1940年代的富家子女往哪間戲院看電影？

《卿本佳人》(1947), 楊香監製、編劇、導演。
謝天、鄭孟霞、伊秋水主演。

富男: 待會兒我們喝過茶, 去淺水灣游泳, 在那兒吃晚飯, 回來看齣尾場戲...
甲女: 看戲?
富男: 是呀, 看過戲去跳舞, 節目這樣安排, 好不好?
乙女: 皇后戲院放映一齣新戲, 我們不如去皇后戲院看戲。
甲女: 皇后戲院那一齣戲有甚麼好？我最討厭看那個和里士比利, 一臉牛氣。
富男：這樣...不如去King's(戲院)看Bob Taylor(那部戲)。
甲女：我很喜歡羅拔泰萊! 我都很喜歡看他的戲!
乙女：當然囉, 妳表哥的樣貌像他!

小歷史~
皇后戲院, 1924年5月1日開幕, 原址前身為香港影畫戲院。二次大戰期間, 皇后遭日軍佔據, 易名「明治劇場」, 專上日本電影, 戰後於1945年9月重開。1948年裝置冷氣, 是香港第二間有冷氣設備的戲院。1958年7月重建, 新址為陸海通大廈, 由原來1200座位變成902座位。2007年9月30日結業。（維基百科、明報）

娛樂戲院, 位於中環雲咸街, 1931年開幕, 由新比照戲院擴建而成, 為首間有冷氣設備戲院。第一次大戰後, 為配合有聲電影的時代, 娛樂戲院和皇后戲院便率先裝置留聲機, 曾放映《璇宮艷史》、《出水芙蓉》等非常買座的電影。1964年舊娛樂戲院拆卸重建, 於12月21日重開。1990年代再度改建為商業大廈「娛樂行」。戲院結業後, 千多張美國入口的真皮座椅搬去觀塘銀都戲院, 十多年前銀都翻新, 那些又大又笨的皮椅終於退役了。（網上資料、蘋果）

Where did rich guys and girls go to watch movies in the 1940s?

Rich guy: After taking tea, we go swimming in Repulse Bay, have dinner there, and then back to downtown to watch a movie...
Lady A: Watch a movie?
Rich guy: Yep... watch a movie, and then we go dancing. What do you think?
Lady B: Let's go to Queen's Theatre.
Lady A: The movie shown at Queen's Theatre is no good. I really don't like Wallace Beery (?) because he looks so rough.
Rich guy: How about we go to King's (Theatre) to watch a Bob Taylor film?
Lady A: I like Robert Taylor! I really love watching his films!
Lady B: Of course, your cousin looks like him!

Category:

Entertainment

Tags:

• 戲院
• 粵語片
• Cantonese_film
• HK
• 1940s

[vylann]

Thanks so much. Have you seen 血染杜鵑紅 by 白燕 and 南國姊妹花 by 胡蝶影? These are quite interesting early cantonese movie.

[HongKongInThe50s]

Thanks for your information~ I haven't watched the two films, but hope to have a chance soon. There are in fact many interesting old Cantonese films, but most of them have never been shown or released on VCD/DVD. Sad.

[vylann]

So precious clip. Who are the stars? The rich guy can pronunciate the English name!

[HongKongInThe50s]

The rich guy is Tse Tin (謝天), the lady on the left is Leung Sui-bing (梁瑞冰), and the lady on right may be Chu Chu (朱珠). They appeared in films in the 1940s and early 50s.

[allanyauhf]

Though the film is very old, you still recognised the name of the actor and actress. You are so great, and you must be movie-fan. Your age must be over 60. Am I right?

[HongKongInThe50s]

Not really, as I got the information from HK Film Archive's database.. hehehe..

[youguystube]

1947? Just 2 years after the World War II ? ? Most HK People were in severe poverty at that time, i believe the scene in this movie was just an unrealistic dream for most hk people at that time.