Shihua

essential information

Early experience

Shi was born in Tianjin in 1915, when his family was in decline. In 1916, Shi Shaolian, Shi's father, took his wife Shen Shuzhen and children to Beijing to make a living. At the age of 6, Shi began to study in the primary school attached to normal university. His classmate Dong Shixiong was later a movie actor, LAN ma. After graduating from primary school, Shi Hua was admitted to Henan middle school. After graduating from junior high school, because his father lost his job, he did not continue to study. Since then, in order to make a living, he worked as a teahouse, servant, station conductor and so on.

Acting experience

In 1934, introduced by Lanma, he entered Beijing tomorrow troupe to do drama business. In 1935, he appeared on the stage for the first time as a guest star in the drama business. From then on, he became interested in being an actor and began to pay attention to other people's performances and think about problems in performance. In November, he acted as an actor in thunder and lightning troupe and played the role of Uncle Kong in the drama butcher. In 1936, he joined the salon troupe and performed Cao Yu's drama sunrise. In the same year, he took part in the drama "put down your whip" directed by Chen Mian and performed by China Travel drama company, and changed his name to "Shi Hua" from then on. In 1937, he played pan Yueting, a wily and ambitious man, in sunrise, which was performed by Siyi drama company. In 1938, he served as the director of the drama department of Beijing drama society. From November 26 to 27, he played Lu GUI, a slave who saw money in the drama thunderstorm. In December, he directed the drama Thunderstorm for Muzhen girls' school. From July 2 to 3, 1939, he played Du zuozhi in the drama "Camellia girl" of Beijing drama society, wrote the interludes "prelude", "Village Song", "sad sound", "spring, summer, autumn and winter" for the play, and served as music conductor. From January 3 to 4, 1940, he played the role of Li Shiqing in the drama sunrise of Beijing drama society, who was a rising star by all means, and composed music for the songs of sunrise theme song and Da Yan Song. On May 3, he went to Baoding on behalf of Beijing drama society to assist Baoding Teachers College in performing and giving a speech on the drama "blinding sand". In August, he was forced to leave Beijing because he was denounced by the traitors. On August 11, introduced by Chen Mian, he came to Shanghai to work as an actor in the Chinese travel drama company, and played the role of feudal father Gao in the drama "home". on February 21, 1941, he played Qin jiaotian, a frustrated Peking Opera actor, in the drama "new Mei Luo Xiang" of China Travel troupe. In March, he was admitted to Shanghai drama club. On April 1, he played the role of the director of military justice in the blockbuster, the first time he appeared in a movie. From May 9 to 12, he took part in the drama "Yuanyang sword" performed by Shanghai drama society in Lafei theater, playing judge Qisi. From May 6 to 26, he starred in the drama "Zhengqi song" rehearsed by Shanghai drama society, playing the awe inspiring national hero Wen Tianxiang; from May 16 to 28, he took part in the drama "sorrow city" written by Xia Yan, playing Zhao Wan's newly married husband Lin mengping. In the summer of this year, Huang zuolin, Wu Renzhi and others left Shanghai drama club to set up Shanghai professional troupe. From October 10 to November 15, he took part in the drama "Metamorphosis" rehearsed by Shanghai professional troupe, playing Liang Gongyang, the inspector in charge of justice. On October 4, his feature film children of the world premiered, in which he played the parasite who cheated his adopted daughter. From April 29 to May 5, 1942, he took part in the four act comedy "heroes of desert island" performed by Shanghai Art Troupe and adapted by Huang zuolin, playing Wang Kaideng, the manager of Luo mansion. On May 1, at the invitation of Shanghai Comprehensive Art Troupe, the drama Shizi street was performed in Lanxin Grand Theater. On May 20, the plot film Gone with the wind, written by Ke Ling and directed by Wu Renzhi, premiered, in which he plays the leading role of sun Boxiu, a speculator who is attached to the powerful and abandons his wife and daughter. From October 10 to November, he acted in the drama "grand circus" of Shanghai Art Troupe, in which he played Murong Tianxi, an old swindler who wandered the world. On December 24, his drama "Begonia" premiered in Kalden Grand Theater. In the play, he created a role of Begonia, a famous Peking Opera actor with sincere feelings and good heart. In order to play this role, he once asked Mei Lanfang for advice on Dan's figure. At the end of March 1943, he left Shanghai Art Troupe and signed a contract with Yiguang troupe. From June 30 to August 23, the drama Sherlock Holmes, which was written and directed by him and performed by Yiguang troupe, was staged in Lanxin Grand Theater. From October 16 to November 24, he took part in the drama gone with the wind, which was performed by the hard-working troupe in the Grand Theatre of Paris, playing Wesley and Rhett successively. Since November 27, he has participated in the satirical comedy "gentleman Liang" performed by the hard-working troupe in the Grand Theatre of Paris, playing Xia pingkang, a boastful lawyer who likes to put on