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Diantong
Diantong Film Company () was a short-lived but important film studio and production company during the 1930s in Shanghai, China. Though it produced only four films during its existence between 1934-1935, all four films became important examples of the Left-wing politics, left-leaning Chinese cinema of the 1930s. Of all the film studios of the period, Diantong had the closest connection to the Chinese Communist Party.Pang, p. 56. History Diantong's origins were originally in a sound-equipment company founded in 1933 by four American-educated engineers to take advantage of the gradual shift from silent films to "talkies". As a developer of sound-recorders, Diantong was pivotal in bringing to Chinese audiences some of the earliest sound-films, including the Lianhua Film Company-produced ''Song of the Fishermen'' (dir. Cai Chusheng). With these successes and with the help of one of the founder's cousins, Situ Huimin, a major leftist filmmaker and intellectual, the equipment company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jiang Qing
Jiang Qing (March 191414 May 1991), also known as Madame Mao, was a Chinese communist revolutionary, actress, and political figure. She was the fourth wife of Mao Zedong, the Chairman of the Chinese Communist Party, Chairman of the Communist Party and Paramount leader of China. Jiang was best known for playing a major role in the Cultural Revolution as the leader of the radical Gang of Four. Born into a declining family with an Domestic violence, abusive father and a mother who worked as a Domestic worker, domestic servant and sometimes a Prostitution, prostitute, Jiang Qing became a renowned Actor, actress in Shanghai, and later the wife of Mao Zedong in Yan'an, in the 1930s. In the 1940s, she worked as Mao Zedong's Personal assistant, personal secretary, and during the 1950s, she headed the Film Section of the Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party, Publicity Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Appointed deputy director of the Central Cultural Re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scenes Of City Life
''Scenes of City Life'' is a 1935 Chinese comedy-drama film directed by Yuan Muzhi.. Retrieved 21 November 2009. It is also translated as ''Cityscape''. It is noted for being the first film directed by Yuan, as well as the first film appearance of Jiang Qing (or Lan Ping, as she then called herself), who later became Mao Zedong's fourth wife. The film deals with themes of struggle under a capitalist system. It belongs to a type of Shanghai films from the 1930s, that typically involved music, cinema, fashion, advertising, which contributed to the "Shanghai mystique" and took pride in the city's sophistication. Plot At a rural country station, Li Menghua, his sister Zhang Xiaoyun, and their parents pay to look through a Western peep-show box, which projects a dazzling montage of Shanghai's neon lights, automobiles, and fashionable crowds.^ Enthralled, the family imagines themselves living within this vibrant metropolis. Menghua lands a job at a local newspaper and harbors unspoken ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plunder Of Peach And Plum
''Plunder of Peach and Plum'' () is an early Chinese sound film from 1934. Produced by the left-leaning Shanghai-based Diantong Film Company, ''Plunder'' was directed by Ying Yunwei and starred popular actor Yuan Muzhi (who also co-wrote the screenplay). It is alternatively known as ''The Fate of Graduates''. The film was featured in the 62nd Venice International Film Festival as part of their retrospective, The Secret History of Asian Cinema. The theme song for the film is called "" (毕业歌). Plot The film tells the tragic story of two recent college graduates, Tao Jianping ("Tao" is a homophone for peach), and Li Lilian ("Li" is a homophone for plum). Married, the two hope to change society for the better, but are continuously challenged by the corruption and injustice of Chinese society. Cast * Yuan Muzhi as Tao * Chen Bo'er as Li References External links * * ''Plunder of Peach and Plum''at the Chinese Movie Database from the UCSD The University of Cali ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mingxing Film Company
