In 1929, the "Syncopation", the first American sound film, was shown in Radio theater in Plaza Santa Cruz in Manila inciting a competition on who could make the first talkie among local producers. On December 8, 1932, a film in Tagalog entitled "Ang Aswang (The Aswang)", a monster movie inspired by Philippine folklore, was promoted as the first sound film. Moviegoers who remembered the film attested that it was not a completely sound film. José Nepomuceno's "Punyal na Guinto (Golden Dagger)", which premiered on March 9, 1933, at the Lyric theater, was credited as the first completely sound, all-talking picture in the country.