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    Hong Kong cinema in the 1930s to 1970s was dominated by Cathay-MP&GI, which produced many popular films in different genres such as urban comedies, middle-class melodramas, and musicals. Examples include Our Sister Hedy (1957) and The Battle of Love (1957). In the 1960s, the Shaw Brothers studio rose to prominence with films like Lady in Distress (1957) and Diau Charn (1958), establishing the huangmei tone. From the death of Loke Wan Tho in the 1960s to the reorganization of Cathay-MP&GI, other studios like Grand Motion Pictures became more influential, producing movies such as A Debt of Blood

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    Hong Kong cinema in the 1930s to 1970s was dominated by Cathay-MP&GI, which produced many popular films in different genres such as urban comedies, middle-class melodramas, and musicals. Examples include Our Sister Hedy (1957) and The Battle of Love (1957). In the 1960s, the Shaw Brothers studio rose to prominence with films like Lady in Distress (1957) and Diau Charn (1958), establishing the huangmei tone. From the death of Loke Wan Tho in the 1960s to the reorganization of Cathay-MP&GI, other studios like Grand Motion Pictures became more influential, producing movies such as A Debt of Blood

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    Hong Kong Cinema:: Cathay-MP&GI From 1930s To 70s

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    Hong Kong Cinema:

    Cathay-MP&GI from 1930s to 70s

    2
    &
    Cathay-MP&GI

    Loke Wan Tho

    Albert Odell

    Air Hostess

    &

    urban comedy

    middle-class melodrama
    modern
    musical

    Our Sister Hedy (1957)

    Our Sister Hedy (1957)

    Our Sister Hedy (1957)

    Dir. Tao Qin

    The Battle of Love (1957)

    Dir. Yue Feng

    Stephen Soong

    Script Committee

    Yao Ke

    Zhang Ailing

    The Greatest Wedding


    on Earth (1962)

    Dir. Wang Tianlin

    The Greatest
    Civil War on
    Earth (1961)

    The Greatest
    Wedding on
    Earth (1962)

    The Greatest
    Love Affair on
    Earth (1964)

    The Greatest Wedding


    on Earth (1962)

    Liu Enjia

    0 1063
    family

    ethnicity

    0 5
    Leung Singbo

    Our Dream Car (1959)

    &

    shaw brothers

    Lady in Distress
    (1957)

    Dir. Li Han-hsiang

    Diau Charn (1958)

    Dir. Li Han-hsiang
    Huangmei tone ()

    Runje Shaw

    1920

    1926

    1958
    Shaw Brothers (HK) Ltd.

    The Kingdom and


    the Beauty (1959)

    Dir. Li Han-hsiang

    Dir. Tao Qin

    Love Without End


    (1961)

    Twilight Hours
    (1960)

    When the Poles


    Meet (1961)

    Dir. Chow Sze-luk

    Between Tears and


    Laughters (1964)

    A Story of Three Loves


    (Part 1 & 2) (1964)

    &
    from Lokes death to
    closure of

    MP&GI

    H.S. Li / Grand
    Motion Pictures

    1963
    1962
    Zhong Qiwen and
    Stephen Soong left

    1964/3

    agreement

    Choo Kok-leong

    1964/06/20
    11th Asia Film
    Festival

    Plane accident

    1965
    Cathay
    Organisation
    (HK)

    > 90 films

    1966

    distributions &
    cinemas
    early 1970s

    A Debt of Blood (1966)


    Dir. Yuen Chau-fung

    1998
    withdrawn
    from HK

    Reference:
    Ng, Kenny K.K. Romantic Comedies of Cathay-MP&GI in the
    1950s and 60s: Language, Locality and Urban Character.
    Jump Cut: A Review of Contemporary Media. 49 (2007)
    Stokes, Lisa O, Jean Lukitsh, Michael Hoover, and Tyler Stokes.
    Historical Dictionary of Hong Kong Cinema. Lanham, Md:
    Scarecrow Press. 2007. Print.
    Gomery, Douglas, Clara Pafort-Overduin Movie History: A
    Survey. 2nd. ed. Abingdon. Oxon, England: Routledge, 2011:
    371-372. Print.
    HKMDB

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