Red Peony is a feature film produced by a star film company, directed by Zhang Shichuan, written by Hong Shen and starring Hu Die and Xianzhai Wang. It was released at Shanghai Guanglu Grand Theatre on March 3rd 193 1 and at Guangxin Grand Theatre on March 5th 193 1.
The film tells the story of the singer Red Peony who, after marrying her fallen husband Chen Faxiang, not only suffered from torture and pain, but her artistic career also declined gradually, but she finally moved her husband without complaint? .
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Production background
1At the end of the 1920s, in some countries with relatively developed film industries, the development of sound films has made considerable achievements. From 1926 to 12, American movies with sound flooded into China. However, due to language barriers and different cultural concepts, China audiences can't really accept and understand American audio movies.
Therefore, the question of whether China's audio films have been produced has entered the discussion and research of people of insight in the industry. At that time, the major film companies also had different attitudes. Lianhua Film Company and Tianyi Film Company have different opinions on making silent films and audio films because of their different distribution networks, while star film companies hold a wait-and-see compromise attitude.
Preliminary preparation
The introduction of film recording technology into film production should meet three preconditions, namely, capital, technology and talents. In the United States, Japanese, French and other countries, the patent fees and patent fees of American Western Electric Company are often as high as hundreds of thousands of dollars, which greatly exceeds the economic capacity of China manufacturers.
Just as EMI was transported to the sound film machine for recording wax discs, it stayed there and cooperated with the star company. Thus, the production of "Red Peony", which was shot by Star Film Company and received by EMI Oriental Company, began.
In terms of records
The film uses the method of wax plate pronunciation. First, shoot according to the silent film, then all the actors recite the lines, and then EMI Records records the lines on a wax disc. After the recording, put the film on the screen, put the phonograph and wax paper records in the projection room and play them through the loudspeaker behind the screen.
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