Minxin Film Company

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Name (Latin)
Minxin Film Company
Other forms of name
民新电影公司
China Sun Film Company
Start period
1922
End period
1930
Place of residence/headquarters
Hong Kong (1922 - 1926)
Shanghai (China) (1926 - 1930)
Field of activity
Motion pictures--Production and direction
See Also From tracing corporate name
Absorbing corporate body: Lian hua ying ye gong si
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata: Q1504190
Library of congress: no2018008711
OCoLC: oca11162082
DLC: no2018008711
Sources of Information
  • Xi xiang ji, 2007:credits (produced by Minxin Film Company, Shanghai)
  • Wikipedia, January 22, 2018(Minxin Film Company (Chinese: 民新电影公司), or the China Sun Film Company; one of the earliest movie studios in the history of Chinese film; established in 1922 in Hong Kong by director and actor Lai Man-wai and his brother Lai Pak-hoi; the company moved to Shanghai in 1926 due to the economic turmoil in Hong Kong at that time; was absorbed into the newly-formed Lianhua Studios in 1930, but in 1936, Lai Man-wai split it off to form a newly-independent Minxin Film Company)
Wikipedia description:

Minxin Film Company (Chinese: 民新影片公司; pinyin: Mínxīn Yǐngpiàn Gōngsi), also known as China Sun Motion Picture Company Ltd. (1923–1930), was one of the earliest movie studios in the history of Chinese cinema and Hong Kong cinema.

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