pictures ang tagumpay nito sa pamamagitan ng hanggang sa maging menor de edad na ito sa Duwelo sa Sapang Bato pelikulang Ging. local na industriya ng pelikula. - RV Aninong Bakal 1964 Larawan ng Pag-ibig Naligaw na Anghel Sa Bawat Pintig ng Puso 1965 Maria Cecilia Morena Martir Kay Tagal ng Umaga Iginuhit ng Tadhana 1966 Hampaslupang Maton Ito ang Dahilan Batang Iwahig Ito ang Pilipino 1967 De Colores Kasalanan Kaya? Eagle Commandos 1968 Sino ang may Karapatan? 1969 My Darling, Eddie Pag-Ibig, Masdan ang Ginawa Mo Pinagbuklod ng Langit The Jukebox King Release Date: Feb 21, 1963 1963 Plot Description: Ang Trudis Liit ay isang pelikulang “…In Trudis, we were 800 plus during the audition. Tita Drama kung saan inaapi ang kaawa-awang si Trudis Lolit (Lolita Rodriguez) and Tita Bella (Flores) talked to my (Vilma Santos) ng kanyang madrasta (Bella Flores). – mother. Siguro, natutuwa sa akin. They told her na kukurutin daw ako para umiyak pero kailangan daw Wikipedia Trudis Liit sabihin ko ang lines ko. So, nakuha ako, kasi the other children forgot to say the dialogue when they started Direction: crying. “I played Oreng, yung sister ni Trudis na kinagat Jose De Villa Film Reviews: “This is, of course, Vilma’s first film and it ng aso. But I never became a dramatic actress, because I didn’t know how to cry. In one scene, inaagaw na yung has all the elements of a melodrama – the good guys and Story: baboy namin do’n, ipagbibili na ni Bella. When Ate Vi one extremely bad woman (Bella Flores). This early, you (Vilma Santos) cried, iyak na din ako pero boses lang. Mars Ravelo can already tell that Vilma was to the acting profession Wala talagang luha. Kakausapin na naman nila nanay ko. born (She won FAMAS Best Child Actress for this film). Screenplay: Kunwari papauwiin na ako. ‘Pag umiyak na ako, they Chito B. Tapawan She doesn’t allow herself to be eclipsed by her veteran would start shooting. After our scenes, Tito Luis co-stars: Luis Gonzales and the Lolita Rodriguez. But (Gonzalez) and Tita Lolit would buy us Max chicken kasi Cast: with due respect to Vilma, even if she is the one who pinahirapan nila kaming umiyak…” – Gypsy Baldovino, Vilma Santos, Connie Angeles, Lolita plays the title role here and is undeniably good in this Manila Bulletin, 10 Aug 2009 Rodriguez, Luis Gonzales, Bella Flores, Charlie Sampaguita Pictures box-office hit, the one who leaves a “…It was also Doc Perez who gave both Vilma Santos and Davao, Rodolfo ‘Boy’ Garcia, Ely Roque, really lasting impression in the minds of most viewers is Rod Navarro their first movie breaks. Vilma was the child Matimtiman Cruz, Ray Marcos, the character played by Connie Angeles, Oreng. After all, star of “Trudis Liit” while Rod appeared as an extra in a Ven Medina, Venchito Galvez wasn’t it this girl who gets chewed up by a German now forgotten Sampaguita movie…” – Joe Quirino, Shepherd in the film?” – Butch Francisco, Newsflash, Times Journal, August 19, 1977 Original Music: Feb 2004 Pastor de Jesus Executive producer: Dr. Jose Vera Perez Film Achievement: 1963 FAMAS Best Child Actress Vilma Santos Trivia: The film was remade into a teleserye in 2010 starring Jillian Ward and into a film in 1996 starring Marijoy Adorable. Bella Flores died on May 19, 2013 Luis Gonzales died on Mar 15, 2012 Both Connie Angeles and Vilma Santos became politicians. Lolita Rodriguez is now retired and living in the United States. Release Date: Apr 05, 1963 Plot Description: “…Vilma has “two” mothers in Gloria “…A talented youngster, she often steals the 1963 Romero and the late Ms. Rita Gomez. Vilma’s name was itsy spotlight from her senior colleagues. In Ging, bitsy tiny in the theater marquees. She started her career Naligaw Na Anghel, Anak Ang Iyong Ina, and right, to be acting with the brilliant and professional actors many other films, she was a standout in tear- of the era…” – Mario Garces jearking scenes. As a result, she is always in Anak, ang Iyong Ina demand for such roles. Despite her success, Vilma remains unaffected as a child. At the St. Direction: Film Reviews: “…Hindi ako dapat talaga doon [sa audition mary’s Academy where she is a six-grader, she Mar S. Torres na iyon]. Nakipila lang ako. Pagpila ko, tinatawag ako ng has more than her share of friends not because mommy ko na, ‘Hindi ka diyan!’ Sabi ko, ‘Andito na, e!’ Story: she is a celebrity but because of her natural Makulit na ako no’ng time na ‘yon!” natatawang kuwento pa chumminess. In fact, she is so fond of her Fausto J. Galauran niya sa PEP. Patuloy ni Ate Vi, “So, anyway, tinawag ako ni Doc Perez [of Sampaguita Pictures] at that time. Pinaarte friends that their house on Lunas St in La Loma, Screenplay: ako. Nag-adlib-adlib pa ako. Nakuha naman ako. So, when I Quezon City is often filled with them. Her Medy Tarnate started, dalawa kaagad ang pelikula ko—Trudis Liit at Anak, parents, Mr. and Mrs. Amado Santos, do not Ang Iyong Ina [1963]. Ang naaalala ko lang tungkol sa discourage her gregariousness and instead look Cast: maaga kong pagpasok sa pag-aartista, parang laro lang sa upon it as part of her developing personality…” Gloria Romero, Mario Montenegro, Rita akin iyon. Parang naglalaro lang ako noon kaya hindi – Julio F. Silverio, The Weekly Nation, 31 Gomez, Tony Marzan, trabaho sa akin iyon, e. So, very-very memorable sa akin December 1965 Eddie Garcia, Vilma Santos, iyon. At saka no’ng Trudis Liit, every lunch, lagi akong may Etang Discher, Maria Victoria, apple. Lagi akong may chicken…” – Ruben Marasigan, Ely Roque, Aring Bautista, PEP, 25 October 2011 Totoy Torrente, Nenita Navarro, Naty Mallares, Rosa Mia, Tony Cayado, Jose De Villa, Charlie Davao Original Music: Dick Zamora Trivia: Vi’s first film with screen legends Gloria Romero and Rita Gomez. Rita Gomez died on May 9, 1990 in New York. Release Date: Jul 04, 1963 1963 Plot Description: No Available Information “…Batangas Governor Vilma Santos, who’s now identified with ABS-CBN, told the Inquirer: “The whole country is saddened by the news. He was simple but someone with a big heart for Filipinos. Film Reviews: “…The title was about a popularity He entertained us for over 60 years.” The King & Queen for a Day contest in the studio where some of the said staff and actress-politician recalled that she first shared crew were the candidates. Here, the King of Comedy the screen with Dolphy when she was a child star. Direction: played a janitor named “Julio Antukin” who became Mar S. Torres “I worked with him and the late comedians involved in most of the hilarious situations in the movie Panchito and Chichay when I was 11 years old in studio premises like throwing the pin of the grenade Story: the Sampaguita movie ‘King and Queen for a Day.’ instead of the grenade, when he replaced a bit player, Ading Bernando, Jose Leonardo That was 1963…” – Bayani San Diego Jr, at the site where a movie director, played by Ading Philippine Daily Inquirer, 12 July 2012 Screenplay: Fernando, was standing giving instructions about a Ading Bernando, Jose Leonardo scene. Another one was when he was assigned in the “…Pangkaraniwang papel niya ang Everyman na sound room where his clumsiness in the operation of mula sa karalitaan ay humahantong sa tagumpay Cast: its equipment caused the switching of the male and the – at lover boy pa, tulad sa mga sumusunod na Dolphy, Chichay, female voices of its contract stars, played by Jose pelikula: “King And Queen For A Day” (1963), Jose Mari Gonzales, Liberty Ilagan, Panchito, Mari Gonzales and Liberty Ilagan, in a musical number “Rodolfo Valentino” at “Tayo’y Mag-Up Up And Aruray, scene. In the end, he redeemed himself, when he was Naty Santiago, Johnny Misa, Away” (1970). Matagal siyang nakakontrata sa Ven Medina, Venchito Galvez, Vilma Santos, able to help the studio from being robbed by a gang of Sampaguita, pero nang magsara ang pangunahing Herminia Carranza, Cora Maceda, Pepe criminals which made him the King while Chichay was movie company ay gumawa si Dolphy sa iba’t Salameda, the Queen…”- Melcore’s CinePlex blog bang studio, tulad ng Lea Productions at Regal Naty Mallares, Apolonio Abadeza Films, at sa sariling RVQ Productions…” – Mario A.