Datong Film Company ({{zh, c=大同影片公司) was a film company in the 1940s. Datong Film Company was also founded by producer and filmmaker
Zhang Shichuan
Zhang Shichuan (; 1889–1953 or 1890–1954), also credited as S. C. Chang, was a Chinese entrepreneur, film director, and film producer, who is considered a founding father of Chinese cinema. He and Zheng Zhengqiu made the first Chinese featu ...
. Shichuan was also the creator of Dadi Film Company (Chinese: 北京大地時代文化傳播有限公司). Datong Film Company only made eight movies. Datong Film Company has made a film called ''
The Kid The Kid or The Kids may refer to:
Fictional characters
* The kid (''Blood Meridian''), a character in Cormac McCarthy's 1985 novel ''Blood Meridian''
* The Kid (''The Matrix''), a character in the ''Matrix'' film series
* The Kid (''The Stand'' ...
'' (1950), which starred
Bruce Lee
Bruce Lee (born Lee Jun-fan; November 27, 1940 – July 20, 1973) was an American-born Hong Kong martial artist, actor, filmmaker, and philosopher. He was the founder of Jeet Kune Do, a hybrid martial arts philosophy which was formed from ...
as Kid Cheung and
Lee Hoi-chuen
Lee Moon-shuen (; 4 February 1901 – 7 February 1965) known professionally as Lee Hoi-chuen, was a Chinese opera singer and film actor in Hong Kong. He was the father of Bruce Lee, the father-in-law of Linda Lee Cadwell, and the paternal grand ...
as Hung Pak Ho. Datong Film Company was defunct in 1953.
Career
Datong Film Company start making films in 1948. The name of the first film is called ''The Broken Dream'' (1948). Datong Film Company was discovered and made by Zhang Shichuan. Shichuan decided to make a lot of films, but he did not, he only made eight films in the company. The company had made a film of kid called ''The Kid'', which starred Bruce Lee as Kid Cheung and his dad Lee Hoi-chuen as Hung Pak Ho. The company was defunct in 1953 since Zhang Shichuan died.
Filmography
* The Broken Dream (1948)
* The Kid (1950)
* The Girl and the Chivalrous Bandit (1950)
* A Young Lady Sells Her Maid (1951)
* The Flower Girl (1952)
* Song of Courtship (1952)
* Green Window, Red Tears (1952)
* Stage-fans' Sweetheart (1952)
Film production companies of China