Baijin Long (1933)
Baijin Long (1933)
A wealthy man's son, who has a sinecure as a hotel owner, poses as a bellhop to win the affections of a woman guest with whom he has fallen madly in love, but who seeks a common man who is earning his own way. This first Cantonese-language talkie was based on a successful 1930 stage musical written by and starring Xue JueXian (Sit KokSin), the plot of which was in turn inspired by a 1929 silent Hollywood romance called "The Grand Duchess And The Waiter" which Xue admired. The film was produced not in Shanghai, by the Tianyi studio, headed by the eldest of the Shaw Brothers, Shao Zuiweng (RunJe Shaw), and was so successful in the Cantonese-speaking parts of China that Shaw moved the Tianyi company to British-administered, Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong to make more Cantonese films in the face of the right-wing Chinese Nationalist government's ban on Cantonese language in favor of Mandarin. A sequel to Baijin Long was made in 1937, and the film itself was remade in 1947.

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Cast

Sit Kok-Sin Sit Kok-Sin As: Bok GumBing
Tong Suet-hing Tong Suet-hing As: Jong Yun Leong
Nai Pon Fee Nai Pon Fee As: Bok's father
Neong Yuk Moy Neong Yuk Moy As: Jen Joon-Wah
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Storyline

A wealthy man's son, who has a sinecure as a hotel owner, poses as a bellhop to win the affections of a woman guest with whom he has fallen madly in love, but who seeks a common man who is earning his own way. This first Cantonese-language talkie was based on a successful 1930 stage musical written by and starring Xue JueXian (Sit KokSin), the plot of which was in turn inspired by a 1929 silent Hollywood romance called "The Grand Duchess And The Waiter" which Xue admired. The film was produced not in Shanghai, by the Tianyi studio, headed by the eldest of the Shaw Brothers, Shao Zuiweng (RunJe Shaw), and was so successful in the Cantonese-speaking parts of China that Shaw moved the Tianyi company to British-administered, Cantonese-speaking Hong Kong to make more Cantonese films in the face of the right-wing Chinese Nationalist government's ban on Cantonese language in favor of Mandarin. A sequel to Baijin Long was made in 1937, and the film itself was remade in 1947.


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Details

Genres: Romance

Language: 广州话 / 廣州話

Release Date: 01 January 1933

Country: HK

Runtime: 123m

Company Credits

Company: Tianyi Movie Company

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Cast

Sit Kok-Sin

Sit Kok-Sin

Bok GumBing

Tong Suet-hing

Tong Suet-hing

Jong Yun Leong

Nai Pon Fee

Nai Pon Fee

Bok's father

Neong Yuk Moy

Neong Yuk Moy

Jen Joon-Wah

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Writing Credits

Sit Kok-Sin

Sit Kok-Sin

Musical

Sit Kok-Sin

Sit Kok-Sin

Scenario Writer

Production Crew

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Edited By

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Costume and Makeup

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Sound

Hung Yoo Don

Hung Yoo Don

Music Arranger

Shue Tin Lik

Shue Tin Lik

Sound Technical Supervisor

An Wai Wong

An Wai Wong

Sound Technical Supervisor

Visual Effects

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Camera

Jow See Look

Jow See Look

Director of Photography

Lighting

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Art Department

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Other Crew

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