Hong Kong Hollywood 1954

A visit of the Sino British Film Group to a Chinese movie studio. I'm told it was during the production of 'This Mortal Wind '(1954), starring Li Lihua, Yan Jun, and Liu Qi.
Followed by shots taken at the filming of 'Soldier of fortune', with Michael Rennie, at the harbour front.

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• hong kong
• michael rennie
• soldier of fortune
• film studio
• sino british film group
• 1954
• this mortal wind
• li lihua
• yan jun
• liu qi
• michael rogge
• film crew

[777juneau]

my parents and i were going back to scotland from hongkong.and we got to fly back with the cast of movie actors ,they had filmed slow boat to china .must been 1958 i think..we were going to visit my grand parents for xmas,, boac planes ..great food and real sliver ware ,i even gotmy wings and flying miles in a book.. all kids got one,june .canada now,,

[MichaelRogge]

@777juneau. Must have been a great experience you wouldn't soon forget! I was in Japan in 1958 so wasn't there when Slow boat to China was being filmed. I do have a clip on YouTube 'On a slow boat to China', though, in which I'm the actor!

[kw9999kw]

Hello Michael, It puzzles me that some of your films (50s) were in color while the movie industry were makeing black and white film even in the sixties...

[MichaelRogge]

@kw9999kw . Most of the 16 (and 8)mm films sold were in color. Only the movie industry hesitated because of the high cost of color copies I suppose. Most amateurs filmed in color except when filming indoors where higher speed black and white films were used. I used Kodachrome, the color emulsion that has best withstood time.

[leefaichai]

uncle michael, thaks a lot!

[kowloonbaby08]

你竟然認得！^^

[pf1962153]

Thank you for all your films, Michael, love it!!!

[MichaelRogge]

HL Govt. Film Archive have a tremendous collection, including my DVD's!

[raymondkkng]

SORRY that I have made a mistake that it's Grace Chang appeared in Soldier of Fortune, not Li Lihua. Li should be in another Hollywood film. I got to find it out.

[raymondkkng]

Also, maybe because Li Lihua was top-notch at that time, she was chosen to act in Soldier of Fortune with Clark Gable. After the exploration, I "finally" discovered that the old Manderin actress were more attractive than the old Cantonese counterparts which I didn't realized for my life. That's really a great discovery which is not too late. Haha.

[raymondkkng]

Uncle Mic, I should thank you instead coz it's your clips that make me become interested in exploring the old Manderin stars and films(a treasure indeed). B4, I only heard of their names and didn't know much about them. I even didn't know the face of Li Lihua b4 coz Manderin stars from that period are less well-remembered by HKers as we speak Cantonese, unlike today we know more Manderin and watch more movies from mainland. From your clips' link, I've explored many other actress beside Li.

[MichaelRogge]

Thanks for the info. I did not realize at the time that she was such a celebrity.