Despite her age, Sylvia La Torre’s voice acting remains unmatched as she flexes her talent to Gelli and Janice de Belen!
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00:00Did you go on stage first, or did you go on TV first?
00:03Of course, I went on stage first. I was nine when I started on stage.
00:07Also, it went on and on.
00:09When the liberation came, I joined the USO, United States Organization,
00:17and I sang for the American soldiers in concentration camps and hospitals, the wounded soldiers.
00:23It went on and on. After the liberation, I joined the Manila Grand Opera House.
00:31How did you start on TV? They said you were pioneers.
00:35From the radio, because after that, we already had a radio.
00:38You already had a radio.
00:39Yes, a radio.
00:41Drama or singing?
00:42Comedy, skits on the radio.
00:45That's where my voices came out. Old voices, young voices.
00:50Can you give us another sample?
00:52What do you want to know?
00:55Oh my, I have a sore throat. I have a sore throat now.
01:00The child will answer,
01:02Oh my, mommy, I don't want that. I want the other one. That's more delicious.
01:07That's where I discovered my talent.
01:10Then, the strict Spanish aunt arrived.
01:15What? Why? Why? Where will you use that?
01:18No, that's not possible. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:21There.
01:22Different voices on the radio.
01:24Of course, people's imagination is moving, right?
01:26Yes.
01:27It's like there are a lot of people.
01:28But actually, it's just one person doing it, right?
01:30That's where I discovered my different voices.
01:34And then came TV?
01:36Then, I also sang during the intermission.
01:39Lanita Blanca and I, together with Leroy Salvador, Oscar Obligación on the radio,
01:45the musical variety.
01:47Do you remember Comang?
01:49I was also with him.
01:51And then, TV wasn't popular yet.
01:54When television became popular,
01:56we from the radio, the veteran actors and actresses,
02:00we were brought from the radio to the TV.
02:04That was the late 50s.
02:06Then, until the early 60s.
02:08That's how I became the first lady of Philippine television.
02:11What was your show on TV?
02:13The one that started was The Big Show.
02:15I was with Oscar, Chris Devera, from the radio.
02:19All of us were from the radio first.
02:21Then, TV.
02:22After television, there.
02:24You were on a variety show?
02:26Variety show, yes.
02:28It was like a time of joy.
02:30Was Oscar Obligación your love team?
02:32Huh?
02:33Was he your love team?
02:34Yes, always.
02:35When we got married, when there was a skit on TV,
02:38he was my love team, right?
02:40Sometimes, he was my uncle.
02:42We're back, of course.
02:43We're the original divas.
02:47Hello.
02:48It's like someone is contacting you on the phone.
02:51I called you.
02:52I said, I have to go out.
02:54I'm here at Sis.
02:56I think you lost your voice earlier.
02:59No.
03:00They didn't sloke it.
03:05When you were on stage,
03:07when did you feel like,
03:09Oh, I'm famous now.
03:11I'm a star.
03:14Even when...
03:15Auntie, I heard you were talking about
03:17having a gun in the theater.
03:21No.
03:22The gun.
03:23The arrow was stuck in the clover.
03:26Why were you there?
03:27Scenery, huh?
03:29How did you...
03:30I was there.
03:31And the one who ran in the queue,
03:33for me to watch,
03:34he also fell there.
03:36It ended there.
03:37There's a TV?
03:39No.
03:40He was wearing pants
03:41because he was wearing uniform.
03:42It was so painful.
03:43He really wanted to watch the clover
03:45because he wanted to watch me.
03:47He wasn't supposed to go out.
03:49That's a true story.
03:50And then,
03:51he fell there.
03:53He was taken to the ambulance there.
03:55It ended there.
03:57It's true.
03:58A lot of things happened.
03:59That's it.
04:00Yes.
04:01For somebody to run in the hospital.
04:03Just to watch you.
04:04Exactly.
04:08So, it ended there.
04:09It really ended there.