The Mingxing Film Company ( zh, c=明星影片公司, p=Míngxīng Yǐngpiàn Gōngsī), also credited as the Star Motion Picture Production Company, was a production company active in the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China between 1922 and 1937. Established by a consortium of creative professionals, including film director Zhang Shichuan, dramatist Zheng Zhengqiu, and critic Zhou Jianyun, Mingxing initially produced comedy films that drew little audience attention. Facing insolvency in 1923, the company used the last of its capital to produce ''Orphan Rescues Grandfather'', which released to massive commercial success and provided the company with the revenue needed to expand and hire new talent. In the mid-1920s, Mingxing acquired new studios and made its initial public offering, growing rapidly even in the face of emerging competition. It adapted several novels to film, with its ''Lonely Orchid'' (1926) being one of the most successful Chinese films of the si ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ying Yunwei
Ying Yunwei (7 September 1904 – 17 January 1967) born in Shanghai, was a Chinese director and writer. Early life Ying Yunwei at the age of 16 was a poor student growing up. He would spend time with an apprenticeship in foreign trade. He was a pioneer of spoken drama and had a successful career in the shipping industry of Shanghai. A confidential police report stated that Ying's power was linked to his close personal relationship with Du Yuesheng and Huang Jinrong, two of Shanghai's powerful mafia bosses. His apprenticeship in foreign trade however would last up until 1934 where he would promptly resign. In 1921 Ying had participated in an organization known as the Shanghai Drama Association and In August 1930 the China Left-wing Drama Alliance. Ying, during his time in the alliance, participated in the left-wing drama film movement in Shanghai. Career Ying Yunwei's film career began in the mid 1930s. During this time he worked for Yuhua and Diantong. A tabloid journalist rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Children Of Troubled Times
''Children of Troubled Times'', also known as ''Fēngyún Érnǚ'', ''Scenes of City Life'', ''Children of the Storm'', and several other translations, is a patriotic 1935 Chinese film The cinema of China is the filmmaking and film industry of mainland China, one of three distinct historical threads of Chinese languages, Chinese-language cinema together with the cinema of Hong Kong and the cinema of Taiwan. China is the hom ... most famous as the origin of "The March of the Volunteers", the national anthem of the People's Republic of China. The movie was directed by Xu Xingzhi and written by Tian Han and Xia Yan (playwright), Xia Yan. Yuan Muzhi plays an intellectual who flees the trouble in Shanghai to pursue the glamorous Wang Renmei only to join the Republic of China (1912-1949), Chinese resistance after the death of his friend. Plot A young poet Xin Baihe flees Shanghai with his friend, Liang. Liang soon joins the resistance against the Empire of Japan, Japanese invade ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Situ Huimin
Situ Huimin (; 16 February 1910 – 4 April 1987), was a Chinese film director, screenwriter and actor, born in Kaiping, Guangdong. He joined the Communist Youth League in 1925 and the Chinese Communist Party in 1927. The next year, he went to Japan to study arts and there, he became interested in filmmaking. After returning to China in 1930, he actively participated in left-wing theater movement. Then, he worked as set designer and sound engineer in film industry. His debut as a film director was '' Spirit of Freedom'' (), produced by Diantong Film Company in 1935. Subsequently, he joined the Lianhua Film Company in Shanghai. After the outbreak of the Second Sino-Japanese War he went to Hong Kong, where he continued to work both in film and in theater. During this period he created couple of anti-Japanese films. In 1943 he worked on newsreels in Chongqing. After the war, he helped to organize the Kunlun Film Company. Then, he left to the United States to study film technology ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wang Renmei
Wang Renmei (; December 1914 – 2 April 1987) was a famous Chinese actress and singer nicknamed the "Wildcat of Shanghai". She was mainly active during the 1930s, and her most notable film was the 1934 ''Song of the Fishermen'' (available online with English subtitles) directed by Cai Chusheng, which was the first Chinese film to win an international prize. In 2005, she was chosen as one of the 100 best actors of the 100 years of Chinese cinema. Wang was married to Jin Yan, the Korean-born "Emperor of Chinese Cinema", and later to Ye Qianyu, a prominent artist. Early life and career beginnings Wang Renmei was born and grew up in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, where her father Wang Zhengquan (王正权) was a mathematics teacher at the Changsha No. 1 Normal School. Born Wang Shuxi (王庶熙), she was the youngest of seven children. One of her father's students was Mao Zedong, a fellow Hunan native who would become China's top leader. As a young man, Mao lived in Wang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yuan Muzhi
