Based on the graphical content it is likely a Cantonese Opera on film, or an actual Cantonese Opera on stage. Back in those days, some of the cinemas doubled as Cantonese Opera Houses, especially those having a deeper stage.
Typical example are
1 .香港大舞台 (sorry, forgotten it's name in English) located in the site of present day Hopewell Centre;
2. Lee Theatre (with the most advanced stage of its time);
3. The Sunbeam Theatre in North Point, which is still up and running;
I searched from Chinese websites. It was a 1938 Mainland Chinese film, starring 陳燕燕 梅熹。This actress and actor names can be read in the actors' poster in the photo.
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Western film?
I tried to search the Chinese name of the film in the HK Film Archive but can't find anything. Perhaps that is a western film?
breskvar
Re: Probably not Western Film
Hi there,
Based on the graphical content it is likely a Cantonese Opera on film, or an actual Cantonese Opera on stage. Back in those days, some of the cinemas doubled as Cantonese Opera Houses, especially those having a deeper stage.
Typical example are
1 .香港大舞台 (sorry, forgotten it's name in English) located in the site of present day Hopewell Centre;
2. Lee Theatre (with the most advanced stage of its time);
3. The Sunbeam Theatre in North Point, which is still up and running;
Many more.
T
Chinese Film
I searched from Chinese websites. It was a 1938 Mainland Chinese film, starring 陳燕燕 梅熹。This actress and actor names can be read in the actors' poster in the photo.
re: Chinese Film
Thanks, I've set the photo's date to 1938.