Stealing a Roast Duck explained

Stealing a Roast Duck
Director:Liang Shaobo
Studio:Asia Film and Theater Company
Country:Hong Kong
Language:No Spoken Language

Stealing a Roast Duck is a silent short directed by Liang Shao-Bo in 1909; it is considered the first film from Hong Kong. The film stars Lai Pak-hoi in a lead role, while Shao-Bo stars as the eponymous duck thief.[1] Due to the Japanese destroying film to make bombs with nitrate, no copy of the film is extant; there has been doubt whether the film even actually existed.[2] There are also signs that the film was shown in 1917 in Los Angeles, which would make it the earliest Chinese film with a foreign release.[3] [4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Liang Shaopo and《Stealing a Roast Duck》(1909) . December 2008 . The Chinese Mirror . 12 September 2017 .
  2. Web site: Quest for the long-lost roast duck . Scott . Matthew . 5 March 2009 . . Guardian News and Media Limited . 12 September 2017 .
  3. Book: Yu . Poshek. Desser . David. 25 March 2012 . The Cinema of Hong Kong: History, Arts, Identity . Cambridge . . 45–46 . 9780521776028 .
  4. Book: Kar . Law. Bren . Frank . Ho. Sam. 2004 . Hong Kong Cinema: A Cross-cultural View . . Scarecrow Press . 37 . 9780810849860 .
  5. Book: Aitiken. Ian. 17 March 2014 . Hong Kong Documentary Film . . . 22 . 9780748664726 .

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