Tam Lan-Hing
Also Known As: Lan-Hing Tam, 谭兰卿
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Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Not available
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Gender: Other
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Fatso Married Skinny
Overview: Lai-ying (Cheng Bik-ying) is a wealthy socialite who travels globally. Tired of her lifestyle, she sends her secretary Kiu (Tam Lan-hing) to stand in for her in a social function in Hong Kong. Local rich playboy Chung (Sun Ma Si-tsang) is forced by his father (Lee Hoi-chuen) to court the fake Lai-ying in order to save the family from financial distress. But Chung is in love with the real Lai-ying, who pretends to be a poor girl from a working class background. Naturally, the father is unhappy about this mismatch. Typically cast for feisty roles, Tam Lan-hing here plays a marriage-hungry woman, eager to be seduced who knows flirtatiousness can be so hilarious!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-12-29
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The Stubborn Generations
Overview: Fat Kau (Leung Sing-por) and his wife (Ma Siu-ying) are not on the best terms with their fierce daughter-in-law Tang (Tam Lan-hing). It is their secret wish that their grandson Kim-kwong (Yam Kim-fai) would marry an ill-tempered woman—it would be, Kau and Lee think, poetic justice for Tang to have a taste of her own medicine. But to their disappointment, the granddaughter-in-law Yu-chu (Law Yim-hing) turns out to be meek and understanding. Kau and his wife therefore tricks Yu-chu into starting a quarrel with Tang. Rich in intricate details of everyday life, the film depicts a witty battle between vivid characters, and is a comedic portrayal of the relationship between mother and daughter-in-law through three generations.
Genres: Music Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1960-02-24
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Mr Wong's Adventures with the Unruly Girl
Overview: The film is adapted from Chinese classic comic series Mr Wong, with Tang Bik-wan joining hands with the magnificent Sun Ma Si-tsang and Tam Lan-hing to give a dazzling performance. Wong (Sun Ma Si-tsang) passes off as the company's manager to pursue the beauty Hui (Tang Bik-wan) behind his fearsome wife's (Tam Lan-hing) back. Unbeknown to him, Hui is actually the fiancée of his nephew (Sima Wah-lung), to whom he has refused to lend money. Scenes in which Hui plays pranks on him and tricks him into providing funds for her are spiced up by the lively acting of Sun Ma as a wife-fearing perv and Tang as a sassy girl with a sharp tongue. The film ends with Wong making excuses to meet Hui at a hotel but getting caught by his feisty wife. Whilst both are acclaimed comedians in their own right, brassy Tam and composed Tang together pull Sun Ma's leg in an unmissable classic slapstick.
Genres: Comedy Music
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-09-09
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A Reserve Bride
Overview: Lee Kei-hau is happily married with a son. His wife Wong Tai-chu, who has been complaining of discomfort lately, goes to see a doctor where her friend Wong Mau works as an assistant. Wong mixes up her report with that of a cancer patient. Believing her days are numbered, Tai-chu discusses with her mother to choose a second wife for Lee and finds the nurse So Lin-yung, Mau's girlfriend. Mau feels obligated to adhere to her request to hire So as family nurse. Lee urges his wife to make regular exercise a habit to improve her health but when his advice falls on deaf ears, he spurs her to action by dating the nurse. Infuriated by his wife's unexpected exhilaration, Lee accuses her of having an affair with Mau. Tai-chu retaliates by displaying great affection towards a man, her girlfriend Judy in disguise. Lee chases after the beau relentlessly and is told the truth by Judy. Mau's blunder is patched up with a smile, for his lover So, and for the reconciled couple Tai-chu and Lee.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1966-03-23
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Much Ado About Nothing
Overview: Entrepreneur Silly Wong returns from overseas having made a fortune there. His godson Tsim Tsui-mau and wife Ho Bit-siu, and friend George Cheung use every trick in the book, even hiring the alluring singer Lin Yung-so, to entertain and curry favour with the loaded returnee. Unfortunately Wong's saving, totalling 10 million dollars, is only due to arrive in two weeks. Penniless, he remains evasive over financial matters. Tsim thinks that Wong is a swindler and leaves in a fit of anger. Lin gives him a hand in his moment of need, and love blossoms between them. Mau and others believe that Lin must have gathered evidence of Wong's wealth and thus forcibly take him home. Realising Tsim's snobbishness, Wong admits to a fuming Tsim that he a broke man. Finally the money arrives. Wong cherishes Lin's love and marries her, but shows the door to the remorseful Tsim and friends.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1960-06-15
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My Kingdom for a Husband
Overview: Vagabond singer Ali is embroiled in a dispute over love and is compelled to return to his own country. Ali is mistaken for the future queen's consort and chances to meet her majesty Law Yee. Law falls head over heels for Ali and they get married not long after. However, Ali finds royal formalities unbearable and decides to run away from the palace. Disregarding all rules, Law follows her man to wherever he goes.
Genres: Music Romance
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1957-09-11
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The Strange Hero Yi Zhimei
Overview: A Hong Kong Cantonese comedy film
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1967-10-25
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Haunted Bridge
Overview: HK horror film.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1957-03-14
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The General of Dragon City
Overview: Hong Kong drama.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1938-01-01
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At This Crucial Juncture
Overview: The film is divided into seven episodes, each episode directed by a different director. The film was selected as one of the top hundred Chinese films by film historian Du Yunzhi (HKFA).
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1938-03-02
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The Matchmaker
Overview: Mr Wong falls head over heels for Lan, a beautiful waitress. He bugs her constantly to ask for her hand, and even goes as far as lying about his wife being dead and secretly planing to marry his wife off to a friend. Lan decides to play a prank on him to teach him a lesson.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-09-30
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A Stroke of Romance for Mr. Wang
Overview: Mr Wong leaves the countryside and goes to the city with his wife and daughter to inherit a great fortune from his late uncle, unaware that a bunch of criminals are planning to honeytrap him.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-05-27
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The Story of Heroine Fan Lei-fa
Overview: Centring on the legend of the four ancient Chinese heroines, the film was a novelty for audiences at the time, as the singing performance was in Cantonese and used huangmei operatic rhythms—a popular trend in the 1960s, yet it retained traditional flavours by using operatic luogu percussion in the battle scenes. ‘Movie-fan princess' Connie Chan Po-chu not only sings Cantonese song and huangmei tone solos in the film, she also wows the audience by taking up the doumadanrole for the first time as the Tang dynasty female general Fan Lei-fa, showing off her superb operatic martial skills, together with Shum Chi-wah, inherited from Peking opera master Fen Ju Hua. Yu Kai's weaponry prowess and renowned female comedian Tam Lan-hing cross-dressing as a male general are also brilliant in this gem.
Genres: Music History Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1968-03-13
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The Broom Spirit
Overview: Hong Kong horror comedy from 1959.
Genres: Horror Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1959-06-25
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The Birth of the Monkey King
Overview: Historical Drama
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1962-05-30
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The Strange Adventures of a Strange Man
Overview: Comedy from Hong Kong directed by Ng Wui.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1956-08-30
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Woman’s Affairs
Overview: Tong Siu-wah is jobless. Tong shares a room with Chi-on. His neighbour Lai-ping is a factory worker. Another neighbour Siu-kuen is Manager Chin's mistress-to-be. Siu-wah never bumps into them. Siu-kuen is forced to be a mistress to pay back her family debts. Chin is about to marry Siu-kuen as his mistress. Lai-ping and Siu-kuen are friends and Lai-ping wants to help her. Lai-ping and Siu-wah have never met and they argue. Lai-ping separates their rooms, Siu-wah's glass frame was accidentally shattered by Lai-ping. Lai-ping meets her penpal and find out that Siu-wah him. They teach each other to trick their flatmates. Lai-ping puts a fake snake in his room. Siu-wah puts pins on her bed. The two eventually realized who each other is. Lai-ping helps Siu-kuen pay off her debt and not marry Manager Chin. Chi-on discovers that his boss' husband is Siu-kuen's husband-to-be. Chi-on reveals the truth to Mrs. Chin. Chin cancels the marriage. Lai-ping and Siu-wah become a couple.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1961-05-24
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The Ghostly Daughter-in-Law
Overview: Adaptation of a Chinese opera.
Genres: Horror
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1960-05-04
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Scent of Wild Flowers
Overview: An adaptation of Heinrich Mann's novel Professor Unrat.
Genres: Drama
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1935-02-08
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Eternal Love
Overview: Two children try to win their parents over through devotion and duty
Genres: Drama Romance Music
Original Language: cn
Release Date: 1966-04-06
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