Cheng Xiaoqing's Early Movies

Cheng Xiaoqing's major film activities began in the 1930' s, but his literary creation became famous in the 1920' s, especially the creation of detective novels. Zheng said of Cheng Xiaoqing: "When Conan Doyle wrote Sherlock Holmes, the first draft was translated into other countries. Cheng Xiaoqing Jun, a social friend, likes watching it since he was a child, so he imitated it as a detective case of Hawthorne ... There are hundreds of articles, including box corpse, unjust imprisonment, doctor Gu, Jiangnan geese, newly-married robbers, women in green, Japanese knives, hairy lions, prostitutes in Changchun, emerald circles, Erzhu, gray people, adventures in the tiger's den and so on. , thoughtful. [ 1]

1926, his novel Mother's Heart was adapted into a screenplay written by Chen Zhiqing, produced by Guoguang Film Company, produced by the Film Department of the Commercial Press, directed by Xiaozhong Yang and starring Wu Lizhu, Wang Fuqing and Shen Huaying. This is the first time that his works have entered the film.

193 1 year, Cheng Xiaoqing officially started to write scripts for major companies, and created a movie script "Dancer's Blood" for Shanghai Youlian Film Company. Directed by Jiang Qifeng, filmed by Li Xiongxiang, starring Qin-fang Xu, Lin Xuehuai, Shang Guanwu and Zhu Shaoquan. Created the screenplay Shadow on the Window for Shanghai Star Film Company, written and explained by Cheng Xiaoqing, directed by Cheng, filmed by Wang Shizhen, starring Gong Jianong, Wang. 1932 was adapted into the scripts of star film companies such as loving mother, lovely enemy and resurrection of Chinese soul. Writing "Jiang Nanyan" for Meiyan Film Company; "Blood and Tears" by Guohua Film Company; For Venus Film Company, it's rainy night gunfire, red tears and so on. Among them, "Mother" is narrated by Cheng Xiaoqing, directed by Zhang Shichuan, photographed by Zhou Shimu and starring Yan Yuexian, Xianzhai Wang and Meijun Gu. "Jiang Nanyan" was directed by Jiang Qifeng, filmed by Li Xiongxiang, starring Wan Fang, Shang Guanwu and Zheng; Rebirth is directed by Zhang Shichuan, assisted by Gao Liheng, filmed by Zhou Shimu, starring Zheng Xiaoqiu, Gong Jianong. "Red Tears Shadow" is produced by Venus Film Company, directed by Zheng Xiaoqiu, filmed by Luo, starring Hu Feng and Kang Hui. Lovely Enemy is narrated by Cheng Xiaoqing, directed by Cheng, photographed by Wang Shizhen, starring Zheng Xiaoqiu, Gong Jianong, Wang. The plot is as follows:

Xu, Zhao Youcheng and Zhang Caiji are classmates of Zhenhua University. Three universities jointly held a sports meeting and won two firsts, which was favored by female classmate Ding. Fang Jia wrote a letter to the park. When Yuan Lu saw this letter, he went there secretly and fell in love with Fang Jia. You know Fang Jia has another love, so he politely advises Yuan Lu, who gives him a bad opinion. When Lu Yuan's family was affected by the disaster, he stole Caiji's watch and wanted to give it to Fang Jia. You secretly took it back to Cai Ji, and it was discovered. In order to protect Lu Yuan, Youcheng was expelled from school and became the sports director of a school in Nanyang. Lu Yuan broke off relations with Fang Jia and studied hard. A few years later, they met again.

