Apr 17
Ruan Lingyu (April 26, 1910 – March 8, 1935) was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her exceptional acting ability and suicide at the age of 24 led her to become an icon of Chinese cinema.
Faced with her various public issues and intense private problems, Ruan committed suicide in Shanghai on March 8, 1935, at the age of 24, by taking an overdose of barbiturates.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒔 is a 1934 Chinese silent film released by the Lianhua Film Company (United Photoplay). The film tells the story of an unnamed woman, who lives as a streetwalker by night and devoted mother by day in order to get her young son an education amid social injustice in the streets of Shanghai, China. It stars 𝐑𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐮 in one of her final roles, and was directed by Wu Yonggang.[2] Lo Ming Yau produced the film and Hong Weilie was the cinematographer.[3]
The public responded with enthusiasm, largely due to Ruan Lingyu's popularity in Shanghai in the early 1930s.[4][5] Four years after the original release of 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒔, Yonggang Wu remade the film as Yanzhi Lei) with changes made to the cast, the setting, and parts of the storyline. After Stanley Kwan's revival of Ruan Lingyu's story through the biopic Center Stage (1991) starring Maggie Cheung as Ruan, widespread public interest in the Chinese classic cinema was reinvigorated .[5]
Faced with her various public issues and intense private problems, Ruan committed suicide in Shanghai on March 8, 1935, at the age of 24, by taking an overdose of barbiturates.
𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒔 is a 1934 Chinese silent film released by the Lianhua Film Company (United Photoplay). The film tells the story of an unnamed woman, who lives as a streetwalker by night and devoted mother by day in order to get her young son an education amid social injustice in the streets of Shanghai, China. It stars 𝐑𝐮𝐚𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐲𝐮 in one of her final roles, and was directed by Wu Yonggang.[2] Lo Ming Yau produced the film and Hong Weilie was the cinematographer.[3]
The public responded with enthusiasm, largely due to Ruan Lingyu's popularity in Shanghai in the early 1930s.[4][5] Four years after the original release of 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒔, Yonggang Wu remade the film as Yanzhi Lei) with changes made to the cast, the setting, and parts of the storyline. After Stanley Kwan's revival of Ruan Lingyu's story through the biopic Center Stage (1991) starring Maggie Cheung as Ruan, widespread public interest in the Chinese classic cinema was reinvigorated .[5]
