Sunday, July 7, 2019

Colorized photo of Barbara Perez (1937-), the Audrey Hepburn of Philippine cinema

Restored and colorized with some liberties, a small photo of Barbara Perez, regarded as the Audrey Hepburn of the Philippine cinema.  To some extent, she did look a bit better than her Hollywood counterpart during her early years in the industry, appearing in a Hollywood film No Man Is An Island with Jeffrey Hunter (known for his role as Jesus Christ in King of Kings) who was considered a matinee idol. It is quite sad that the Philippines do not have a wealth of vintage photos for its movie stars published on the net, the way Hollywood has even for its movie stars of the 1920s.  Worse, current photos from online resources do not benefit from glamour shots and most of them are either amateurish studio shots or from tabloids of the period.

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