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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)
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    • 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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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

Poor Daddy 1929

Poor Daddy 怕老婆 (1929)

Poor Daddy (1929) is a slapstick silent comedy starring Liu Jiqun

Red Heroine 1929

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.

The Mighty Hero Gan Fengchi

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 1927

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 1926

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

Laborer's Love (1922)

Laborer’s Love 勞工之愛情 (1922)

Laborer’s Love (Laogong zhi aiqing, 1922) is the earliest known extant complete film made by Chinese filmmakers.

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