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An Amorous History of the Silver Screen

An Amorous History of the Silver Screen

  • Overview
  • Cast
  • Crew

Status

Released

Release Date

Feb 6, 1931

Runtime

0h 52m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

Original Title

The Romance on the Screen

Production Companies

Mingxing Film Company

Director

Bugao Cheng

Description

Part two of A comedy film set on Shanghai film studio. The background events frequently involve the shooting of other films being made at Mingxing Film Company at the time. This includes a sequence of the 17th episode of the silent wuxia film series Burning of the Red Lotus Temple, which is the only known footage from this historic series to exist.