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    Zheng Zhengqiu (Chinese: 鄭正秋; January 25, 1889 – July 16, 1935) was a Chinese filmmaker often considered a "founding father" of Chinese cinema. Born in...
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    producer, who is considered a founding father of Chinese cinema. He and Zheng Zhengqiu made the first Chinese feature film, The Difficult Couple, in 1913,...
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  • – Philipp Scharwenka, German composer and educator (b. 1847) 1935 – Zheng Zhengqiu, Chinese filmmaker (b. 1889) 1939 – Bartholomeus Roodenburch, Dutch...
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  • by the Second Sino-Japanese War. Founded in 1922 by Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Zhengqiu, and Zhou Jianyun, Mingxing emerged along with Dazhonghua Baihe Film...
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    Chinese screenplay, The Difficult Couple, was filmed in Shanghai by Zheng Zhengqiu and Zhang Shichuan. Zhang Shichuan then set up the first Chinese-owned...
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  • the company, collaborating with the Xinmin theatre company, led by Zheng Zhengqiu and Zhang Shichuan. The company was dissolved in 1914, when the First...
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    was directed and written by Mingxing co-founders Zhang Shichuan and Zheng Zhengqiu. Notably, the film has both Chinese and English intertitles, indicating...
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    Laughter Stage) in Shanghai. Among his colleagues were Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Zhengqiu and Zhou Jianyun, who co-founded Mingxing Film Company. In 1923 Mingxing...
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  • Chinese screenplay, The Difficult Couple, was filmed in Shanghai by Zheng Zhengqiu and Zhang Shichuan. As the Sixth Generation[clarification needed] gained...
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  • retrieved 2022-01-16 Cheng, Bugao; Zheng, Zhengqiu, Hei yi nu xia, retrieved 2022-01-16 Zhang, Shichuan; Zheng, Zhengqiu, Baiyun Ta (Short), Ming Sing (Mingxing)...
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  • hūa) is a 1934 Chinese film directed by Zheng Zhengqiu. Hu Die, playing double roles as the twin sisters Zheng Xiaoqiu as Tao Ge Tan Zhiyuan as Father...
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    the Red Lotus Temple Lobby card Directed by Zhang Shichuan Written by Zheng Zhengqiu Shang K'ai-jan Starring Hu Die Production company Mingxing Film Company...
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  • the Broken Zither 碎琴樓 Zheng Zhengqiu Hu Die, Xia Peizhen, Zheng Xiaoqiu Tragedy New Journey to the West 新西游記 Zhang Shichuan Zheng Xiaoqiu, Xia Peizhen...
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    led by the businessman and director Zhang Shichuan, and the writer Zheng Zhengqiu. She had a salary of $1,000 a month, a large sum at the time. Her first...
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  • Li Pingqian, Shen Xiling, Xu Yinfu, Yao Sufeng, Zhang Shichuan and Zheng Zhengqiu. This movie was inspired by a novel after the same name, which depicted...
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  • William Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice renamed Contract of Flesh by Zheng Zhengqiu. Japan's rise as a regional power demonstrated in its victory in the...
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  • France Tang Brothers, founder of Tang Frères in France Mainland China Zheng Zhengqiu (鄭正秋/郑正秋; Dên Zianciu) (1888–1935; Chaoyang, Guangdong), director; his...
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    Laughter Stage) in Shanghai. Among his colleagues were Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Zhengqiu, and Zhou Jianyun, who co-founded Mingxing Film Company. In 1923 Mingxing...
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    The Difficult Couple 难夫难妻 Directed by Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Zhengqiu Starring Ding Chuhe, Wang Bingseng Production company Asia Film Company Release date...
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    like-minded dramatists and directors Hong Shen, Ying Yunwei, Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Zhengqiu, and Zhou Jianyun. In 1922, he wrote the play After Returning Home (回家以后)...
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  • Yao Sufeng, Cheng Bugao, Xu Xingfu, Li Pingqian, Chen Kengran, and Zheng Zhengqiu 1934 24 Hours in Shanghai 上海二十四小时 1935 Ardent, Loyal Souls 熱血忠魂 Co-directed...
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  • Chinese leading female actor-turned-director. Zheng Junli (1911–1969), actor-director. Zheng Zhengqiu (1889–1935), often considered one of the founding...
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    eventually joining Mingxing Film Company as a director's assistant to Zheng Zhengqiu, another Chaoyang-native. Cai later joined the Lianhua Film Company...
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  • Chinese film ever made 1913 The Difficult Couple 難夫難妻 Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Zhengqiu Short First Chinese short feature film 1917 Victims of Opium 黑籍冤魂 Zhang...
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  • Zheng Zhengqiu, Xu Xingfu, Li Pingqian, Chen Kengran, and Shen Xiling 1935 Ardent, Loyal Souls 热血忠魂 Co-directed with Zhang Shichuan, Wu Cun, Zheng Zhengqiu...
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  • Zheng Congdang (鄭從讜) (died 887?), courtesy name Zhengqiu (正求), was an official of the Chinese Tang Dynasty, serving as a chancellor twice during the reign...
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    and the company's, fortunes improved. Her stage name was devised by Zheng Zhengqiu who based it on the name she had adopted in the brothel and a transliteration...
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    asked about why he joined Mingxing, Ying stated he was a friend of Zheng Zhengqiu and had already been invited nearly a decade earlier. In his 1938 film...
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  • Hokkien: Lô-tōng Tóng Traditional Chinese script: 正神名黨 Mandarin Pinyin: Zhèng Shén Míng Dǎng Hokkien: Chìng Sîn Bîng Tóng Chen, Chun-hua; Liu, Kuan-lin...
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