An Amorous History of the Silver Screen (1931)
- Original title
- 银幕艳史（后集）
- Directed by
- Cheng Bugao
- Genre
- romantic drama
- Country
- Republic of China
- Runtime
- 52 min
- Rating
- 9.0 of 10 from 2 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A courtesan in Shanghai becomes a film star but risks her career for love. She then chooses to support herself by acting. The movie was partly lost, so only a portion survives.
old-fashionedromanticdramaticmetafictionalself-referentialbittersweetmelodramaticfragmented
What happens
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen (simplified Chinese: 银幕艳史; traditional Chinese: 銀幕艷史; pinyin: Yínmù Yànshǐ) is a 1931 film in two parts directed by Cheng Bugao for the Mingxing Film Company. Starring Xuan Jinglin, it follows a courtesan who rises to stardom in the Shanghai film industry, endangers her position for romance, and ultimately decides to earn an independent living through acting. This film, which used Mingxing's studios as part of its setting, has been read as a metafilm featuring biographic elements. Part of the film has been lost, with only 52 minutes of the second part surviving. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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