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An Amorous History of the Silver Screen
An Amorous History of the Silver Screen

An Amorous History of the Silver Screen

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Part two of A comedy film set on Shanghai film studio. The background events frequently involve the shooting of other films being made at Mingxing Film Company at the time. This includes a sequence of the 17th episode of the silent wuxia film series Burning of the Red Lotus Temple, which is the only known footage from this historic series to exist.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Chinese

Runtime

52 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

06 February 1931

Country

China

Cast

Jing Jinglin

Jing Jinglin

Peizhen Xia

Peizhen Xia

Jiting Wang

Jiting Wang

Zhiyuan Tan

Zhiyuan Tan

Xianzhai Wang

Xianzhai Wang

Jie Tang

Jie Tang

Yunqing Xie

Yunqing Xie

Junfu Huang

Junfu Huang

Xiuying Zhu

Xiuying Zhu

Shichuan Zhang

Shichuan Zhang

Keyi Dong

Keyi Dong

Yiman Wang

Yiman Wang

Ying Xiao

Ying Xiao

Zhengxin Wang

Zhengxin Wang

Xuan Jinglin

Xuan Jinglin

Jianong Gong

Jianong Gong

Saizhen Liang

Saizhen Liang

Youmin Gu

Youmin Gu

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