Baiyun’s life story

Baiyun was born in Honolulu, Hawaii, in the United States in 1918. He later immigrated to Singapore with his family and can speak Mandarin, Malay, English and other languages.

After graduating from middle school, Baiyun returned to his motherland from Singapore, continued his studies in Shanghai, Peking, Nanjing and other places, and joined the "Drama Association". After the fall of Hankou, he went to Hong Kong and entered the film industry. He successively played different roles under the stage name Luo Han in films such as "Spring on Stage", "Spring Love" and "Eighth Heaven". Because of his youth, fitness, handsome face and outstanding acting skills, he was deeply loved by the audience. At that time, his reputation in South China was second only to that of the Southern Film Emperor Wu Chufan.

In 1939, he went to Shanghai for development and joined the "Guohua Film Company". He starred in many films such as "Pearl of the Night", "Seven Heavens", "New Hell", etc., which was well received by the Shanghai audience at that time and left a good mark. impression.

In 1940, he co-starred with the golden-voiced Zhou Xuan in films such as "Three Smiles", "The Romance of the West Chamber", and "The Annoying Spring", which attracted countless audiences and became extremely sensational and became famous for a while. Subsequent films such as "The End of the World" and "The Story of Red Apricot" also became blockbuster films of the year.

Therefore, in Shanghai in the 1940s, he was known as China's "Valentino" and also had the reputation of "the proud son of the silver world". However, he was also influenced by the social atmosphere at that time and often fooled around with women, so he was nicknamed "the romantic niche".

After the Pacific War in 1941, Baiyun withdrew from the "China Film Company" controlled by the Japanese army and performed dramas in Peiping, Tianjin, Jinan, Dalian and other places.

In 1944, Bai Yun went to Chongqing and joined the China Film Production Company to shoot the patriotic film "Blood Splattered Cherry Girl".

After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, Bai Yun temporarily returned to Hong Kong and co-starred with Chen Juanjuan in "Peach Blossoms Still Smile in the Spring Breeze" in "Greater China". In 1947, Baiyun officially immigrated to Hong Kong and shot many Mandarin, Cantonese and Hokkien films. In the 1950s, he joined Shaw Brothers and made more than 60 films, becoming the most popular star at that time.

The heyday of Baiyun's film career was from 1940 to 1941. He made more than 10 influential films. After entering the 1960s, his film career began to decline. His costume films such as "Wu Song Havoc in the Lion Tower", "The Legend of White Snake", and "Pan Jinlian" were all based on cliched themes, so the box office was not satisfactory.

At midnight on April 17, 1962, Bai Yun and movie actor Lu Jiahua went to the "Palace Restaurant" for supper. Because he invited the singer Shi Shi (Chen Shaoying) to dance with her but failed, he got angry and slapped her with a bowl. Zai Chi splashed her. On June 6, after hearing the evidence of both parties, the judge of the Kowloon Magistrates' Court found Bai Yun guilty of assault and sentenced him to a bail of HK$150 and to observe good behavior within one year.

In 1965, Baiyun immigrated to Taiwan in pursuit of development, but failed. Later, he had to run a small hotel, but the business was bleak.

In 1982, Baiyun committed suicide on the bank of Sun Moon Lake in Taichung County, Taiwan, at the age of 64 due to serious illness and increasing poverty. Due to the depression after his death, Ouyang Shafei, a student of his when he was a tutor in an actor training class, suggested that the Actors Guild send representatives to cremate his body in Sun Moon Lake and transport his ashes back to Taipei City and place them in a temple for worship.