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Sampaguita Pictures is a Phillipine film production company.

History

Sampaguita Pictures was established in the last quarter of 1937, and its first feature length film was Bituing Marikit
, starring Elsa Oria & Rogelio dela Rosa. The film was a box-office hit. The company has continued to make films in the action, musical, horror and suspense genres.

Before the Second World War began, and the Japanese occupied Manila, several Sampaguita films enjoyed box office success in the region. Some of them employed the famous tandem of Carmen Rosales and Rogelio dela Rosa, like Panambitan, Pagsuyo, Jazmin and many more. But the first film made at the Sampaguita studio by Carmen and Jose was Takipsilim.

After the war ended, Sampaguita made several war picturees in 1946, including Guerilyera, with Carmen and newcomer Celso Baltazar, Maynila, the comeback picture of Corazon Noble and featuring a little girl Tita Duran, and Isumpa mo Giliw, with husband and wife team Angel Esmeralda and Corazon Noble.

After several war pictures musicals became popular, and the studio created a new star team with real husband and wife Pancho Magalona and Tita Duran. They made several hits including Bulaklak na Walang Pangalan, Huwag Ka ng Magtampo, Sa Isang Sulyap mo Tita, and Sa Isang Halik mo Pancho.

It was 1950 when the studios were hit by fire and hundreds of film prints destroyed. But it was 1951 when they top-billed the unknown little girl, the daughter of Linda Estrella, in her first lead role in Roberta
, with another child actor Boy Alano and the movie was one of the biggest hits of the year.

In the early fifties several actors appeared in the studio's productions, including Alicia Vergel and her husband Cesar Ramirez in Ukkala, Diwani, the Philippine Folk Hero Bernardo Carpio, MN and many more.

It was 1952 when the half-Filipino half-American Gloria Miller Romero made her first full length movie as the partner of Cesar Ramirez in an action costume picture Palasig.

Another famous husband and wife team were Rita Gomez and Ric Rodrigo. They were popular together in their movie Diyosa.

The infamous tandem of husband and wife duo Lolita Rodriguez and Eddie Arenas also made some dramas together, like Kundiman ng Puso
, Busabos, Cicatriz and Mapait na Lihim. The two later divorced. Arenas is still active in Philippine cinema while Rodriguez moved to the United States.

Another husband and wife tandem in the 1950s were Amalia Fuentes and Romeo Vasquez. Fuentes made her last appearance for Sampaguita in 1964, before leaving for another studio.

Susan Roces took her first lead role as a lady boxer in Sabungera opposite Luis Gonzales but the movie was not a box office hit. Fuentes and Roces are famous for their rivalry when they made the movie Cover Girls in the 1960s.

In 1960, Sampaguita made a movie entitled Pitong Pagsisi supported by 20 Sampaguita Stars, including the return of Paraluman who reigned in the Studio in the late 40s.

Filmography

1937 – Bituing Marikit
aka Shiny Star
1938 – Alipin ng Palad aka Slave of Hands
1938 – Dahong Lagas aka Rotten Leaves
1938 – Himagsikan ng Puso aka War of the Heart
1938 – Inang Mahal aka Beloved Mother
1938 – Madaling Araw aka Dawn
1938 – Mapait na Lihim aka Bitter Secret
1938 – Paru-parong Bukid aka Field Butterfly
1938 – Tigre (Ang Taong Halimaw) aka Tiger (The Werewolf)
1938 – Walang Pangalan aka No Name
1939 – Ang Magsasampaguita aka Sampaguita Vendor
1939 – Gabay ng Magulang aka Guide of Parents
1939 – Lagot na Kuwintas aka Broken Necklace
1939 – Pasang Krus aka Burden Cross
1939 – Siya'y Aking Anak aka He is my Child
1939 – Takipsilim aka Twilight
1940 – Estrellita aka Little Star
1940 – Gunita aka Memory
1940 – Jazmin
1940 – Lambingan aka Loving
1940 – Magbalik ka Hirang aka Come Back Darling
1940 – Nang Mahawi ang Ulap aka When the Clouds Rolled By
1940 – Senorita
1941 – Balatkayo
1941 – Mariposa
1941 – Pagsuyo aka Courting
1941 – Palikero aka Playboy
1941 – Panambitan aka Serenade
1941 – Panibugho aka Jealous
1941 – Sa Iyong Kandungan aka In your Lap
1941 – Tampuhan
1941 – Tarhata aka Queen of the Sea
1942 – Landas na Ginto aka Path of Gold
1946 – Guerilyera aka Lady War Fighter
1946 – Maynila aka Manila
1946 – So Long America
1946- Ulilang Watawat aka Orphaned Flag
1947 – Maria Kapra
1948 – Bulaklak na Walang Pangalan aka A Flower with no name
1948 – Kaputol ng Isang Awit aka Half of Song
1948 – Tatlong Puso aka Three Hearts
1949 – Ang Kampeon aka The Champion
1949 – Apoy sa Langit aka Fire in Heaven
1949 – Damit Pangkasal aka Wedding Dress
1949 – Pinaghating P100 aka Seperated 100 Pesos
1950 – Campo O'Donnell aka Camp O'Donnell
1950 – Huling Patak ng Dugo aka The Drop of the Blood
1950 – Huwag ka ng Magtampo aka Don't be Mad
1950 – Kay Ganda mo Neneng aka Neneng, You're Beautiful
1950 –Kilabot sa Makiling aka Phantom of Makiling
1950 – Kulog sa Tag-araw aka Thunder in Summer
1950 – 13 Hakbang aka 13 Steps
1950 – Mga Baguio Cadets aka The Baguio Cadets
1951 –Ang Prinsesa at ang Pulubi aka The Princess and the

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