Yummy Yummy is an episodic drama filmed by Singapore's SPH MediaWorks and Hong Kong's Television Broadcasts Limited in a joint collaboration. It was released in August 2005. The series is notable for being one of the few Singaporean co-productions in a language other than English or Mandarin Chinese.
Zero to Hero (阴差阳错) was a MediaCorp TV Channel 8 comedy drama series which aired from 16 May 2005 to 10 June 2005. The series is unique as it portrays the traditional Chinese beliefs of the netherworld and afterlife in a light-hearted way.
Sonny Boy is a 1929 sound part-talkie film released by Warner Bros., directed by Archie Mayo. In addition to sequences with audible dialogue or talking sequences, the film features a synchronized musical score and sound effects along with English intertitles. The soundtrack was recorded using the Vitaphone sound-on-disc system. The film stars Davey Lee, Edward Everett Horton, and Betty Bronson.
The Blue Kite is a 1993 drama film directed by Tian Zhuangzhuang. Though banned by the Chinese government upon its completion, the film soon found a receptive international audience. Along with Zhang Yimou's To Live and Chen Kaige's Farewell My Concubine, The Blue Kite serves as one of the quintessential examples of China's Fifth Generation filmmaking, and in particular reveals the impact the various political movements, including Anti-Rightist Movement and Cultural Revolution, had upon directors who grew up in the 1950s and 1960s.
Huang Yu-chun, known by her final stage name Ivy Ling Po, is a retired Hong Kong actress and Chinese opera singer. She is best known for a number of mega-hit Huangmei opera films in the 1960s, especially The Love Eterne (1963) which made her an Asian superstar overnight. She played an important role in the entertainment industry for preserving the Huangmei opera art form.
The Story of a Noble Family is a 2003 Chinese television series based on Zhang Henshui's novel Jinfen Shijia, directed by Li Dawei. The series was first broadcast in 2003 on China Central Television in mainland China.
Don't Change Your Husband is a 1919 American silent comedy film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gloria Swanson. The film was the third of six "marriage films" directed by DeMille and the first DeMille film starring Gloria Swanson. A Chinese silent film, Don't Change Your Husband (1929), used the same English title, and a similar plot arc.
Happy Family is a Singaporean family-themed Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Rui En, Chen Shucheng, Ann Kok, Darren Lim, Cynthia Koh, Shaun Chen, Chen Tianwen and Pan Lingling as the casts of the series. It made its debut on 19 January 2010 and ended on 16 February 2010. This drama series consists of 20 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm.
Palace of Desire, also known as Daming Gong Ci, is a Chinese television series based on the life of Princess Taiping, a daughter of China's only female emperor, Wu Zetian. Directed by Li Shaohong and Zeng Nianping, the series starred Chen Hong, Zhou Xun, Gua Ah-leh and Winston Chao in the leading roles. It was first broadcast on CCTV-8 in mainland China on 30 March 2000. The scriptwriter used extremely poetic and theatrical language for lines.
The Unforgettable Character《在水一方》 is a 1975 Taiwanese romantic drama film directed by Chang Mei-chun and written by Chiung Yao(琼瑶).
Tai Chi 1: 0 (太極之零開始) or Tai Chi Zero (太極：從零開始) is a 2012 Chinese 3D martial arts film directed by Stephen Fung. It is a fictitious retelling of how the Chen style of the martial art tai chi, that for generations was kept within the Chen family of Chenjiagou, was taught to the first outsider, Yang Luchan, by Chen Changxing. This is the first film to be produced by Stephen Fung's and Daniel Wu's new production company, Diversion Pictures and also marks the acting debut of Jayden Yuan, who plays the lead role. This film was shot back-to-back with its sequel, Tai Chi Hero. They are to be followed by a third as-of-yet undeveloped movie named Tai Chi Summit.
Inborn Pair is a 2011 to 2012 Taiwanese romantic comedy drama television series created and developed by SETTV. It stars Annie Chen and Chris Wang as the main leads, and directed by Golden Bell Award winning director Feng Kai (馮凱). Filming began on November 18, 2011 and debuted on SETTV ETTV on December 13, 2011. Its final episode aired on April 9, 2012 with 84 episodes in total.
Borrow Your Love, also known as Borrow Ur Love, is a 2013 Taiwanese romance drama starring Dylan Kuo, Amanda Chu, Shi Yi Nan and Cherry Hsia. The drama is about two people who wanted to set their friends up together but end up falling for each other. Filming began in November 2012 on location in Taiwan and finished in March 2013. The drama began airing on channel CTV on March 3, 2013 every Sunday night at 10:00 PM with episodes re-broadcasting on cable channel CtiTV every following Saturday night at 10:00 PM. It finished airing on June 2, 2013 with 14 episodes total.
Miserable at Middle Age is a 1949 Chinese film directed by Sang Hu (桑弧). The screenplay was written by Eileen Chang, and the film was produced by the Wenhua Film Company. It has appeared in several polls of the top Chinese films of all time, showing up at 71st in the Hong Kong Film Awards poll of 2013, and at 55th in the Time Out Beijing poll of 2014.
Chen Yanyan, born Chen Jianyan, was a Chinese actress and film producer in the cinema of Republic of China (1912–1949), British Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Xie Caizhen was a Chinese actress, writer and film director recognised to be the first woman in China to direct a film. Other than her appearance in three films and her one directorial role, little is known about her life prior to or following her film career. However, she had a sister, a father who did support her career, and was born in Hankou, in January, sometime in the 1900s. The film she directed and which she also wrote and appeared in was named An Orphan's Cry (孤雏悲声) (1925).
Mother's Happiness is a 1926 Chinese drama film directed by Shi Dongshan and written by Zhu Shouju, starring Zhou Wenzhu as a devoted rural mother who reared 4 children by herself after her husband died from an accident. It is one of the earliest extant Chinese films, but a portion is still missing. Like most Chinese films from this period, it is a black-and-white silent film with both Chinese and English intertitles.
Reclaim Wasteland is a 1926 Chinese silent film directed by Wang Yuanlong who also starred in it. It is one of the earliest Chinese films that have survived, although a portion is missing.
Long Live the Missus! is a 1947 Chinese romantic comedy film known as one of the best comedies of the civil war era. The film was directed by Sang Hu with a screenplay written by the famous Chinese literary figure Eileen Chang; the pair also collaborated on the 1947 film Unending Love. The film was produced in Shanghai by the Wenhua Film Company. Long Live the Missus! offers a satirical depiction of the lives of women, male-female relationships, and the institution of marriage in 1940s Shanghai.
Y.C Zai, also known as, Xie Yunqing, was a Chinese actor and director. He starred in over 54 Chinese films from the 1920s to the 1980s. His most notable films were Don't Change Your Husband (1929), and Mother's Happiness (1926).
