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    • Module 1: Laborer’s Love (1922)
    • Module 2: Sports Queen (1934)
    • Module 3: Goddess (1934)
    • Module 4: The Great Road (1934)
    • Module 5: New Women (1935)
    • Module 6: Song at Midnight (1937)
    • Module 7: Street Angels (1937)
    • Module 8: Long Live the Missus! (1947)
    • Module 9: Spring River Flows East (1947)
    • Module 10: Spring in a Small Town (1948)
    • Module 11: Crows and Sparrows (1949)
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Silent films

Daybreak 1933

Daybreak 天明 (1933)

A young woman from the countryside, forced into prostitution, does espionage to aid the Northern Expedition.

A Dream in Pink 1932

A Dream in Pink 粉紅色的夢 (1932)

A young couple in Shanghai divorce, to be reunited by the abandoned wife’s devotion and literary talent.

Volcanic Passions 1932

Volcanic Passions 火山情血 (1932)

Zheng Junli and Li Lili star in this silent film, featuring a pulpy story of revenge and romance, with hula dancing an erupting volcano.

Wild Rose 1932

Wild Rose 野玫瑰 (1932)

A vivacious country lass and a rich Shanghai boy fall in love. What will happen to young love when an uninhibited girl meets urban high society?

The Peach Girl (1931)

The Peach Girl 桃花泣血記 (1931)

The Peach Girl co-stars Ruan Lingyu and Jin Yan as lovers in rural China tragically separated by social class.

Yihjanmae 1931

Yihjanmae 一剪梅 (1931) (A Spray of Plum Blossoms)

Shakespeare’s “Two Gentlemen of Verona” transplanted to Canton, home of the mysterious Plum Blossom Bandit. Lianhua star power shines!

An Amorous History of the Silver Screen 1931

An Amorous History of the Silver Screen 影幕艷史 (1931)

A former film star returns to her old studio to discover how much has changed, in this highly self-referential film about love and/of cinema.

Love and Duty 1931

Love and Duty 戀愛與義務 (1931)

A romantic melodrama with paternalistic overtones, Love and Duty was the first Lianhua film to showcase the chemistry between Ruan Lingyu and Jin Yan.

Woman Warrior of the Wild River 1930

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

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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

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