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MANUEL CONDE
9 October 1915 to 111 August 1985
Manuel Conde was the screen name of Manuel Urbano, an actor, director and producer. He was posthumpously awarded National Artist of the Philippines for cinema in 2009.
Conde made almost three dozen films under LVN Pictures as a contract star. He later put up his own movie company, Manuel Conde Pictures, in 1947 which produced classic films, notably the Juan Tamad series. His Juan Tamad Goes To Congress in 1959 is considered the best Filipino satire ever filmed.
Other movies Conde produced, directed and/or starred were Vende Cristo (1948), Prinsipe Paris (1949), Krus Na Kawayan (1956), Siete Infantes de Lara (1950) and its re-make in 1973, Molave (1961) and the internationally acclaimed Genghis Khan (1950).
Birth Anniversary #3631, 6 Oct 2015
This issue was available from 6 October 2015 although FDCs are dated 15 October 2015
The stmap features the film Genghis Khan which was the first Filipino film to be acclaimed at an international film festival in Venice in 1952.
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