Charito Solis in her mid 40's still proved to
be lustrous in her role as Osa, a woman who fell for a younger man
played by Philip Salvador in a movie directed by Lino Brocka entitled
Init in 1979.
Charito Solis as Paula and Lolita Rodriguez as
Candida, together in a play written by Nick Joachin entitled Larawan in
1979. The play was directed by Lino Brocka and on the same year the
two versatile actresses made a film Ina, Kapatid, Anak which was again
directed by Lino Brocka. Charito Solis was described as Fire and Lolita
Rodriguez as ice in terms of their acting prowess. (source: pelikulaatbp.blogspot.com)
Did you know that before "The Princess and I"
and "Ina, Kapatid, Anak" were used as titles of ABS-CBN teleseryes they
were originally titles of the movies of Ms Charito Solis? The Princess
and I was actually a Japanese film made in 1962 while Ina, Kapatid, Anak
was produced by Regal films in 1979.