''The Peach Girl'', also known as ''Peach Blossom Weeps Tears of Blood'', is a 1931

silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) or key lines of dialogue may, w ...

written and directed by

Bu Wancang Bu Wancang (July 1, 1900 – December 30, 1973), also known by his English name Richard Poh, was a prolific Chinese film director and screenwriter active between the 1920s and the 1960s. He was born in Anhui. Career Originally a member of the S ...

. The cast included some of the major movie stars of the periods including the Korean born actor

Jin Yan Jin Yan (; April 7, 1910 – December 27, 1983), also known by his English name Raymond King, was a Korean-born Chinese actor who gained fame during China's golden age of cinema, based in Shanghai. His acting talents and good looks gained hi ...

and the actresses

Ruan Lingyu Ruan Lingyu (born Ruan Fenggen; April 26, 1910 – March 8, 1935), also known by her English name Lily Yuen, was a Chinese silent film actress. One of the most prominent Chinese film stars of the 1930s, her exceptional acting ability and suicid ...

and Zhou Lili. The film was produced by the

Lianhua Film Company The United Photoplay Service Company () was one of the three dominant production companies based in Shanghai, China during the 1930s, the other two being the Mingxing Film Company and the Tianyi Film Company, the forerunner of the Hong Kong-based ...

and proved an early success for the studio, in no small part due to the on screen combination of Jin and Ruan, the so-called " Valentino" and " Garbo" of Shanghai cinema, and who starred together in several vehicles before Ruan's suicide in 1935. A print of the film is currently maintained by the

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Plot

The film deals with an innocent country girl Miss Lim (Ruan) and her relationship with the landlord's son (Jin).

Cast

(credited as Lily Yuen) as Miss Lim *

(credited as Raymond King) as King Teh-en * S.Y. Li as Teh-en's mother * Wong Kwai-ling as Loo Chi, Lim's father * Chow Lee-lee as Lim's Mother * Y.C. Lay as Chow Chuen Chuen * Han Lan-ken as Slim * Liu Chi Chuen as Fatty * Y.C. Wong as Chow's Mother * S.M. Shen as A Brave Man

Remake

The film was remade in 1957 into a

Hokkien The Hokkien () variety of Chinese is a Southern Min language native to and originating from the Minnan region, where it is widely spoken in the south-eastern part of Fujian in southeastern mainland China. It is one of the national languages ...

-language Singaporean-Hong Kong film, ''Peach Blossom Weeps Blood'', which was directed by Chen Huanwen (陳煥文) and starring Kong Fan (江帆), Pai Yun (白雲), Lin Yanyan (林燕燕) and

Ivy Ling Po Huang Yu-chun (born 16 November 1939 in Shantou, Republic of China), known by her final stage name Ivy Ling Po, is a retired Hong Kong actress and Chinese opera singer. She is best known for a number of mega-hit Huangmei opera films in the 1960 ...

(then using the stage name Xiaojuan 小娟).

References

External links

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''The Peach Girl'' at the dianuing.com
at the 5th Annual San Francisco Silent Film Festival 1931 films Chinese silent films 1931 drama films Films directed by Bu Wancang Lianhua Film Company films Chinese drama films Chinese black-and-white films Silent drama films {{China-film-stub