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| {{Infobox company | |||
| | name = Mingxing Film Company<br />明星影片公司 | |||
| | foundation = 1922 | |||
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| | defunct = 1937 | |||
| | location_city = Shanghai, Hong Kong | |||
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| '''Mingxing Film Company''' ({{zh|c=明星影片公司|p=Míngxīng yǐngpiàn gōngsī|l=Bright Star Film Company}}) was one of the largest Chinese ] during the 1920s, and 1930s in ] and ]. The company lasted from 1922 until 1937 when it was closed permanently by the ]. | |||
| ==History== | |||
| Founded in 1922 by ], ], and ], Mingxing emerged along with ], and ] as one of the three dominant film studios of the 1920s.<ref name=Zhang>{{cite web|url=http://chinesecinema.ucsd.edu/essay_ccwlc.html|author=Zhang, Yingjin|title=A Centennial Review of Chinese Cinema|date =2003-10-10|accessdate =2008-01-07}}</ref> During this period, all three studios were known for producing "light" entertainment though even at this early time there was a sign of social criticism, inherited from the ]. | |||
| The film company struggled in its first few years with comic shorts like 1922's '']''. In 1923, the company produced '']'' which became a commercial success and with it Mingxing's fortunes were assured.<ref name=Zhang/> | |||
| By the early 1930s, Mingxing had become the leading film studio in China, and dominated the market with its upstart rival, the ] (which had co-opted Dazhonghua Baihe) as a close second. Tianyi also continued to produce films throughout the 1930s, though its output did not match the two leaders. By the mid-1930s, both Mingxing and Lianhua became major production houses for leftist films in Shanghai. With the death of co-founder Zheng Zhengqiu in 1934, and the advent of full-scale war in 1937, Mingxing was forced to close its doors permanently. | |||
| Elements of the Mingxing operation would be resurrected by ] in 1938 as the ].<ref>Fu, p. 9</ref> | |||
| ==Notable films== | |||
| *'']'' (1922) (Dir. Zhang Shichuan) | |||
| *'']'' (1928) (Dir Zhang Shichuan) | |||
| *'']'' (1933) (Dir. Cheng Bugao) | |||
| *'']'' (1933) (Dir. Cheng Bugao) | |||
| *'']'' (1935) (Dir. ]) | |||
| *'']'' (1937) (Dir. Shen Xiling) | |||
| *'']'' (1937) (Dir. Yuan Muzhi) | |||
| ==See also== | |||
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| == Notes == | |||
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| == References == | |||
| * Fu, Poshek. ''Between Shanghai and Hong Kong: The Politics of Chinese Cinemas''. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2003. | |||
| * Zhang, Yingjin. "A Centennial Review of Chinese Cinema" ''available at'' http://chinesecinema.ucsd.edu/essay_ccwlc.html. | |||
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