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In 1982, after its last successful film Batch '81, Sampaguita Pictures stopped producing films and focused solely on distribution and post-production of films until 2005. In March 1987, Sampaguita Pictures celebrated its 50th anniversary with a television special produced by Marichu Perez Maceda, the wife of politician Ernesto Maceda. [7]
This is the list of theatrical feature films founded in 1937 owned by Sampaguita Pictures. It is also include some movies produced by their co-film companies like Vera-Perez Productions, VP Pictures or its combination of the two film company.
Perez would inherit the production studio Sampaguita Pictures from his father-in-law José O. Vera. [3] From 1951 to 1975, he would serve as the studio's marketing manager, general manager and executive producer. [1]
In 2004, a motion was filed in the House of Representatives of the Philippines to declare the Waling-waling as the country's national flower, replacing the Sampaguita. [9] [10] In 2013, a bill was passed by the Philippine Senate declaring the Waling-waling as a national flower alongside the Sampaguita. [11]
Pages in category "Sampaguita Pictures films" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Rebecca Busbus Buslon-Tushinsky (January 31, 1929 – March 11, 2010) better known as Rebecca del Rio was a Filipino actress typecasted as a glamorous contravida or villain in Sampaguita Pictures who was the first Filipino to be awarded as Asia’s Best Actress. She made numerous movies under Sampaguita Pictures.
She then became a famous leading lady in romantic movies, but when she made a comeback, her image was repackaged by Sampaguita Pictures owner Dr. José "Doc" Pérez. She was given character roles, playing nemesis to Gloria Romero in Hongkong Holiday , then as a disabled woman in Tanikaláng Apoy (1959).
The only movie under Sampaguita Pictures that was released in 1951 before she moved to the rival company, Lvn Pictures, in the early 1950s. Abad's first movie in Lvn Pictures was in cameo roles with Evelyn Villar teamed up with a handsome lead actor of the company Armando Goyena as a Filipino Super Hero as Kapitan Kidlat from the movie Kidlat ...