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An Amorous History of the Silver Screen
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ComedyDrama
Overview
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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Runtime
52 min
Release Date
1931-02-06
Status
Released
Original Language
Chinese
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Cast
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Jing Jinglin
Peizhen Xia
Jiting Wang
Zhiyuan Tan
Xianzhai Wang
Jie Tang
Yunqing Xie
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