Yuan Muzhi (; March 3, 1909 – January 30, 1978) was an actor and director from the Republic of China and later of the People's Republic of China. Career As an actor, Yuan became extremely popular and took on the nickname "man with a thousand faces." He gained prominence in a series of films for the leftist Diantong Film Company. These included the film '' Plunder of Peach and Plum'' (1935) (which Yuan also wrote) and the movie '' Sons and Daughters in a Time of Storm'' (1935) where he was one of the two original singers (along with Gu Menghe) of the movie's theme song, '' The March of the Volunteers'', which later became the national anthem of China. His career eventually brought him to director's chair. Yuan's filmmaking debut, the innovative musical comedy '' Scenes of City Life'' (1935) (''Dushi fengguang''), was one of the earliest non-silent features made in China, as the Shanghai industry was finally transitioning to sound. The film's blend of screwball humor and rom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Film Institute
The British Film Institute (BFI) is a film and television charitable organisation which promotes and preserves filmmaking and television in the United Kingdom. The BFI uses funds provided by the National Lottery to encourage film production, distribution, and education. It is sponsored by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and partially funded under the British Film Institute Act 1949. Activities Purpose The BFI was established in 1933 to encourage the development of the arts of film, television and the moving image throughout the United Kingdom, to promote their use as a record of contemporary life and manners, to promote education about film, television and the moving image generally, and their impact on society, to promote access to and appreciation of the widest possible range of British and world cinema and to establish, care for and develop collections reflecting the moving image history, heritage and culture of the United Kingdom. Archive The BFI maintain ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Xu Xingzhi
Xu or XU may refer to: Surnames * Xu (surname 徐) ( ''Xú'') * Xu (surname 許) (/ ''Xǔ'') * Xu (surname 胥) ( ''Xū'') The tones of these surnames are different in Mandarin, but if the tone diacritics are omitted then each surname would be spelled Xu in pinyin, and Hsü in the Wade–Giles system or Hsu if the diaeresis is also omitted. People and characters * ǃXu, a name for the ǃKung group of Bushmen; may also refer to the ǃKung language or the ǃKung people * ǃXu (god), the creator god of the ǃKung * Xu, a minor character in the game ''Final Fantasy VIII'' Places * Xu (state) (), a state of ancient China in modern Jiangsu and Anhui * Xǔ (state) (), a state of ancient China in modern Henan Universities * X University (Toronto Metropolitan University aka Ryerson Polytechnic Institute), Toronto, Ontario, Canada * Xavier University (other) ** Xavier University in Cincinnati, United States ** Xavier University of Louisiana, United States * Xiamen University, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Street Angel (1937 Film)
''Street Angel'' (), also known as ''Street Angels'',Christopher Rea. “Street Angels (Malu tianshi 馬路天使).” In ''Chinese Film Classics, 1922-1949'', 158-175. New York: Columbia University Press, 2021 is a 1937 left-wing Chinese film directed by Yuan Muzhi (袁牧之) and released by Mingxing Film Company. Starring popular Chinese actor Zhao Dan (赵丹) and iconic Chinese singer Zhou Xuan (周璇), the story is set in the slums of Shanghai, chronicling the lives of a band of downtrodden underclass outcasts: a tea house singer, a trumpet player, a newspaper hawker, and a prostitute. By blending elements of romance, comedy and melodrama into the storyline, the characters find themselves in a variety of difficult situations as they try to navigate the hardships of the city during the 1930s. Released towards the end of the golden age of Shanghai cinema, the film is regarded as a masterpiece of the Chinese left-wing movement. Taking place during a time of national tension wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
