Film Record: Old China

Identifier:

• 7130 (Source: North West Film Archive )

Date produced: 1939

Filmmaker(s):

Ernest Greenwood

George Wain

Country of Production:

United Kingdom

Duration:

00:08:22

Length:

200 ft

Format:

16mm

Colour:

B&W and Colour

Sound Notes:

Silent

Awards/Recognition:

‘Highly Commended’ at the 1945 Institute of Amateur Cinematographers Contest
Awarded a Certificate of Merit and the Federation Trophy by the Federation of Cinematograph Societies
‘Specially Commended’ by Amateur Cine World.

Description:

"Tales of doomed and thwarted love are timeless, and this intriguing short film relates a story set in Imperial China. Told to a young couple planning their wedding and marital home, they - and we - learn the tragic tale of Koong-Shee and Chang, her father's servant, as revealed in the traditional pattern on a Willow pattern plate. George Wain, one of the filmmakers, plays the role of the fiancé." (BFI Player)

Resources:

BFI Player
NWFA Online Database

Subjects:

• Asia
•      China

Genre:

• Melodrama

Form:

• Short

Tags:

Repository:

North West Film Archive

Video Link:

• bfi.org.uk

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