Li Lili
Biography: Li Lili (Qian Zhenzhen) , also known as Pei Yanling , is a famous Chinese actor and singer. His father, Qian Zhuangfei, was a famous CCP spy. Due to his busy work, Qian Zhuangfei encouraged Li Lili to study singing and dancing at the Chinese Song and Dance Troupe in 1927. She had Li Jinhui as her godfather and changed her name to Li Lili. Soon she became popular because of her beauty and dancing skills. During the Anti-Japanese War, she successively shot a series of anti-Japanese films for China Film Studio and Hong Kong Dadi Film Company. In 1946, she went to study at Columbia University and other schools in the United States, returning to China the following year. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Li worked as an actor at the Beijing Film Studio. In 1955, Li entered the Beijing Film Academy's performance specialization class, and stayed on to teach after graduation.
Place of Birth: Not available
Birthday: June 02, 1915
Deathday: August 07, 2005
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The Lost Pearl
1937-01-01
The Lost Pearl
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Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1937-01-01
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The Big Road
1935-01-01
The Big Road
Overview: Six young men from the city take jobs building roads for the Chinese Army
Genres: Comedy Drama Music War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1935-01-01
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Daybreak
1933-01-01
Daybreak
Overview: A country girl and her boyfriend arrive in Shanghai for a better life. They soon find only desperation. She is raped and falls into prostitution as he drifts into revolutionary circles. Her access through her trade grants her greater access which she uses to aid her revolutionary lover with tragic results.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1933-01-01
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National Customs
1935-05-13
National Customs
Overview: In 1930, two sisters from the countryside, the serious Zhang Lan (Ruan Lingyu) and the frivolous Zhang Tao graduate from the secondary school where their mother Zhang Jie serves as principal. They both love their cousin Zuo, but have ambitions other than marriage. Their lives change dramatically when both attend university in Shanghai and encounter modern urban life and rapidly changing society. The film also depicts the emergence of Chiang Kai-shek's 1934 New Life Movement. Lianhua Film Studio did the film to appease the Nationalist Party which accused it of primarily presenting left-wing films, which was true.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1935-05-13
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Symphony of Lianhua
1937-12-17
Symphony of Lianhua
Overview: "Lianhua Symphony" - a small collection, consisting of eight short films shot in 1937 by young filmmakers Shanghai Lianhua Film Company. Part 1: Two Yuans (兩毛錢) directed by Situ Huimin / Part 2: Nightmares in Spring Chamber (春閨斷夢) directed by Fei Mu / Part 3: The Stranger (陌生人) directed by Tan Youliu / Part 4: Three Friends (三人行) directed by Shen Fu / Part 5: Landscape Under the Moonlight (月下小景) directed by He Mengfu / Part 6: The Ghost (鬼) directed by Zhu Shilin / Part 7: Rhapsody of a Madman (瘋人狂想曲) directed by Sun Yu / Part 8: Five Little Brothers (小五義) directed by Cai Chusheng
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1937-12-17
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Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf
1932-12-31
Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf
Overview: China's first song and dance film was "Poetry Written on the Banana Leaf" directed by Sun Yu and starring Wang Renmei in 1932. A battalion commander's lover, named Zhao Zhao, wrote a poem on a banana leaf in memory of the battalion commander. Just as she was about to mail it, she met people in the village holding the Autumn Tage Festival. Zhao Zhao decides to participate the festivities with her friends. Unexpectedly, the banana leaf was lost on the ground. Zhao Zhao rejects a man who tries to pursue her. Mad being rejected, the man picks up the lost banana leaf. He decides to write his own name to it, trying to deceive the battalion comrade that Zhao Zhao has cheated on him. The film is thought to be lost.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1932-12-31
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Queen of Sports
1934-01-01
Queen of Sports
Overview: Young sprinter Lin Ying enrolls in a sports college in Shanghai. As she becomes a sports celebrity, she starts to mangle with the upper class and has gradually forgotten the true essence of sports.
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1934-01-01
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Center Stage
1991-11-29
Center Stage
Overview: Based on the tragic true story of China's first prima donna of the silver screen, Ruan Lingyu, chronicling her rise to fame as a movie actress in Shanghai during the 1930s. Nicknamed the 'Chinese Garbo', Ruan Lingyu began her career at 16 and committed suicide at 24.
Genres: Drama Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1991-11-29
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Vistas of Art
1938-01-01
Vistas of Art
Overview: Three stories about art stages. "Film City", "Drama Group" and "Dance Class".
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1938-01-01
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Two Stars in the Milky Way
1931-03-14
Two Stars in the Milky Way
Overview: This is a silent film from China made in 1931. It is about two leads in a film, Yan (Raymond King) and Ying (Violet Wong). They meet after hearing Ying sing while another movie is being shot. You, of course, don't get to hear the song, but it catches people's attention. Once they meet and work together, they fall in love. Is it forever?
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1931-03-14
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A Spray of Plum Blossoms
1931-04-01
A Spray of Plum Blossoms
Overview: Bai Le De and Hu Lun tung are military cadets. After graduating, Hu Lin Tung is appointed captain of Guangdong headquarters and goes away. Later, Bae Le De is also appointed to a post at the same place. Hu Lun Ting falls in love with Luo Hua, daughter of the local commander.
Genres: Romance
Original Language: xx
Release Date: 1931-04-01
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Blood on Wolf Mountain
1936-11-01
Blood on Wolf Mountain
Overview: Blood on Wolf Mountain tells the story of a village that is beset by a pack of wolves. Made just prior to the commencement of full-scale war with the Japanese, the film itself is often considered an allegory of conflict between China and Japan.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1936-11-01
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Orphan Island Paradise
1939-09-19
Orphan Island Paradise
Overview: Set during the Orphan Island period of Shanghai, the film follows a group of revolutionary patriots-cum-assassins who finally earn the support of the suffering public. ‘We’re all Chinese,’ so they repeatedly chant.
Genres: War Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1939-09-19
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So Busy
1937-11-16
So Busy
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Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1937-11-16
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Loving Blood of the Volcano
1932-12-31
Loving Blood of the Volcano
Overview: A warlord's nephew lusts for farmer Song Ke's sister. When Song refuses, the whole family is thrown into jail and the sister commits suicide. The father dies of grief and Song lives with his cousin abroad. The warlord's nephew loses power and also escapes to the same country.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1932-12-31
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Little Toys
1933-01-03
Little Toys
Overview: Sister Ye lives in a rural village, where everyone makes traditional toys. When Sister Ye's husband dies of an unknown illness, and while Ye is attending to him, her son is kidnapped and sold to a wealthy lady in the city of Shanghai. Shortly after, the village is destroyed during an attack between rival warlords, forcing the villagers move to the city, where they continue to make toys. Ten years pass, and Ye's daughter Zhu'er has become a toy designer. While helping the Nationalist army at the rear, Zhu'er is killed in an attack by the Japanese. On New Year's Eve, Sister Ye is dressed in rags, sitting on the curb, selling toys. A young boy buys toys from her, and it is none other than her son, whom she does not recognize.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1933-01-03
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Storm on the Border
1942-01-01
Storm on the Border
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Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1942-01-01
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Ingeniously Taking Mount Hua
1953-05-05
Ingeniously Taking Mount Hua
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Genres: Drama War
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1953-05-05
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Undaunted Land
1944-01-01
Undaunted Land
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Genres: No genres available
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1944-01-01
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Return to Nature
1936-09-24
Return to Nature
Overview: General Zhou organized a boat trip with his family and friends, but a storm struck and they were all drifted to a deserted island.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: zh
Release Date: 1936-09-24
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