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“HER OBSESSION WAS POWER AND REVENGE - DID IT BRING FULFILLMENT OR FRUSTRATION? SEE! THE SCREEN’S MOST TALKED-ABOUT DRAMATIC ACTRESS - OPPOSITE SAMPAGUITA’S 1ST STAR OR 1956 !”
Destroyed during a fire that ravaged Sampaguita’s archives. Gilda tells the story of a poor squatter who carried her invalid mother while begging on the streets for money. As she lives under the abusive hand of her mother’s lover, Gilda dreams of becoming a singer.
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Middle-aged widow Beatrice Hunsdorfer and her daughters Ruth and Matilda are struggling to survive in a society they barely understand. Beatrice dreams of opening an elegant tea room but does not have the wherewithal to achieve her lofty goal. Epileptic Ruth is a rebellious adolescent, while shy but highly intelligent and idealistic Matilda seeks solace in her pets and school projects, including one designed to show how small amounts of radium affect marigolds.