Movie Details
Original Language:Spanish
Aswang
4 min
The first film made in the Philippines to feature optically recorded sound was George Mussers Ang Aswang The Vampire In 1932 Musser imported 50000 PHP worth of optical sound equipment and turned his house into a studio He spent a year shooting the film with Charles Miller as his cinematographer and William Smith as his soundman Despite its Tagalog title the film was actually recorded in Spanish and English The film opened to acclaim at the Lyric on January 1 1933 then at the Tivoli on January 4 Unfortunately according to some observers the sound was sometimes out of sync and inaudible
DirectorKhavn
