Great Wall Film Company () was one of the first Chinese film production companies based in Shanghai, China, in the 1920s.
History
The company was founded by Mei Xuechou (æ¢Â
éª俦) and Liu Zhaoming (Ã¥ÂÂÃ¥Â
ÂæÂÂ) in the 1920s.
The company's first known film was The Discarded Wife (1924), written by Hou Yao and co-directed by Hou and Li Zeyuan. The cartoon Uproar in the Studio was the first known cartoon short released for non-commercial in China in 1926 when the Wan brothers was working for the company. The segment helped them become recognized as animation pioneers in China. The last known production by the company was in 1930.
Productions
- The Discarded Wife (å¼Âå¦Â) (1924)
- The Star-Plucking Girl (æÂÂæÂÂä¹Â女) (1925)
- The Love's Dream (æÂ¥éº梦éÂÂ人)1903)
- Cupid's Puppets (ç±ç¥ÂçÂÂç©å¶) (1925)
- Unlucky Double (è¦ä¹Â鸳鸯) (1926)
- The Country Maid (乡å§Âå¨Â) (1920)
- The Hypocrite (伪åÂÂÃ¥ÂÂ) (1926)
- Close a Rift (æÂÂ
天ç»Âè¡¥) (1926)
- Uproar in the Studio (大é¹ç»室) (1926)
- A Pearl Necklace (ä¸Â串çÂÂç ) (1926)
- Bloodshed on Mandarin Duck Mansion (æÂ¦æÂ¾è¡ÂæºÂ
鸳鸯楼) (1927)
- Cuiping Mountain (ç³ç§ÂæÂÂå«Â) (1927)
- Hate of an Arrow (ä¸Âç®Âä»Â) (1927)
- (ä¸Âå°Â书信å¯ÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂÂ¥) (1927)
- (é»Â天é¸) (1927)
- The Date of Ne Zha's Birth (åªåÂÂåºä¸Â) (1927)
- At the End of Her Rope (浪女穷éÂÂ) (1927)
- The Mountain of Fire (ç«ç°山) (1928)
- Huang Tianba Looks for a Wife (é»Â天鏿ÂÂ亲) (1928)
- Gan Fengchi (大侠çÂÂå¤池) (1928)
- Speders Group (èÂÂèÂÂÃ¥Â
Â) (1928)
- Real&Fake Monkey King (çÂÂÃ¥ÂÂÃ¥ÂÂè¡ÂèÂÂ
) (1928)
- Strange Knight (æ¸ÂÃ¥ÂÂæÂªä¾ ) (1928)
- Evil's Shadow (å¦ÂÃ¥Â
Âä¾ å½±) (1928)
- A Plum with Him (ä¾ çÂÂä¸ÂæÂÂæ¢Â
) (1929)
- Tiger from Fengyang (å¤é³èÂÂèÂÂ) (1929)
- An Official's Love Story (é£ÂæµÂç£åÂÂ) (1929)
- My Son Was A Hero (å¿åÂÂè±éÂÂ) (1929)
- A Clever Fool (èªæÂÂ笨伯) (1929)
- A Mess in Film Studio (大鹿ÂÂå½±åº) (1929)
- Heroine from the South (æ±ÂÃ¥ÂÂ女侠) (1930)
See also
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