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| 1896 | ||||
| 11/8 - | The first public screening takes place at the Hsu Gardens in Shanghai. [MORE] | |||
| 1903 | ||||
| 31/12 - | Lin Zhusan holds cinematograph projections at the Tien Lo tea house in Peking. [MORE] | |||
| 1905 | ||||
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| Jul - | Liu Zhonglun shoots China’s first film, Ding jun shan (Conquering Jun Mountain), three scenes from a famous Peking opera, for Ren Qingtai’s Fengtai Photography Studio. | |||
| 1908 | ||||
| – American Benjamin Polaski founds the Asia Motion Picture Company. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1911 | ||||
| 30/6 | The government introduces laws that ban men and women sitting together in a cinema, forbid immoral films, require authorisation for the opening of a theatre, and which decree that screenings must end before midnight. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1912 | ||||
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Benjamin Polaski establishes a branch of the Asia Film Company in Peking. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1913 | ||||
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Having been taken over from Benjamin Polaski by American businessmen Essler and Lehrman, the Asia Film Co., releases Nanfu Nanqi, China’s first feature-length narrative film. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1914 | ||||
| – Chinese cinema declines due to a shortage of film stock as a result of the Great War. [MORE] [ADD] | ||||
| 1917 | ||||
| 1/1 - | As supplies of unexposed film becomes available once more, Zang Sichuan founds the Huei His production company. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 31/10 - | Pao Ching-chia’s The Commercial Press introduces a cinema section. [MORE] [ADD] | |||
| 1920 | ||||
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Opera singer Mei Lanfang plays a servant in The Fragrance of Spring Makes it Difficult to Study for the Commercial Press Company. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The Shaw brothers start making films in Shanghai. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1921 | ||||
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– The China Film Research Society produce Yen Rei-sun, the country’s first feature film, which is directed by Pun-Yen Ren and premieres in Shanghai. It is based on a sensational murder case. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1922 | ||||
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Inspired by the antics of American comics Charlie Chaplin and Harold Lloyd, Zhang Shichuan’s newly created Mingxing production company begins work on three comedy films. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1927 | ||||
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| 1928 | ||||
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– Huo shao hong lian si (Burning of the Red Lotus Temple) is released. It features a technique which uses cartoons for creating special effects for swordfighting scenes, and is a huge success, spawning a series of 18 films (which were allegedly adapted from an original running time for the first movie of 27 hours.) [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1929 | ||||
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The Kuomintang lay down rules for film censorship. [MORE] [ADD] |
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| 1930 | ||||
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The censorship law intended to protect the national industry and “prevent any attacks on the dignity of the Chinese” is promulgated. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– Genu hongmudan (Sing-Song Red Peony), China’s first sound film, is released. It is directed by Shichuan Zhang for Star film company and stars Die Hu. [MORE] [ADD] |
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– The Lianhua Film Company is founded by former cinema owner Luo Mingyu. Its first two productions are both produced by Sun Yu. [MORE] [ADD] |