Ilocana Maiden

Ilocana Maiden
Ilocana Maiden
Directed by	Olive La Torre
Screenplay by	Luciano B. Carlos; Conrado Conde; Willie P. Orfinada;
Story by	T. D. Agcaoili
Produced by	Jose O. Vera
Starring	Gloria Romero
Cinematography	Steve Perez
Edited by	Federico Arroyo
Music by	Pastor de Jesus; Restie Umali; Conrado Conde; T. D. Agcaoili;
Distributed by	Sampaguita Pictures
Release date	July 4, 1954 (Philippines);
Country	Philippines
Languages	Filipino; Ilocano;

Ilocana Maiden (Filipino: Dalagang Ilocana) is a 1954 Filipino romantic comedy film directed by Olive La Torre from a screenplay by Luciano B. Carlos, Conrado Conde, and Willie P. Orfinada, based on a story written by T. D. Agcaoili, who also wrote additional lyrics with Conde. It stars Gloria Romero, Ric Rodrigo, and Rudy Francisco, while the supporting cast includes Dolphy and Rebecca del Rio.

A black and white film produced and released by Sampaguita Pictures, a radio adaptation of the film was serialized over DZRH Sampaguita Radio Program and also, it launched the career of Tita de Villa. It was theatrically released on July 4, 1954.

In 2021, the film was digitally restored and remastered by the Film Development Council of the Philippines (FDCP).

Background

Olive La Torre directed Gloria Romero as a spirited, cigar-chomping country girl who rolls tobacco leaves into cigars for a living. Romero is a wonderful comedian, combining as she does a stately beauty and aristocratic nose with eyes that slant just (and maddeningly) so, plus a sense of humor game enough to undercut her impeccable poise; Dolphy does well in a supporting role as comic sidekick with an insatiable appetite. The film, set in the tobacco-growing lands of the Ilocos region, is also a lengthy advertisement on the many pleasures of smoking, with seemingly everyone onscreen from the loftiest haciendero to the lowliest tobacco roller casually lighting up fearsome-looking cigars made from uncut tobacco leaf; one character actually suffers asthma attacks if he can't get his regular nicotine fix, from the tightly rolled cigars that only Romero knows how to make.

Cast

Release

Ilocana Maiden was theatrically released in 1954. In late 2000, the film was aired on PTV as part of its SineGinto 2000 program in cooperation with the Advertising Foundation of the Philippines.^[1]

Accolades

FAMAS (Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences Awards)
Year	Category	Nominee	Result
FAMAS Awards	Best Actress	Gloria Romero	Won

References

^ "SineGinto episodes for August to December". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. August 6, 2000. p. B4. Retrieved August 30, 2022.

External links

Dalagang Ilocana at IMDb

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[1] "SineGinto episodes for August to December". Philippine Daily Inquirer. The Philippine Daily Inquirer, Inc. August 6, 2000. p. B4. Retrieved August 30, 2022.

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