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Post by VeeVee on Jul 14, 2006 15:49:40 GMT -5
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Post by legionnaire on Jul 14, 2006 22:12:45 GMT -5
THEY WERE EXPENDABLE!! 1945 American PT Boat's in the Philippines Robert Montgomery was a real-life PT skipper in World War 2. He helped direct some of the PT sequences for the film when John Ford was unavailable due to health reasons.
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Post by milspec on Jul 15, 2006 7:27:04 GMT -5
Good morning Gentlemen,
Can I add a few that I've seen that has 1940's Philippines as its back drop. Some might be familiar others obscure. Here goes whats left of my brain/memory cells.
1. Air Force - Suppossed to have taken place on Clark Airbase during the initial invasion.
2. An American Guerilla in the Philippines - Staring Tyrone Power with a guest appearance by Berting Labra handing them a bottle of coke at the end.
3. Manila Open City - with an all star cast. I could only remember Charito Solis. AFP M41s made a guest appearance as World War II Sherman tanks. I think this movie was directed by Peque Gallaga, correct me if I'm wrong.
4. The Longest Hundred Miles - I'm not really sure about the title but it starred Ricardo Montalban and a teen Vilma Santos. They were supposedly in an alternative fuel run bus with Ricardo Montalban as a Priest and Vilma as one of the children in the bus running from the Japanese (Vic Diaz). I can't remember where they were headed and what happened at the end.
5. Operation Petticoat - Remember the pink submarine. There was a scene where they Tony Curtis stole a pig from a Filipino Farmer and had to replace it with his golf clubs.
6. Ambush Bay - Some secret mission to destroy sea mines so that Leyte landing would be successfull. I think Mickey Rooney and Hugh O'Brien where in it. I remember seeing what looked like an M4A1(?) Sherman tank pretending to be a japanese tank. Shot on location in the PI.
7. I don't know if theses count but Merril's Marauders and Red Beach were shot in the Philippines.
8. No Man is an Island - Not sure about the title either. Starring Jeffrey Hunter and Barbara Luna.
Plus the countless Fernando Poe Jr., Joseph Estrada, Dolphy and chiquito movies whose gallant heroism blazed across the screen against seemingly infinite enemy forces repelled by unlimited .45 bullets from thompsons or grease guns that magically never seemed to need reloading (just my observation) The titles of their movies didn't seem to have had an impact on my memory cells. So, I don't rmember them. Maybe you guys can refresh my memory.
That's all for now. I'll see if I remember anymore.
Have a great Saturday,
Milspec
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Post by legionnaire on Jul 16, 2006 19:21:47 GMT -5
There was this I saw a while back on TV here in the US.
"HUK" 1956
Directed by John Barnwell Stirling Silliphant also novel
Cast (in credits order)complete, awaiting verification George Montgomery .... Greg Dickson Mona Freeman .... Cindy Rogers John Baer .... Bart Rogers James Bell .... Steven Rogers Teddy Benavides .... Maj. Balatbat Mario Barri .... Kalak Ben Perez .... Pinpta
After 14 years in the United States, Greg Dickson (George Montgomery) returns to the Philippines where he was raised, with the purpose of selling his father's estate and returning to the states. Boyhood friend Bart Rogers (John Baer) and his wife Cindy (Mona Freeman) meet Greg's plane at Manila, but he dismisses their warnings about the marauding Huks, fanatic guerillas who are plundering nearby plantations. They repulse a Huk attack on the way to the plantation and are met by Steven Rogers (James Bell), Bart's father and the village schoolteacher. With him is Philippine Army Major Balatbat (Teddy Benivedes) who tells Greg that Kalak (Mario Barri), leader of the Huks and murderer of Greg's father, is also after him.
