Zhang Fa
Zhang Fa
Zhang Fa was born in 1919 and died in 2001. Later, he moved to Beiping and Shanghai. In his early years, he studied in Huaguang drama school, and after graduation, he mainly engaged in acting activities. He has performed drama metamorphosis, grand circus, Begonia and nightclub in Shanghai drama club, hard work troupe and Shanghai Art Troupe. In 1942, he made a film "scenery in troubled times", and his main career began after the war. He starred in films such as "long live my wife", "nightclub", "crowing early to see the sky" and "streets and Alleys" in film companies such as "Wenhua", "No.2 Power Plant of China" and "Qiming", and became an influential Xiaosheng actor at that time. After 1949, he acted as the main actor in films such as "dragon beard ditch" and "red sun".
Acting experience
First on stage
Zhang Fa was originally from Harbin. After the September 18th Incident, he left his hometown to study in Beiping. After the July 7th incident, he came to Shanghai and entered the Huaguang drama academy to open the door of performing arts. One day in 1940, Zhang Fa happened to read an announcement in the newspaper about the recruitment of actors for the Shanghai drama club, so he went to apply for the name.
The first test was held at Raphael theatre. On the day of the exam, the candidates sitting in the theater were all in black and waiting to be called one by one, and then they entered the exam room to take the exam. When it was Zhang's turn to enter the examination room, the examiner Huang zuolin took a book and casually opened a page. He called Zhang fanian. With a restless heart, Zhang fanian finally finished reading it. Huang didn't say whether or not, so he asked Zhang to go home and wait for the notice that the first test was over.
Before long, Zhang Fa received the notice of retest. There are nearly 20 examiners in the second round examination. First, they answer questions, and many examiners ask questions. Zhang Fa answers them one by one, which is like "three auditions". Next, he performs drama fragments. Zhang Fa has rehearsed many famous drama fragments in "Huaguang", so he is familiar with them and performs them paragraph by paragraph. Finally, he performs proposition sketches, which makes Zhang Fa feel self-conscious because of his lack of concentration I feel terrible - the second test is over.
Zhang Fa thought that there was no hope, but he received the admission notice unexpectedly. His mood at that time was really indescribable. There were more than 200 candidates for the examination, and only two of them were admitted (and one was Huang Zongjiang), which is really "one in a hundred"!
Since then, although Zhang Fa has become an actor in Shanghai drama club, he has played the role of dragon and some backstage chores. This year, he was only 21 years old.
Become famous
After dozens of plays on the stage, plus my open-minded and studious, Zhang Fa finally became famous! His famous works on stage are grand circus, Begonia, Wen Tianxiang and nightclub.
The grand circus is adapted by Shi Tuo from andref's play a slapped man. It is performed in the name of hard work troupe and Shangyi troupe at calden Grand Theater. The story takes place in a wandering Circus: Third Master Gai, a tiger taming girl, has a special liking for the horse racing young actor Xiao Qiang, but Xiao Qiang falls in love with Cui Bao, the tightrope walking actor, and Cui Bao's adoptive father Murong Tianxi forces Cui Bao to marry the rich master Huang Finally, Xiaoqiang and cuibao both killed themselves by taking poison. Zhang Fa plays the role of a small blunderbuss in the play, with bare chest and bare back, holding a horse whip and leather boots. His cold eyes and sonorous dialogue make his image "cool"! He once specially went to the fitness center to exercise his chest muscles, so that the body shape of small blunderbuss could meet the requirements of circus actors. Zhang Fa's little blunderbuss, Shi Hua's Murong Tianxi and Lu Shan's Gai Sanye are like three feet of a tripod. "Shenbao" once praised: "the play is a rare good play in Shanghai in recent years." Begonia is a well-known drama. It is the original work of Qin Shouou, adapted by Liao Kangmin, CO directed by Huang zuolin, Fei Mu and Gu Zhongyi, and directed by Mei Lanfang, a Peking Opera master. In the play, Begonia is played by Shi Hua and Zhang Fa in AB system. When the play was performed in calden Grand Theater, there was a hot scene of "thousands of people competing to see begonias". Later, it was moved to Lafayette Grand Theater (Zhang Fa was the executive director) and continued to perform.
