Christopher Rea
Woman Warrior of the Wild River 6 荒江女俠 第六集 (1930)
A woman warrior saves a child carried away by a bird and battles bandits in this wuxia adventure film
Woman Warrior White Rose 女俠白玫瑰 (1929)
In this partially-extant silent action film, a female athlete becomes a swashbuckling hero and saves the family herding ground from a gang who plans to sell it to foreigners
Poor Daddy 怕老婆 (1929)
Poor Daddy (1929) is a slapstick silent comedy starring Liu Jiqun
Red Heroine 紅俠 (1929)
A poor young woman trains in magic martial arts and revenges her father and her village in this silent wuxia film.
Don’t Change Your Husband 情海重吻 (1929)
A married woman falls for a playboy college student. Will she live happily ever after? And what about her husband? Who will set things right?
The Mighty Hero Gan Fengchi 大俠甘鳳池 (1928)
Warriors wielding “light sabers” and vanishing magic right wrongs and settle scores in this partially-extant silent wuxia film.
Cave of the Silken Web 盤絲洞 (1927)
The Journey to the West is imperiled when the monk Tripitaka is held captive by a cave of spider women and forced to marry their queen.
An Untold Tale of the Borderlands 殖邊外史 (1926)
Li Minghui stars as a peasant woman who escapes an arranged marriage to join her true love on the borderlands
The Pearl Necklace 一串珍珠 (1926)
What’s truly precious? This silent film features a conservative morality tale about women’s vanity, with two outstanding scenes of animation.