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Post by milspec on Jul 16, 2006 23:06:58 GMT -5
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Post by legionnaire on Jul 16, 2006 23:39:58 GMT -5
Wow! Were was this event? I know there is also a Lady here in southern California who owns a scout car and a 37mm ati tank gun. The Bren carrier looks beautiful. There is also a Tank Museum here in Rosemead that I have been to that has a Bren carrier and the "Japanese" tank used in "Windtalkers" and it was also used in "Flags of our Fathers" too. I have pics of it. Milspec, what you could also do to post pictures is when you see the second row of square buttons on the Add Tags section, above the Add Smilies. select the fourth from right that will identify itself as "insert image", and you will get this text on your message box, then insert and paste the URL address between the two ____ and test with the preview button below to see if it will work, before you select the final Post reply button. I hope this helps and notr confuse you more. ;D Philip you posted your pics in the suggested movies section, should have been in the PHOTOS section.
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Post by VeeVee on Jul 17, 2006 6:47:00 GMT -5
But if his photobucket is a free account, he might reach the bandwidth limit quickly if it's hot-linked. If it's not a free account, there's no limit so it's okay to hot-link. Nice pics! I'll move it to the photos section when I get a chance and when you tell us the event name where these pictures came from.
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Post by yamota on Jul 17, 2006 8:03:57 GMT -5
Speaking of "They were expendable", I read an article in last month's "WWII Heritage" magazine about the real life Navy PT boat commander who was charged with evacuating Gen. Macarthur. His name was Lt. John Bulkeley and he was also charged with evacuating Philippine President Quezon and he said that at first Quezon and his staff would not go with them, thinking the waters around Luzon was heavily patrolled by Japanese warships so he was going to take a chance with being part of the Japanese puppet government. Bulkeley explained to them that the japs could not be trusted and it was only after actually threatening them with physical harm did he finally convince them to board his PT boat. Afterwards at a banquet in lincheon in his honor, Quezon recounted the story but this time in his version he was very much willing to go with the american PT boat captain.
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Post by VeeVee on Jul 17, 2006 9:49:10 GMT -5
Didn't Quezon and his family get evacuated via submarine?
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Post by yamota on Jul 17, 2006 10:38:27 GMT -5
I believe for the initial part of their journey, they had to be picked up from the place where they were hiding by PT boat
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Post by milspec on Jul 17, 2006 13:30:22 GMT -5
Greetings Philip , Victor and welcome to Yamota,
I had initially intended these pictures to be a follow up to the Replica Bren gun Carrier in the other section. But in my haste to send it I must have forgotten to transfer to the other topic. Anyway, I'll be more careful next time. I'm glad you guys like it. These are photos taken by a friend of mine with his digital camera. He was more than glad top share it with us. His main interest is modern military vehicles and equipment. He has more detailed shots of the scout car. I can post them if you want me to. He told me that he took the shots at a military vehicles rally in Maryland about two months ago. I'll have to get the details from him. Are you guys also interested in Armour? He has pics from a tank show. Its a mix of WWII and post war tanks. Philip, could you post the pictures you have of the Japanese tanks that were used in the movie The Great Raid and Flags of Our Fathers. My friend says that they are actually Stuart tanks dressed up to look like Japanese tanks. He also says that one of the Japanese tanks used in The Great Raid was actually a British IFV. Just like the Stug III in Band of Brothers. The Jadgpanther they had there was built on the chassis of a Russian T62. Do you remember the Tiger Is in Saving Private Ryan? They were built on Russian T-34 suspensions. The first time I saw them do that was in the movie Kelly's Heroes.
You mentioned the movie "Huks". I vaguely remember an old movie with a similar title. The only thing I can remember from it was a fierce gun fight between some Americans and Philippine soldiers on a ferry/boat against an onslaught of banca riding bandits. The ferry/boat was on fire and sinking. The the cavalry arrives in the form of 2 M3 scout cars and a jeep towing ,what looks like, a 37mm anti tank gun. They join the foray and eventually overcome the bandits. What I distinctly remember is that the soldiers from the scout cars were wearing the WWII camouflaged jungle back packs. I had one of those back in the Philippines a long time ago. My Dad used to take me to the surplus stores in Quiapo to get camping supplies during my cub scout and boy scout days. The Military Collecting bug probably bit me when he bought me an M1 steel helmet (without liner) just for kicks. I used to remember wearing that helmet over my cub scout hat while I watched "Combat" (in black and white) on TV. I still have that helmet shell at home in the Philippines. Just reminiscing.
