Ang Pasko nina Pancho at Tita

In the early ’50s, Bulaklak magazine carried the picture of Tita Duran and Pancho Magalona in its Christmas issue, titled Ang Pasko nina Tita-Pancho sa piling ng tatlong bunga ng kanilang pag-ibig (Baby Susan, Vic at Vicky). The whole family was dressed in Pilipino costume, with a Christmas tree as backdrop.

Baby Susan must have been named after Pancho’s sister, the legendary beauty Susan Magalona-Elizalde.

When the family picture was shot, the most famous child of Tita and Pancho, Francis, was not born yet.

The marriage of Tita and Pancho is one of the most beautiful and enduring in Philippine movies.  — RKC