Life of Dr. Jose Rizal
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Description: Exhibited simultaneously with another picture on Dr. Rizal’s life [El Fusilamiento De Rizal].
Soon afterward the Majestic Theater was gutted by fire and nothing more was heard of its owner.
The pictures of Yearsley and Gross were the works of beginners. The interior sets used stage curtains that moved as the wind blew. The artists did not have make-up and their faces looked black on the screen. And they quit too soon to give life to the seed they had planted, but they opened the eyes of the Filipinos to the new art and industry, and that credit should be given to them. Publication: Salumbides, Motion Pictures in the Philippines, Part I -
Description: [The film was] provided with Spanish subtitles since Spanish was the dominant language of Filipinos at the time, [and it] drew crowds from Manila and the provinces.
Soon after the release of the Life of Dr. Jose P. Rizal, the Majestic Theater was gutted by fire and Yearsley quit the theater business... But... [Gross] and Yearsley had already established the foundation of the Films industry in the Philippines. Their productions were crude by latter-day standards : they did not use make-up on their players, they had not yet discovered how to reflect sunlight onto their subjects, and their sets were mere drapes that trembled with the wind. But they were pioneers in the full sense of the word. Publication: Quirino, "Jose Nepomuceno: Father of Philippine Movies" - Description: N. B.: While Salumbides and Mercado make no mention of the date of production or exhibition, T. D. Agcaoili gives 1908 as the date when Filipino movies began. Publication: Agcaoili, "Movies"
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- Yearsley, owner of Majestic Theater in Azcarraga Street now C.M. Recto near Bilibid.
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