Milspec
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Post by yamota on Jul 19, 2006 11:55:21 GMT -5
4. The Longest Hundred Miles - I'm not really sure about the title but it starred Ricardo Montalban and a teen Vilma Santos. They were supposedly in an alternative fuel run bus with Ricardo Montalban as a Priest and Vilma as one of the children in the bus running from the Japanese (Vic Diaz). I can't remember where they were headed and what happened at the end. Milspec Ah yes, I loved this movie when I was a boy! In addition to Ricardo Montalban, this also starred Doug McLure as an American soldier who escapes the Bataan dath march, and Katharine Ross as an American nurse. I believe this also starred Ronald Remy as a filipino guerilla fighter. I have been looking for a copy of this movie for a long long time now. If anybody sees one please let me know. Another movie I enjoyed when I was a kid was a movie called "Guerillas in Pink Lace". It was about an American soldier in the Philippines who masquerades a priest with a group of beautiful american nurses. The one scene I remember the most was the scene at the end where they find out he's not a priest after all and all these beautiful nurses gang rape him, and I was like gad, what a lucky guy!
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Post by milspec on Jul 19, 2006 15:22:24 GMT -5
Greetings Yamota,
Now that you mention it I do recall Doug McLure, Katharine Ross and a moustached Ronald Remy. Just Like you I too would like to see it again. I remember watching it in the afternoons decades ago.
This "Guerilla in Pink Lace" were they for some reason stuck on some deserted island?
milspec
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Post by yamota on Jul 20, 2006 8:57:51 GMT -5
I believe it was. There's only a few choice scenes I remember. One is this goofy japanese soldier dressed only in a loincloth prancing around like a dork. And other is the final scene is when they find out he's not really a priest then the girls drag him down and have their way with him.
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Post by VeeVee on Jul 20, 2006 18:50:52 GMT -5
Do you guys know how we can get hold of some of these old Tagalog movies? Yamota, have you inquired at GMA in the past by any chance?
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Post by VeeVee on Jul 24, 2006 5:58:24 GMT -5
I called GMA 7, as in their office at the corner of EDSA and Timor Ave. The person who answered the phone said they only have rights to broadcast the movies and don't sell copies of them. We'll have to research the various copyright owners and check if they have them on tape or vcd or dvd.
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Post by yamota on Jul 24, 2006 7:34:20 GMT -5
I know kabayan central sells a lot of old Sampaguita and LVN movies on VHS or DVD, but the price is a little prohibitive. A DVD is like $29 and VHS is about $15 I think. There's a bunch of movies there I really want to get, but the price is quite high for me. A lot of old post WWII movies shot in manila just after the war like "Victory Joe" and "Magkaibang Lahi". But unfortunately, no "Sarhento Salcedo" www.kabayancentral.com/vvideo.html
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Post by VeeVee on Jul 24, 2006 17:56:45 GMT -5
Yamota, thank you thank you! I'll check out the list. I saw some good ones already.
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Post by legionnaire on Jul 25, 2006 1:26:33 GMT -5
WOW! Great website Yamota!! I never knew there was this. Just incredible! Philip
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Post by yamota on Jul 27, 2006 10:42:55 GMT -5
I may have to bite the bullet and splurge the 30 bucks on a DVD from there one of these days. It'll be the most I've spent on one single DVD ever!...But I think it's worth it...No, wait, actually I bought a DVD for 30 bucks from ebay a few years ago, but it was a really good DVD
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