中英雙語話中國影視演藝圈 第2期:中國香港電影史

Chinese Hong Kong Film History

中國香港電影史

At the end of 1895, foreign films came into Hong Kong where there were the public films shown in 1903 and a fair number of cinemas were set up in 1907. The number offilms and their time of being shovsm were bigger than before.

1895年底，外國電影進人香港。1903年，香港開始有公映。1907年開 1始，不少電影院紛紛在香港開辦，而且放映的次數和數量都比以往多。

Accordingly, the year of 1907 was seen as the first peak year of Hong Kong film industry.

因此,1907年被視爲香港電影業的第一個髙峯年代。

In 1909, LiangShaopo directed and starred a quite simple humorous film Stealing a Roasted Duck, its producer worked together with Li Minwei to make the first Hong Kong feature filmZhuang Zi Tests His Wife in 1913, which hastened Hong Kong Film industry and Li Minwei was praised as a “Father of Hong Kong film”.

1909年，樑少坡導演並主演了一部十分簡單的詼諧劇《偷燒鴨》。1913年，它的出品人布拉斯基後來和黎民偉合作製作了香港的第一部故事片《莊子試妻》，並因而促進了香港電影業，而黎民偉更被譽爲“香港電影之父”。

The appearance of this filmsymbolized the beginning of Hong Kong film in fancy.

這部電影的出現，象徵着香港電影萌芽期開始。

In 1922, Li Minwei and his elder brother Haishan and Li Beihai originated the first Hong Kong film company—Minxin Film Company which greatly promoted Hong Kong filmindustry.

1922年,黎民偉及其兄長海山、北海創辦了香港第一家全由香港人投資創辦的電影製片公司——民新電影公司。

It not only produced the first Hong Kong newsreel documentary in 1923 and set up the first actor training institute to train the people who have talents foracting and also made the first long feature film Rouge, Hong Kong film industry had been gradually grown during 1924 and 1925 but interrupted by the strike in June,1925. A year later, the film show industry began to revive.

民新的成立爲香港電影業帶來很大的推動作用，它不僅在1923年出品了香港第一部新聞紀錄片，在1924年成立了第一個演員培訓所以培養有演戲潛質的人，還攝製了香港出產的第一部故事長片《胭脂》。1924年至1925年，香港電影事業已漸漸成長，但因1925年6月大罷工的影響被迫中止了。一年後，電影放映業開始復甦。

At the beginning of 1930, Li Beihai established Hong Kong Film Company with other people, and produced itspioneering work The Witty Sorcerer, It was Uanhua Film Company united by Minxin and other several film companies that made Hong Kong film industry developed steadily.

1930年初，黎北海等創辦了香港影片公司，製作出其創業作《左慈戲曹》。真正令香港電影業穩步發展的是1930年由民新與其他幾家電影公司合併而成的聯華影業公司。

Lianhua brought great influence on Hong Kong film industry and it was one of the greatest film studios prewar in China.

聯華爲香港電影帶來了很大的影響力，是戰前中國最大的電影廠之一。

When gods and spirits' swordsmen films prevailed over the country, Lianhua produced many films with the health theme and freshstyle,including Conscienceness, whichwas the first Chinese film entering American film market, and1 Song of the Fisherman, which was the first Chinese film winning the international award，etc. They notonly changed the foreigners’ opinion about Chinese film，but also created its new wave.

當全國盛行拍神怪武俠片時，聯華推出了許多主題健康、風格清新的電影，包括第一部打進美國電影市場的中國電影《人道》及第一部在國際上獲獎的《漁光曲》等，不但改變了外國人對中國電影的看法，更創造了中國電影的新浪潮。

In 1934, Lianhua in Hong Kong was disunited and Li Beihai founded the firstHong Kong sound film studio—Zhonghua Film Studio and made a partially sound film Conscience and the first sound film The Silly Youth Enter Bridal Chamber, At the sametime, the film companies produced many silent films like Dai Lao Bai Shou, etc. according to the tradition. Therefore silent films and sound ones coexisted during 1933and 1934.

1934年，聯華香港分廠解體,黎北海創建了香港第一家有聲電影製片廠——中華電影製片廠，並製作了一部局部有聲片《良心》及第一部有聲片《傻仔洞房》。與此同時，電影公司還依着傳統，拍攝了不少默片，如《呆佬拜壽》等。故此，1933年至1934年間，可說是默片與有聲片共存的時期。1935年，香港電影步進有聲時代。

In 1935, Hong Kong stepped into its sound film age. Since 1935 the number of Cantonese films made in Hong Kong was increased yearly. Influenced by the anti-Japanese movement, a number of patriotic films were made. Among them，the Life Line was directed by the early famous Hongkong director Guan Wenqing.

從1935年開始,香港的粵語片產量每年遞增。受抗日熱潮的影響，香港生產了多部愛國電影，其中包括香港早期著名電影導演關文清導演的《生命線》。

In 1936,socialeducation films became the mainstream in Hong Kong films like A Woman of Guangzhou by Shao Zuiweng.

1936年，社會教育片成了香港電影的主流，如邵醉翁執導的《廣州一婦人》。

In 1937, “July 7 Incident” happened, which resulted in Hong Kong’s high spirit of resistance against Japan and film workers started to make anti-Japanese andpatriotic films one after g 85 feature films in 1937, there were 25 anti-Japanese and patriotic films, of which Last Minute by Zhao Shushen could beabsolutely regarded as the classic work.

1937年，由於“七七事變”的發生，香港抗日氣氛高昂，因此電影工作者也紛紛開拍抗日愛國片，在1937年出產的85部故事片之中就有25部抗日愛國片。其中，由趙樹燊於1937拍攝的《最後關頭》絕對可以稱得上是經典之作。

Next year, patriotic films continued to prevail. In the same year, the first Hong Kong color film A Woman of Guangzhou (II),the first swordsmen film, the adventures oi Fong Sai - yuk and the first Chinese language film Diao Chan,A Beauty were produced in succession With the appearance ofDiao Chan,A Beauty Hong Kong entered the coexistence period of Cantonese films and Chinese language films and the number of the latter was increasing

1938年，“愛國片”繼續盛行。同年，香港第一部彩色電影《廣州一婦人續集》、第一部功夫片《方世玉打擂臺》及第一部國語片《貂蟬》亦相繼出現。隨着《貂蟬》的出現，香港進人了粵語片與國語片並存的時期，國語片的產量漸多。