Celebrities in the film industry before liberation

Miss Betty Loh Ti, a "classical beauty" (1937- 1968), died at the age of 3 1 year. /kloc-in 0/5 years, she participated in 44 films. Although it is short-lived, by virtue of her unique classical charm and superb acting skills, her special achievements and status in the film industry are irreplaceable so far; Decades after his death, it can still make countless old, middle-aged and young fans miss the charm, which is a never-ending legend.

Meng Hsia

Xia Meng, who has the reputation of "God's masterpiece", was once one of the popular actresses of the Great Wall Film Company, and was also called "the third princess of the Great Wall" with Shi Hui and Chen Sisi. Among the earliest Hong Kong films seen by Chinese mainland audiences, Xia Meng's Bridegroom Robbery, Dong Xiaowan and Dream of Spring in My Hometown undoubtedly became masterpieces. Xia Meng's beauty, nobility and versatility are unparalleled compared with today's Hong Kong actresses.

Lanping

In 1930s, a young actress began to make her mark in Shanghai. She starred in several progressive films, but experienced dramatic changes such as arrest and marriage. 1in July, 937, after the July 7th Incident broke out, she made a decision that changed her life and the modern history of China for decades: she went to Yan 'an.

Her name was Lan Ping when she was an actress and Jiang Qing when she went to Yan 'an. When she was sentenced to death on1October 25th 198 165438, it was estimated that many children who were reading this article had not yet been born.

Lan Ping left the world with five films: God of Freedom, Urban Scenery, Blood of the Wolf Mountain, Lotus Symphony and Bachelor. In the past decades, only a few people have been able to see these films in China.

Surging waves

Ling Bo, formerly known as Jun Haitang, English name Ivy, a native of Fujian, is a representative of Huangmei singing movies in Hong Kong. /kloc-at the age of 0/4, he began to perform films in Xiamen (namely Minnan) under the stage name of "Xiao Juan" and exported them to Taiwan Province Province and Southeast Asia.

Ling Bo started acting in Mandarin films from 1962, and most of them were Huangmei-tune films with cross-dressing men's clothes, so she became the representative of this kind of films. For example: Liang Zhu (1963), Seven Fairys (1963), Mulan (1964), Secret History of Song Palace (1965), The Story of the West Chamber (1965). When the film was released in Taiwan Province Province, it caused a sensation all over the island, and it was released for several months in a row, so Ling Bo won the second Golden Horse Award "Special Award for Best Acting". It is said that because Ling Bo plays a woman disguised as a man, it is not convenient for him to win the Best Actor Award, so the judging organ invented the Special Award for Best Acting. Today, when the media in Taiwan Province Province mentioned Ling Bo, they all called him "Brother Liang", which shows that the afterglow of Liang Zhu is still there.

Ling Bo has also made many films with non-Huangmei themes, such as The Eternal Story (1965), Love in Wan Li (1967), Song of Tomorrow (1967) and Mute and Bride (/kloc-0).

In 1970s, Ling Bo faded out of the film industry and immigrated to Canada with his family, from 65438 to 0989.

li lihua

A native of Hebei, the mainstay of the Hong Kong Mandarin film industry, has the reputation of "evergreen tree in the film industry". Both parents are famous Peking Opera actors, so Li Lihua was deeply influenced and studied under the famous singer Zhang Zhuoyun. From 65438 to 0940, he made more than 20 films, including many classics. For example: False Phoenix (1946), Bad Wedding Day (195 1), Fengxian Xiao (1953), Xuehong (1956), and Yang Guifei.

Among Li Lihua's many works, Fengxian Xiao is the most familiar. It is said that Li Lihua designed many dresses for his character Fengxian Xiao. After the film was released, these costumes were widely welcomed by the audience, competing for imitation, and once became popular costumes in Southeast Asia, known as "Fengxian Xiao Clothes", which became a much-told story in the film industry.

Li Lihua 1973 retired from the film industry and moved to the United States. Husband Yan Jun is also a famous actor and director of Mandarin films.

Hu Die

Hu Die's acting career lasted from the late twenties to the sixties, however, her most brilliant period was in the thirties and forties.

In the early 1930s, she starred in China's first sound film "The Singing Girl Red Peony". She portrayed a kind-hearted and somewhat ignorant woman who endured her husband's abuse and oppression without resistance. In the first left-wing film "Wild Flow", Xiujuan created by her is not only full of rebellious spirit, but also rich in inner world, which is well received. She starred in Sister Flowers, which was the pinnacle of her acting career. In the film, she played Dabao and Bauer, twin sisters with different life paths, and successfully portrayed two women with different identities and personalities. This film broke the record of the highest attendance of domestic films in the 1930s, and then went to Southeast Asia, Japan and Western Europe to perform, which was also well received. Hu Die has played many roles such as mother-in-law, loving mother, female teacher, actress, prostitute, dancer, rich woman, working woman and factory worker. Her temperament is rich and luxurious, elegant and refined, and her performance is gentle and elegant. She was once rated as the "movie queen" by the audience. Hu Die crossed the era of silent film and talking film, and became one of the best actors in China in 1930s and 1940s.

Lin Dai

Formerly known as Cheng and English name Linda, she is the most famous Mandarin actress in the history of Hong Kong films. 1934 was born in Guilin and originally from Binyang, Guangxi. 1949 came to Hong Kong with his mother and was discovered by scouts the following year. Join Great Wall Film Production Co., Ltd. and become a basic actor. 195 1 year, he switched to Yonghua Film Company and made his first film "Cui Cui" (1953), which became an instant hit and became the object of contention between electric cat and Shaw Film Company at that time. Lin Dai has made many films of different styles and forms. Among them, Jin Ping Mei, The Story of Diesim, Beautiful and Charming, I can't get over it and other films made her an Asian film queen for four times. Lin Dai once fell in love with many insiders. 196 1 year, she married Long Shengxun, the son of Yunnan Changlong Cloud, and had a son after marriage. But later, Lin Dai's relationship with her husband broke down. On July 1964 and 17, Lin Dai committed suicide by taking too much sleeping pills and inhaling gas in his apartment, and no one helped him. He was only 30 years old. At that time, she also had two films, Lotus Lantern (1965) and Blue Black (1966). These two films also became Lin Dai's last works.

Main works:

Golden lotus (1957)

Love is like a battlefield (1957)

The story of diusim (1958)

Cleopatra (1959)

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