The Study Of Li Pingqian's Film Career (1926-1948)

Since the birth of Chinese film over 100 years ago, there were many famous director had contributed tremendously to the progress of this industry. For various reasons, some of them were not well known. One of them was director Li Pingqian. He was a famous famed commercial director in early period of China; however the research for him is far from enough. As the very important position he had, Studies for his career life became absolutely nessary. He starred 10 films, including siient films named< Bu kan huishoul> <na wei le mei mei><hua hao yue yuan> created great sensation at that time. Then he played the role of a director, finished over two hundred of films, including over hundred silent films and also wrote about ten significant plays. From 1926 to 1948, he worked as actor, playwright, director and screenwriter. He joined Shenzhou Film Company in 1924, then changed continuously to be a director in different film companies named as: Tianyi, Dazhonghua, Minxing, Yihua, Huacheng, Xinhua, Huaxing, Guohua, Zhongguolianhe, Guangming, Guotai. In 1936 he joined the Shang Hai Film Patriotism Organization. Then he moved to Hongkong in 1948 as a director until 1965, after those, he had been the Art Consultant in Great wall Film Company. He dedicated his life to film industry, from 20th century 20s to 40s. As such a great director, Summarize and Analyze his Representative film will be very important.