LESLIE
Overview
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Title: Leslie
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Year /
Country / Language: 1969 •
Philippines • Filipino/Tagalog
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Release
date: 4
December 1969 (shown at Ideal Theater, Manila)
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Studio/Producer: Lea Productions
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Genres: Drama, Romance
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Logline
used in listings: “Every
emptiness that sadness makes, clears a little more room for happiness.” IMDbTraktLetterboxd
Source Material
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Based on: An original story by Pablo
S. Gomez, serialized in Universal Komiks. IMDb
Principal
Credits
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Director: Armando de Guzman IMDbLetterboxd
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Screenplay: Emmanuel H. Borlaza
(a.k.a. Maning Borlaza) IMDb+1
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Story: Pablo S. Gomez IMDb
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Cinematography: Conrado Baltazar
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Music: Doming Valdez
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Choreography: Amelia Bonifacio
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Production
company: Lea
Productions (also printed on the poster) IMDb
Cast
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Liza Lorena — credited “in the title
role” (Leslie)
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Dante
Rivero (often
listed among leads) IMDb
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Boots
Anson-Roa (lead) IMDb
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Hilda Koronel — introduced in this film (early credit)
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Chichay,
Caridad Sanchez, Mary Walter, Carpi Asturias, Joy del Sol, Raul Aragon, Felisa
Salcedo, Ely Roque
(supporting) IMDbLetterboxd
Notes on character names: one
dataset lists Boots Anson-Roa as Andang and Dante Rivero as Jerry;
however, this is from a tertiary aggregator and is not corroborated elsewhere.
Treat with caution. Fullizle
Synopsis / Plot
No formal studio synopsis
survives online, but the circulating logline is the one used in modern
databases:
“Every
emptiness that sadness makes, clears a little more room for happiness.”
Listings and the poster identify
it as a romantic drama built around Leslie (Liza Lorena) with major
roles for Dante Rivero and Boots Anson-Roa, and an introducing credit
for Hilda Koronel. LetterboxdTrakt
Runtime & Format
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Runtime: ~90 minutes (as listed
by Trakt)
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Color
process: EastmanCOLOR
(indicated on the poster)
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Sound: Mono (IMDb tech specs). TraktIMDb
Posters & Artwork
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A vintage newspaper-style
poster/ad survives showing the full top credits and the “Introducing Hilda Koronel”
billing.
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Digital
poster entries also exist on poster catalog sites. GoldPoster+1
Music / Theme / Soundtrack
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Composer: Doming Valdez (poster
credit).
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I couldn’t
find a documented theme song title or any commercial soundtrack
release for Leslie; none appear in music or film-score catalogs.
Given the era and the studio, it was likely a standard dramatic score without a
separately issued OST. (If you have access to newspaper archives like The
Manila Times/Philippine Daily Express microfilm, premiere-week ads
sometimes list song plugs.)
Trivia & Context
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The film is
part of Hilda Koronel’s earliest screen appearances, predating her
breakout in the 1970s (e.g., Insiang, 1976). IMDb
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Emmanuel H.
Borlaza and Pablo
S. Gomez were major figures of late-60s Filipino commercial cinema and komiks-to-film
adaptations. Wikipedia+1
Availability
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No verified
home video, streaming, or restoration listing could be
found in public catalogs. Modern entries are limited to database pages and
poster archives. (If needed, I can help draft an inquiry to ABS-CBN Film
Archives / Sagip Pelikula and private collectors.) LetterboxdIMDb
Quick Reference (linked sources)
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IMDb title
page & full credits; confirms date, studio (Lea Productions), tech
specs; notes the komiks serialization. IMDb+1
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Letterboxd/TMDb
entry; corroborates cast and credits. Letterboxd
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Trakt;
supplies runtime and studio. Trakt
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Video 48 (archival blog with poster
scan); provides granular credit line (music, cinematography, choreography),
release venue/date, and “Introducing Hilda Koronel.”
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GoldPoster
entry; poster presence and basic metadata.
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