Listen to the many VOICES of Filipino Diva, Sylvia La Torre!

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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.

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