''Love and Liquor'' ( my, မေတ္တာနှင့်သူရာ; ) is a 1920
Burmese black & white silent film
A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...
directed by Ohn Maung, written by
P Moe Nin and starring
Nyi Pu
Nyi Pu ( my, ညီပု, ; 12 September 1900 – 1 September 1996) was a Burmese actor and film director. He was the first film actor in Burmese cinema. His youngest brother was Tin Maung, an accomplished film director.
Biography
Nyi ...
. It was the first Burmese feature film, and the day it premiered, 13 October 1920, is commemorated annually as Myanmar Movie Day.
Plot
''Love and Liquor'' is the story about how
gambling
Gambling (also known as betting or gaming) is the wagering of something of value ("the stakes") on a random event with the intent of winning something else of value, where instances of strategy are discounted. Gambling thus requires three el ...
and
alcohol destroyed a man's life.
Cast
*
Nyi Pu
Nyi Pu ( my, ညီပု, ; 12 September 1900 – 1 September 1996) was a Burmese actor and film director. He was the first film actor in Burmese cinema. His youngest brother was Tin Maung, an accomplished film director.
Biography
Nyi ...
*Aye Kyi
*Maung Maung Chit
*Maung Maung Kalay
*Pu
*Ko Nyein
*Par Gyi
*Ba Ga Lay or
Shwe Yoe
Production and release
Ohn Maung, Burma's pioneer filmmaker, had founded the Burma Film Company. He hired
Nyi Pu
Nyi Pu ( my, ညီပု, ; 12 September 1900 – 1 September 1996) was a Burmese actor and film director. He was the first film actor in Burmese cinema. His youngest brother was Tin Maung, an accomplished film director.
Biography
Nyi ...
, Burma's first actor, to act in the first Burmese feature film, the
silent ''Myitta Nit Thuya'' (''Love and Liquor'').
The film opened with the title "Burma Film Presents: Love and Liquor" but there were no credits or mention of the cast. It was based on a story by
P Moe Nin.
''Love and Liquor'' premiered at the Royal Cinema in
Yangon
Yangon ( my, ရန်ကုန်; ; ), formerly spelled as Rangoon, is the capital of the Yangon Region and the largest city of Myanmar (also known as Burma). Yangon served as the capital of Myanmar until 2006, when the military government ...
on 13 October 1920, a day since commemorated as Myanmar Movie Day.
Myanmar Times & Business Reviews
The film proved a major success, despite its poor quality due to a fixed camera position and inadequate film accessories.
See also
*''Mya Nat Maung'', first Burmese audio film.
References
1920 films
Silent films
Burmese black-and-white films
1920 drama films
Burmese silent films
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