FPJ's LO' WAIST GANG (1958)

Fernando Poe Jr stars in Larry Santiago Productions' LO' WAIST GANG AT SI OG SA MINDORO. Also starring Berting Labra, Chiquito, Bobby Gonzales, Tony Cruz, Butch Bautista, Boy Sta. Romana, Paquito Toledo, Boy Francisco, Jesus "Og" Ramos, Elizabeth Ramsey and Teresita Mendez as Rosa.
Directed by Pablo Santiago.
Da King plays Nanding, the leader of a group of young adventurers who went to Mindoro on a treasure hunt.
This is probably the only remaining Lo' Waist Gang movie available commercially.

(Excerpts from Simon Santos blog):
Fernando Poe, Jr. was barely 17 years old when he starred in the first of a series of highly successful Lo' Waist Gang in July 1956. It jump started his career after a below par showing of his first movie, Anak ni Palaris in 1955.

Excerpts from the article 'Batang Taquila' by Quijano de Manila (Nick Joaquin) Philippine Free Press/ June 1, 1968:
The public tended to see Lo'Waist Gang as a real-life gang that Ronnie, like any other members of the gang, often found themselves provoked and set upon by kanto boys wanting to test them out. Actually, says Ronnie, Lo Waist was a gang only onscreen; Zaldy Zshornack had his own barkada, and so did Boy Sta. Romana; and the only members that Ronnie moved around with after working hours were Berting Labra (because Labra worked for Poe senior) and Boy Francisco (because Boy and Ronnie were both courting Corazon Rivas at that time). I didn't become really close to Zaldy until after Lo' Waist, says Ronnie.
Lo' Waist Gang was the big break, but Ronnie's smile is rather sad as he reels off the once- famous gangs names: Zaldy, Labra, Sta. Romana, Bobby Gonzales, Tony Cruz, Mario Antonio, Butch Bautista, Boy Francisco. Let me see, have I forgotten anybody? And melancholy does resound in the litany as one thinks of Boy Sta. Romana, violently dead; or of Zaldy, who soared and slipped and came back; or of the others for the moment of glory was as brief as youth, though the 50s are forever young in their faces.
For Lo' Waist not only summed up a generation, the barkada youth of the 1950s; it was also a landmark in Philippine movies, as may be seen in Ronnie's transformation. From the escapist unreality of the costume pictures he had been doing, he shifted, in Lo' Waist, along with the Philippine cinema, to the contemporary world and became topical, wearing the look of the 50s, speaking the idiom of the 50s. It was the Santiagos who made Philippine cinema of our times.
Lo' Waist Gang was such a huge box-office success and prompted the production of sequels all totaling 8 more (from 1956 to 1960). It also started a fashion fad then: low-waist pants
(with thanks to Simon Santos of daking-fpj blog)

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[gigicamua1]

hi there where kya ako makakuha luma film ni fpj with the title n Diegong Akyat, Habang o hanggang may buhay with helen gamboa and zamboanga with susan roces and vic silayan in it. i will apreciate this very much........

[onenamedjuan]

@gigicamua1 : di ko cgurado kong available mga ito sa video 48 shop ni simon santos along west corner del monte qc... cya lang kasi source ko of old fpj movies... pero marami doon mga movies ni da king... salamat

[4urlisteningpleasure]

hindi ba si elizabeth ramsey yung isang babae?

[onenamedjuan]

@4urlisteningpleasure: tama.... salamat.

[hanz1258]

ayus.....ang waffu ni FPJ ah...at ndi ko nakilala c ka berting labra.......GOLDEN MOVIES!...thanks for the upload

[onenamedjuan]

@hanz1258 : welcome bro at salamat din

[BruceAdolf]

@folfol2 wala ka sa lolo ko binugbog ang lolo mo

[onenamedjuan]

thanks bro!.. well, my granny once said that life begins at 60 'cuz by that age you can take it easy and relax all day... lol..

[2009kyd]

Thank you very much for this movie. This make me feel young again. Although I'm not that old he he he!!

[onenamedjuan]

you're right bro. those were the golden era of philippine movies. we have lots of talented and promising young movie makers now. indie movies lang ngayon maraming magaganda. kaya lang kulang ng suporta. .. thanks....