MARUJA (1967)

One of the Philippine Cinema's lost treasures, MARUJA was shown in 1967 which starred Philippine Movie Queen Susan Roces and Romeo Vasquez. A "Pilipino Komiks" serial , MARUJA was penned by the great komiks novelist Mars Ravelo and produced by Lea Productions. MARUJA is a romantic drama, a story of reincarnation and of great love set during the Spanish era in the Philippines. As of now, the movie is considered lost since no prints of this film still exist. For those still young to remember this movie or were not born yet when this movie was shown, I somehow recreated the movie through this photo montage with the original theme song sung by Ric Manrique, Jr. as background music.

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[novarich007]

@jiminiroski Maruja didn't kill herself after she wed the governor general. She died of heart failure, an illness she developed during her long wait for the return of her childhood sweetheart Gabriel who was cast away by her parents 10 yrs before.

Before the wedding day, Maruja went to spend the night in Gabriel's villa where their love was consumated but only after "marrying" themselves in front of God. Highly emotional but it didn't need a BED SCENE to emphasize their great love.

[jiminiroski]

@novarich007 : Di ba nagpakamatay si Maruja, uminom ng lason? Yun ang kuwento sa komiks, pati nga dun sa "Gumising Ka, Maruja" dun sa umpisa na ikinukuwento ni Mario O'Hara yung story ni Maruja, hindi binanggit na namatay siya sa heart failure, kundi naglason.

[novarich007]

@jiminiroski In the 1967 film, Maruja died of heart failure. Siguro iniba to get away with parallelism ng Romeo and Juliet story. Naging more impressive kasi it showed the effect of Maruja's faithfulness in waiting for Gabriel to return after they left the villa 10 years before. Believe it, sabi ko nga 7 beses ko ito napanuod sa sine na may bayad....ha ha ha. Kung 2x ko inulit tuwing panood, it means 14 times ko napanood ang buong film. Can't watch 3x kasi 3.5 hrs ang film ...LOL

[jiminiroski]

@novarich007 : Thanks for your input. I believe you now! (hehehe!), and I'm more than eager to find copy of this film kahit na putul-putol o kaya panay gasgas na, basta meron pang kopya, mapanood ko lang. Sayang lang at I'm still young then at hindi ko matandaan kung napanood ko ito sa sine o kahit sa tv, pero ang natatandaan ko, nababasa ko ito sa komiks.

[jiminiroski]

@novarich007 : Thanks for your input. I believe you now! (hehehe!), and I'm more than eager to find copy of this film kahit na putul-putol o kaya panay gasgas na, basta meron pang kopya, mapanood ko lang. Sayang lang at I'm still young then at hindi ko matandaan kung napanood ko ito sa sine o kahit sa tv, pero ang natatandaan ko, nabasa ko ito sa komiks.

[novarich007]

@jiminiroski Can you please upload also the other song "Adios Mi Amor" that was sang by Maruja after she was wed to the gobernador heneral. This is more "haunting" than the theme song. This is the flip side of the 45 rpm single released to the market in 1967.

[jiminiroski]

@novarich007 : Yun bang "Adios Mi Amor", ito rin yung song na kinanta sa pelikula ni Susan Roces na meron ding ganung title? It was uploaded here in You Tube. I search mo na lang.

[fanatical16]

i like th dress i hope pinoys will make a drama in a time of kastila when the girls is wearing gown.. i like the gown

[RaneSMD1]

I'm hoping "Ours" my love will have a happier ending..such a helpless romantic I am ;)

[donjaycee]

couangco is the ancestor of cory aquino

[novarich007]

@jiminiroski Yes, it is the song that Susan sang in the 1967 film. The piano version was also the backgound music in many parts of the film kaya nostalgic talaga.

[TheSweetboyish]

susan is very beautiful♥

[samsamsamjitp]

@novarich007 Wow. Kaya pala ang sabi po ng mom ko, yung Eternity parang Maruja din.