1939 adapted the scripts "The Night Pearl", "Yang Naiwu" and "Dong Xiaowan" for Guohua Film Company, all directed by Zheng Xiaoqiu and Zhang Shichuan, starring Feng Hsu, Zhou Xuan and Comfort respectively. Among them, "The Night Pearl" was directed by Zheng Xiaoqiu, filmed by Dong, starring Yan Yuexian, Baiyun, Comfortable and Jianong Gong; Yang Naiwu is directed by Zhang Shichuan and Zheng Xiaoqiu, starring Yuan Shaomei, xu feng and Kuang-chao Yiu. 1940, the screenplay Meng Lijun was adapted by Guohua Film Company. Director Zhang Shichuan, photographer Dong, actors Zhou Xuan, Kang Hui, Xu Feng, Yuan Shaomei, Mona, Gong Jianong and others. 194 1 year is a bumper year for his creation. In addition to writing detective stories, translating foreign works and sorting out old ones, he has also written and adapted more than ten screenplays, including Storm in the Old City, Mei Fei, Broken Meng Shan, Parting, New American Grand Plan, What Day Is Today, etc.

Among them, Zhang Shichuan, the director of Storm in the Old Town, starred Wan'er Murong, Yuan Shaomei and Feng Hsu. The plot is as follows:

Wu, a revolutionary youth, wrote an article exposing that warlord Lu was being pursued for committing crimes. When he fled his hometown, he met Zhao, the boyfriend of his sister Zhiying. Zhao was caught by mistake because he looked alike. When Qi Zhi escaped, she was mistaken for Rong Ming's room, the niece of the warlord, and they fell in love at first sight. Zhao was caught in the warlord's mansion, but he exposed the warlord's crimes. Qiu Fen, the daughter of the warlord, was moved by Zhao's elegant demeanor and wanted to marry Zhao. Zhao loves Zhi Ying in his heart, but he is forced to reluctantly agree. Since then, due to the similar appearance of Zhao and Wu, various misunderstandings have occurred. In a rage, Zhao went to Guangdong alone. Zhao met again on the train, and only then did they know why they made this big mistake. Many years later, Zhao, who became a doctor, treated a pregnant woman in dystocia and found that this person was Qiu Fen. Finally, all the misunderstandings were finally solved. Qiu Fen was seriously ill and died with a smile. Two couples mourned at her grave together.

"Late Night" was adapted by Cheng Xiaoqing based on Zhang Henshui's novel of the same name, produced by Guohua Film Company, directed by Zhang Shichuan and filmed by Dong, with actors Zhou Xuan, Han Fei, Shao Dollar, Mona, qi zhou, Zhou Chu and C. The plot is as follows:

Yang Yuerong (Zhou Xuan), a street singer in Beiping, can't bear the abuse of his teacher's mother and escapes. She was saved by the driver Ding (Han Fei). With the help of Ding and a group of poor friends, Yang worships Master Yang to learn drama. Under the guidance of Master and her own efforts, Yang Yuerong gradually became a rookie in the pear garden. After becoming famous, Yang Yuerong was pursued by Song Xinsheng, a small shopkeeper of an antique shop, and was finally cheated into bankruptcy. Although Ding has a crush on Yang, he can't express himself. When Yang and Song went to Tianjin, Ding was forced to marry Tian Ergu, a pregnant neighbor of Ding's agent Liu Mingde. After Yang Yuerong returned to Beijing from Tianjin, she was penniless and re-entered the stage. Just when she sang red again, she was harassed by Liu Mingde. My second aunt died in childbirth, and Ding's mother was heartbroken. Ding went to settle accounts with Liu. At this time, the manager is entangled with Yang Yuerong. In the fight between Ding and Yang Yuerong and the manager, Yang killed the manager by mistake and committed suicide. Ding ran away and went far away.

Gunshots on a Rainy Night was produced by Venus Film Company, directed by Xu Xinfu, filmed by Luo, starring Manhua Zhou, Gong Jianong. This film is based on Cheng Xiaoqing's novel of the same name. The outline of the novel is as follows:

One rainy night, Dr. Luo was shot and killed at the door, and a man in gray escaped. That night, a man and a woman were shot in the box of China Theatre, and the murderer was also a man in gray. During the investigation, Hawthorne found that the deceased Rovic was suspected of a drug trafficking case. Actually, this has nothing to do with the murder. According to clues and old newspaper materials, Hawthorne gradually cleared the fog and found out the truth. It turned out that the murderer was a humiliated nobody, and his wife Tao Xiumei was taken fancy to by Bu Rendong, a rich son, and hooked up with a traitor. He went to his lawyer Dong Beizheng for help, but Dong's lawyer sheltered money and power, which made the gray man lose the lawsuit. In order to get revenge, the man in gray decided to get rid of lawyer Dong, Bu and Tao, but killed Dr. Luo by mistake on a rainy night. The novel is cleverly conceived, with two clues and confusing. The murderer in the work is a weak person who can't bear humiliation, and touches the social contradictions and morbidities.

