Film and Media[edit]

The story of Ibong Adarna is known all over

the Philippines and has been told in different
languages and media.
(The now defunct) LVN Studios produced the first two
commercial "Ibong Adarna" films. The first one, made
in 1941, starred Mila del Sol, Fred Cortes, and Ester
Magalona. It had a magical sequence which showed
the singing of the bird. That used a painstakingly
hand-painted process called "Varicolor." That pre-war
version was directed by Vicente Salumbides and
"Technical direction by Manuel Conde." Fifteen years
later, in 1956, LVN produced a second version, this
time under the full direction of an older Manuel
Conde, and starred Nida Blanca, Nestor de Villa and
Carlos Salazar. The 1956 film was the first Filipino
commercial film shot and shown in its entirety in
Eastman Color.
Roda Film Productions produced 2 movies: "Ibong
Adarna" (1972) and its sequel "Ang Hiwaga ng Ibong
Adarna" (1973) starring Philippine Comedy
King Dolphy as the lead Prince Adolfo and
comedians Panchito Alba as Prince
Alfonso, Babalu as Prince Albano and Rosanna
Ortiz as the Ibong Adarna.
Tagalog Pictures, Inc. produced the movie "Si
Prinsipe Abante At Ang Lihim ng Ibong Adarna" in
1990 starring comedian Rene Requestas as the lead
Prince Abante, Paquito Diaz as Prinsipe
Atras, Joaquin Fajardo as Prinsipe Urong-Sulong
and Monica Herrera as Princess Luningning/the Ibong
Adarna.
In 1996 Star Cinema produced the movie "Ang
TV Movie: The Adarna Adventure". Jolina
Magdangal played the Ibong Adarna. In 2013, GMA
Network produced Adarna, a contemporary television
series adaptation starring Kylie Padilla in the title role.