Hiwaga sa Bahay na Bato (lost Filipino TV soap opera; 1962-1963)

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Status: Lost

Hiwaga sa Bahay na Bato (lit. 'Mystery at the Stone House') is a Philippine television soap opera aired on ABS-CBN, back then on DZAQ-TV Channel 3. It is considered to be one of the first Filipino soap operas.

Plot

A disfigured and monstrous hunchback (played by Ben David) lives under a rich hacendero (played by Dalton de Castro)'s stone house. The hunchback's love interest was played by Eva Darren.

Background

The soap opera was directed by Jose Miranda Cruz. It was aired on Monday-Saturday, 6:30-7pm. It ran for about 4-5 months, from September 1962 to January 1963. It was said to be shot on Iloilo and the actors' language was vernacular, but the script of the soap was a localized version of Manila's own telenovelas. Many of the scenes were shot at night in the middle of a road. Cruz went on to do make more soap operas such as Larawan ng Pag-ibig, Hanggang May Buhay, and many more.

Cast

• Dalton de Castro
• Flora Cristobal
• Eva Darren
• Teddy Santos
• Noel Nolasco
• Lita delos Reyes
• Estela Grande
• Baby Bernardo
• Ernesto Fajardo
• Lina Chico
• Ben David

Availability

It is known that ABS-CBN's pre-1972 archives along with its properties and equipment disappeared after the raid of the military. It is unlikely that ABS-CBN might have an archive of this series anymore and might be included on the archives that disappeared. However, a video from ABS-CBN posted in the Video 48 blog was posted along with the print ads, speculated to be one of the footage of it. The video is mysteriously unavailable now on YouTube and the episodes are yet to be resurfaced.

Gallery

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  A newspaper article about the soap opera, with footage from it.

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  The first print ad.

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  The second print ad.

See Also

• Beacon Hill (lost television soap opera; 1975)
• Coronation Street "Episode 1202" (lost episode of ITV soap opera; 1972)
• The Corsairs (lost pilot for ABC soap opera; 2002)
• Dark Shadows "1219" (partially found episode of gothic soap opera TV series; 1971)
• EastEnders (lost broadcast tapes of BBC soap opera; 1986; 1989)
• EastEnders (lost footage of Frances Cuka's scenes and Barbara Windsor's auditions as Peggy Mitchell; 1991-1994)
• EastEnders (lost footage of Jean Fennell as Angie Watts; 1984)
• El Oasis (partially found Latin American telenovela; 1994-1997)
• Emmerdale Farm (lost episodes of ITV soap opera; existence unconfirmed; 1981)
• Executive Suite (partially found television soap opera; 1976-1977)
• Faraway Hill (lost early soap opera; 1946)
• Florizel Street (lost dry runs of Coronation Street; 1960)
• Models Inc. (found primetime soap opera; 1994-1995)
• Neighbours "Episode 3896" (partially found episode of Australian soap opera; 2001)
• O Direito de Nascer (lost adaptation of a radio play to TV; 1964)
• Pardon the Expression (lost pilots of Coronation Street sitcom spin-off; 1965)
• Seven, Bessie Street (partially found soap opera script of Coronation Street creator; pre-1957)
• Springhill (partially lost second series of British soap opera; 1997)
• United! (lost British soap opera; 1965-1967)