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This is a list of films produced in the Republican period and initial Communist period of China ordered by year of release in the 1940s. For an alphabetical listing of Chinese films see Category:Chinese films .
1940s; 1950s; 1960s; 1970s; 1980s; 1990s; Pages in category "1940s in Chinese cinema" This category contains only the following page. ... List of Chinese films of the ...
中国影片大典 Encyclopaedia of Chinese Films. 1905-1930, 故事片·戏曲片. (1996). Zhong guo ying pian da dian: 1905-1930. Beijing: 中国电影出版社 China Movie Publishing House. ISBN 7-106-01155-X
1940: The Boundless Future: Cai Chusheng [7] The Love of a Woman (Chinese: 潘巧雲) Wang Yin: Wang Yin: Drama: The Red Scarf: Sung Gim-Chiu: Pak Yin, Kwong Shan-Siu, Fung Fung, Ling Mung, Chao Fei-Fei, To Sam-Ku, Chow Siu-Ying, Ho Lai-Wan: Romance: Film debut for Star Film Company. [21] The Seductive Woman: Lee Tit
20-year-old Ruan Lingyu, a superstar during the silent film era, in Love and Duty (1931) [24]. The first truly important Chinese films were produced beginning in the 1930s with the advent of the "progressive" or "left-wing" movement, like Cheng Bugao's Spring Silkworms (1933), [25] Wu Yonggang's The Goddess (1934), [26] and Sun Yu's The Great Road, also known as The Big Road (1934). [27]
Early films were shot on volatile nitrate film, which was easily destroyed, and many experienced material degradation. Further contributing to the loss of historical films were internal turbulence and international conflict; for instance, Mingxing's warehouse was damaged during the Japanese bombing of Shanghai in 1932.
Chinese historical action films (11 P) Chinese historical adventure films (3 P) D. Chinese historical drama films (30 P) H. Hong Kong historical films (2 C, 6 P) R.
100 Greatest Chinese language films chosen by Asia Weekly Magazine 100 Best Mainland Chinese Films chosen by 88 experts and organised by Time Out Beijing and Time Out Shanghai . v