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Listen to the many VOICES of Filipino Diva, Sylvia La Torre! | SiS Highlights
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2/8/2025
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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00:00
Did you go on stage first, or did you go on TV first?
00:03
Of course, I went on stage first. I was nine when I started on stage.
00:07
Also, it went on and on.
00:09
When the liberation came, I joined the USO, United States Organization,
00:17
and I sang for the American soldiers in concentration camps and hospitals, the wounded soldiers.
00:23
It went on and on. After the liberation, I joined the Manila Grand Opera House.
00:31
How did you start on TV? They said you were pioneers.
00:35
From the radio, because after that, we already had a radio.
00:38
You already had a radio.
00:39
Yes, a radio.
00:41
Drama or singing?
00:42
Comedy, skits on the radio.
00:45
That's where my voices came out. Old voices, young voices.
00:50
Can you give us another sample?
00:52
What do you want to know?
00:55
Oh my, I have a sore throat. I have a sore throat now.
01:00
The child will answer,
01:02
Oh my, mommy, I don't want that. I want the other one. That's more delicious.
01:07
That's where I discovered my talent.
01:10
Then, the strict Spanish aunt arrived.
01:15
What? Why? Why? Where will you use that?
01:18
No, that's not possible. No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:21
There.
01:22
Different voices on the radio.
01:24
Of course, people's imagination is moving, right?
01:26
Yes.
01:27
It's like there are a lot of people.
01:28
But actually, it's just one person doing it, right?
01:30
That's where I discovered my different voices.
01:34
And then came TV?
01:36
Then, I also sang during the intermission.
01:39
Lanita Blanca and I, together with Leroy Salvador, Oscar Obligación on the radio,
01:45
the musical variety.
01:47
Do you remember Comang?
01:49
I was also with him.
01:51
And then, TV wasn't popular yet.
01:54
When television became popular,
01:56
we from the radio, the veteran actors and actresses,
02:00
we were brought from the radio to the TV.
02:04
That was the late 50s.
02:06
Then, until the early 60s.
02:08
That's how I became the first lady of Philippine television.
02:11
What was your show on TV?
02:13
The one that started was The Big Show.
02:15
I was with Oscar, Chris Devera, from the radio.
02:19
All of us were from the radio first.
02:21
Then, TV.
02:22
After television, there.
02:24
You were on a variety show?
02:26
Variety show, yes.
02:28
It was like a time of joy.
02:30
Was Oscar Obligación your love team?
02:32
Huh?
02:33
Was he your love team?
02:34
Yes, always.
02:35
When we got married, when there was a skit on TV,
02:38
he was my love team, right?
02:40
Sometimes, he was my uncle.
02:42
We're back, of course.
02:43
We're the original divas.
02:47
Hello.
02:48
It's like someone is contacting you on the phone.
02:51
I called you.
02:52
I said, I have to go out.
02:54
I'm here at Sis.
02:56
I think you lost your voice earlier.
02:59
No.
03:00
They didn't sloke it.
03:05
When you were on stage,
03:07
when did you feel like,
03:09
Oh, I'm famous now.
03:11
I'm a star.
03:14
Even when...
03:15
Auntie, I heard you were talking about
03:17
having a gun in the theater.
03:21
No.
03:22
The gun.
03:23
The arrow was stuck in the clover.
03:26
Why were you there?
03:27
Scenery, huh?
03:29
How did you...
03:30
I was there.
03:31
And the one who ran in the queue,
03:33
for me to watch,
03:34
he also fell there.
03:36
It ended there.
03:37
There's a TV?
03:39
No.
03:40
He was wearing pants
03:41
because he was wearing uniform.
03:42
It was so painful.
03:43
He really wanted to watch the clover
03:45
because he wanted to watch me.
03:47
He wasn't supposed to go out.
03:49
That's a true story.
03:50
And then,
03:51
he fell there.
03:53
He was taken to the ambulance there.
03:55
It ended there.
03:57
It's true.
03:58
A lot of things happened.
03:59
That's it.
04:00
Yes.
04:01
For somebody to run in the hospital.
04:03
Just to watch you.
04:04
Exactly.
04:08
So, it ended there.
04:09
It really ended there.
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