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Kwan Man-ching
Kwan Man-ching (30 September 1896 17 June 1995), better known in the United States as Moon Kwan, was a Chinese film director. Born in Kaiping, Kaiping County, Guangdong, Kwan travelled to San Francisco after studying English in Hong Kong. Unable to finish his studies, he moved to Hollywood, Los Angeles, Hollywood in the mid-1910s. Through the newspaper editor Harry Carr, he was introduced to the director D. W. Griffith and hired as a technical consultant for ''Broken Blossoms'' (1919). Through 1920, Kwan provided consulting on Chinese subjects for Hollywood filmmakers, simultaneously publishing original and translated poetry. Kwan returned to China in 1921, moving to Hong Kong after finding little success in Shanghai. Working first for Minxin and later for the United Photoplay Service, he held a variety of roles and frequently travelled to the United States. During one 1933 trip, he met Joseph Sunn, with whom he established the Grandview Film Company and made ''Blossom Time'' (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guān
Guan () is a Chinese surname. Guan is 394th in the Hundred Family Surnames. In Hong Kong, the surname is Hong Kong Government Cantonese Romanisation, romanised as Kwan in Cantonese. In Taiwan, the Wade–Giles spelling Kuan is used. In Macao, the surname is as Kuan due to the Portuguese people, Portuguese influence. In addition the surname Cuan is also used in Mexico. In many overseas Chinese communities, both spellings, Kuan and Kwan, as well as Quan, are common. It is also a Vietnamese surname that uses the same character, romanised as Quan. It is also a Japanese surname, Seki (), that uses the same character. The Vietnamese surname, Quan and the Japanese surname, Seki, were derived from the same Chinese character as the Chinese surname (The Japanese Kanji 関 is a Shinjitai of the Chinese character 關). Origin and timeline A number of groups in different geographic areas are believed to have shared the surname in history. *Guan(关 or 關) - meaning is City Gate, or Close ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |