THE FIRST MOVIE HOUSE IN ASINGAN....

Hi Vic,

Your right there, buddy it"s BACK TO BATAAN! Plus other movies ..

But the very first movie house in Asingan was the rice mill of Monyang according to my Aunt Tia Patching (The oldest of my Aunts. She was born in Dec 27, 1900); the Mother of Ismael.) That's where she watch movie about Russia. The title was the VOLGA BOATMAN, a love story. This movie was not still a "talking" picture. It used sign language. I have a copy of this movie...Lito D.

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Amazing memory you have, buddy! And you have it too. I should copy that someday when I visit your place. Speaking of old movies, one of the oldies shown in this theatre was SARAWAK starring Paraluman. It was set in an island ( Sarawak is in Borneo ). Paraluman ( remember her?) was one of the beauties of the Philippine cinema in the '50s.. She looks like Cher. She played a native girl ( always dressed in those eye catching bathing suits made of leather, like Tarzans wife ) but actually she turned into a vampire at night. The hero was stranded in Sarawak and he had to deal with Paraluman who loved at daytime but at night time, she turns into a female Dracula and she wanted to suck his blood. What a lover!

--vic