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Tuesday, April 23, 2013

THE FIFTIES # 269: JOSE ROMULO, ARSENIA FRANCISCO, ROSITA NOBLE IN "ADVENTURES OF DI-13" (1955)

Pinoy viewers were introduced to James Bond in 1962 in the movie Dr. No. But did you know that 7 years earlier, in 1955, Premiere Productions produced a similar type of movie---ala-James Bond? The film was Adventures of DI-13, with Jose Romulo playing the intrepid Filipino sleuth. The blurb says "You'll be gasping for breath as you follow the dangerous, romantic, hilarious adventures of DI-13" --- a typical James Bond formula---

"The Adventures of DI-13" (1955)
Premiere Productions/ Larry Santiago Productions
Release Date February 14- 23, 1955/ Dalisay
Story Damy Velasquez
Direction Cesar Gallardo
Cast Jose Romulo, Arsenia Francisco, Rosita Noble, Lopito, Ramon D'Salva

 "The Adventures of DI-13"
Story by Damy Velasquez
Artwork by Jesse Santos
Serialized in Pilipino Komiks/ 1953





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