airs. from February 25 to March 24, 1944, his hard-working drama robot was performed in the Paris Grand Theater. From May 10 to July 9, he took part in the drama "Lin Chong" of the hard-working troupe, playing the leading role of Lin Chong, who was forced to Liangshan by corrupt officials. On June 28, the drama Shizi street, directed by Zhongyi troupe, was performed in Lanxin Grand Theater. From September 23 to December 17, he took part in the Anti Japanese war drama "Jin Xiaoyu", which was adapted by Li Jianwu according to "Tosca" and performed by the hard work troupe. In the play, he played the cruel and vicious Guard commander Wang Shiqi. Since December 21, his drama Yunnan uprising has been performed in Paris Grand Theater. From April 26 to June 3, 1945, he starred in the drama heroes in troubled times adapted from Shakespeare's Macbeth by the hard work drama academy, playing Wang Deming, who killed his adoptive father under the influence of his wife. From September 6 to 8, the drama a piece of patriotism, which was directed and performed by Kugan school, was staged in Lafayette theater. From December 15 to 31, Kugan school performed the drama "nightclub" in Lafite theater, where he played the role of the troubled young man Jin Buhuan. From June 7 to 30, 1946, he took part in the mountain city story written by Yuan Jun and performed by the hard-working troupe, playing Cai Hongshan, a ruthless and treacherous businessman. In September, he joined the China drama troupe and played the national hero Wen Tianxiang in the drama Wen Tianxiang performed by the troupe. From November 18 to December 8, the three act satirical comedy ghost catching, which was performed by the China drama society and written by Wu Zuguang, was staged in Lanxin Grand Theater, where he played Yi Genmao, a miser. On April 7, 1947, the drama "wilderness", directed by him and performed by Jianxin drama club, premiered at Lafayette theater. In May, his leading role in the romantic comedy "false Phoenix and false Phoenix" was completed, in which he played Yang Xiaomao, a handsome and kind-hearted barber. From July 24 to August 24, director's drama "making a rumor" was staged in Lanxin Grand Theater, which was performed by Shanghai experimental theater. On December 13, his comedy movie Viva Madame premiered, in which he played the greedy and stupid father of the heroine. In the same year, he starred in the movie nightclub directed by Huang zuolin, in which he played the fierce shopkeeper Wen Taishi. on September 9, 1948, the first independent film "mother" started shooting, which was created according to his own life experience. In the same year, he played the hero and upright lawyer Yin Zhao in Cao Yu's plot movie sunny day. In addition, he also acted as the producer of the white light starring feature film "renjinkov". In 1949, sang arc's feature film "middle age in sorrow and music" was released, starring Shi Hua, who played Chen Shaotang, a primary school principal who broke through worldly prejudice and fought for freedom of life. In 1950, his self directed and self acted plot film "my life" was released. In this film adapted from Lao She's novel, he played the old policeman "I", which won the second prize of the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture of China from 1949 to 1955. In 1951, according to the short story of the same name, he wrote, directed and acted in the war film company commander Guan, in which he created a heroic, kind-hearted and loving character of the PLA company commander Guan. In the same year, he took part in the feature film "sister and sister stand up" directed by Chen Xihe and reflecting the rebirth of prostitutes in the old society after liberation, in which he played Ma San, a vicious human dealer. In 1952, he and Huang zuolin co directed the feature film window of America, which was released. In addition to directing, he also played the role of American capitalist Butler. He entered Shanghai Film Studio on February 2, 1953. In the same year, he directed the film chicken feather letter, which was adapted by Zhang Junxiang and reflects the fighting life of children in the Anti Japanese base areas during the Anti Japanese war. The film won the winning prize of the 9th Edinburgh International Film Festival in the UK and the third prize of the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture of China from 1949 to 1955. In 1955, he directed the mythological drama Tianxianpei adapted from Huangmei Opera of the same name, which won the second prize of the excellent film award of the Ministry of culture of China from 1949 to 1955. In the same year, he took part in the costume feature film song Jingshi, in which he played the executioner Seng greenqin who suppressed the peasant uprising. In April 1957, he became the director of Tianma feature film studio under Shanghai Film Studio. In October, according to the news report, the film "sailing at night in the fog sea" edited and directed by him was finished, which was his last film. In 1995, in the 100th anniversary of world film and 90th anniversary of Chinese film jointly held by the Ministry of radio, film and television and the China Film Association, Shi won the China Film century award.

Personal life

marriage

Shi Hua met Tong Baoling, an actress of Beijing opera, when he was shooting the film "mother", and he fell in love with each other. Because of shihuabi

Chinese PinYin : Shi Hui