The adapted story is as follows:

Although the red dancer Wang Lilan married a banker, she still had an affair with Zhao and Yu Gantang, and was almost smashed by Lu. Zhao has an important code. When Li Lan learned of this, he had evil thoughts, deliberately molested Zhao, took the opportunity to steal the secret code, and wanted to sell it at a high price in the future. Zhao found that the secret code was lost and asked Li Lan for it, but it was rejected. One night, Leland was suddenly shot and killed. Lu Jiansheng, Zhao and Yu Gantang, the mysterious people who bought the secret code from Li Lan, all had contact with Li Lan on the night of the murder. Private investigator Hawthorne was entrusted by Leland's girlfriend Anna to solve the case.

It can be seen from the adaptation that Cheng Xiaoqing did not copy the novel intact, but redesigned the plot according to the characteristics of the film and the psychology of the audience, so as to attract the audience more.

In addition, the new version of honey trap is produced by Guohua Film Company, directed and filmed by Zheng Xiaoqiu, starring Manhua Zhou. "Breaking Meng Shan" was produced by Cathay Pacific Film Company, directed by He, filmed by Dong, starring Zhou Xuan. Mei Fei was produced by Guohua Film Company, directed by Zhang Shichuan and filmed by Dong, with actors Zhou Xuan, Shao Meiyuan, Mona, Phoenix, Jianong Gong and qi zhou; Naihetian was adapted by Cheng Xiaoqing from The Golden Powder Family, produced by Guohua, directed by Zheng Xiaoqiu, filmed by Luo, starring Man Huazhou, Yuan Shaolan and qi zhou. 1942 "Yuanyang with Blood and Tears" for Guohua Film Company, directed by Zhang Shichuan and qi zhou, photographed by Dong, starring Man Huazhou, Shu Hong and qi zhou.

To give you an intuitive impression of Cheng Xiaoqing's films, please see the table below.

Table 1: Cheng Xiaoqing's film works are adapted from Chen Zhiqing's "Mother's Heart" 1926, the original business work, the figure on the window of Cheng Xiaoqing, Cheng 193 1, the star description, the blood of Cheng Xiaoqing dancers, Cheng Qifeng193/kloc-. Ishikawa/KOOC-0/932 Star Description Cheng Xiaoqing China Resurrection Soul Cheng Ishikawa/KOOC-0/932 Star Lovely Enemy Cheng/KOOC-0/932 Star Jiang Nanyan Cheng Qifeng/KOOC-0/932 Haiyan Xianhui's wife Cheng Xiaoqing/KOOC-0/934. Cheng Xiaoqiu 1939, the bright pearl of Happy Forest, is my Cheng Shichuan 1940, Guo Chengshichuan 1940, Guo Chengxiaoqiu 194 1 Guohua New Beauty Story Cheng Zheng Xiaoqiu. 194 1 Guohua Cheng Zhang Xiaoqing Ishikawa 194 1 Zhang Guohua Yishui's novel adaptation is Hetian Cheng Zheng Xiaoqiu 194 1 Guohua Ancient Town Fengyuncheng Zhang Xiaoqing Ishikawa194/kloc-0. Zhang Qingshichuan 194 1 Henshui's Novel Adapted from Blood and Tears Yuanyang Cheng Shichuan 1942 Guohua Dream Broken Guanshan Cheng Xiaoqing He 194 1 Guotai Rainy Night Gunshot Cheng Xinfu194/Jinxing Red Tears Shadow.