Wen Tianxiang, formerly known as Zhengqi song, was written by Wu Zuguang. In 1941, it was performed by Shanghai drama club and starred by Shi Hua. In 1943, Zhang Shankun formed Shanghai Lianyi drama club and directed the play himself, while Zhang Fa played the role of Wen Tianxiang. This play was staged in the period of Shanghai occupied by Japanese invaders. It aims to borrow the past and use the present as a metaphor to demonstrate Zhang's national integrity. Zhang Fa once wrote an article saying: "Wen Tianxiang's amazing deeds in his life are great. Through this greatness, actors will feel a sense of integrity resonance." The play has been on for six months in a row and is of unprecedented splendor.
Nightclub is adapted from Gorky's play at the bottom, which is "sinicized" by writer Ke Ling, describing all kinds of "bottom people" in a low-class hotel in Shanghai. Zhang Fa plays Yang Qilang, a young, forthright and arrogant thief in the play, and plays the opposite role with Denny, who plays the boss's wife. His acting skills are superb, which makes the audience clap their hands! The play later moved to the screen, and Yang Qilang was still starred by Zhang Fa.
Representative works
Early works
Zhang Fa's film "virgin" is "scenery in troubled times", written by Ke Ling, directed by Wu Renzhi and starred by Shi Hua. Zhang Fa plays a supporting role in the film. The film was made by Venus film company in 1941, but when the film was finished, the Japanese army had occupied the Shanghai concession, and the film was cut to pieces, and soon it was banned, so it had little impact.
After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, a large number of drama actors appeared on the screen, among which Zhang Fa was the best, and became a "tough little student" in the silver industry. In the short three years after the war, he starred in more than ten films, the most representative of which are mother and son, long live my wife and nightclub. These three films are produced by Wenhua film company, which can also be said to be Zhang Fa's masterpieces.
Mother and son is adapted by famous director Li Pingqian based on Russian dramatist Ostrovsky's play the innocent man. When the play was performed on the stage of Chinese drama, the title of the play was changed to stage Cleopatra. The plot of the film "mother and son" is: after giving birth to an "illegitimate child" with her boyfriend, she is abandoned by her boyfriend, and her child is cheated by her boyfriend. Sixteen years later, Huang became a famous actor and came to perform in a theater in Shanghai. The owner of the theater turned out to be her boyfriend 16 years ago. Han Chen, a young actor in the theater, was despised because he was an "illegitimate child" -- Huang's own son Huang in the film is played by Lu Biyun, a famous drama actor, while Han Chen, an illegitimate son, is played by Zhang Fa. Zhang Fa's expression in the film: aloofness, coldness, grief, resentment, "bring the audience 120000 favor", Zhang Fa succeeded!
"Long live my wife" is Eileen Chang's first film. The story describes a housewife, Chen Sizhen. In order to make her husband prosperous, she got her father's help by lying. Her husband started a company, and her career was very prosperous, but she had an aunt outside. Because she was infatuated with the outside room, her husband had no idea about the business of the company, and the company suddenly went bankrupt! Chen Sizhen learned from the bitter experience and decided to divorce her husband
In the film, Chen Sizhen is played by the famous drama actor Jiang Tianliu, while Zhang Fa plays Chen's husband. This is a transformational performance -- from an arrogant "illegitimate child" to "a hopeless husband"; however, Zhang Fa excels in controlling this new role, which is worthy of praise and extraordinary skill.
"Nightclub" is the original drama of several troupes moved to the screen, the screenwriter and director is still the same team, Colin re created the original play, in the characterization and plot arrangement, to make it more Chinese and cinematic. And Zuo Lin also made great efforts in dealing with the director, and carefully designed every shot.
As for the arrangement of the main actors, in addition to Shi Hua and Zhang Fa still playing the original roles, Tong Zhiling, a Peking Opera Kunling, is specially invited to play Sai Guanyin, and Zhou Xuan, a golden voice, plays Shi Xiaomei. Zhang Fa's role as Yang Qilang in the film does not follow the stage performance formula, but strives to make it "cinematic". The role of Yang Qilang has become Zhang's "unique skill". Since then, although "nightclub" has been performed on the stage for many times, no actor has been able to surpass Zhang's acting skills.
Later works
With the liberation of Shanghai, Zhang Fa entered a new era and became the main actor of Shanghai Film Studio. Zhang Fa knew that as a film actor in the new era, acting skills alone were not enough. He had to go deep into life and improve his thinking. So he went to factories, villages and troops to get together with workers, peasants and soldiers, and actively tried to show them on the screen.
He plays the role of farmer in Happy Farmhouse; he plays the role of worker in great starting point, happiness and story of Huangpu River; he plays the role of PLA in Cuigang red flag and red sun; he plays the role of foreign coachman in Longxugou These screen images are loved by the audience; at the same time, he also starred in the drama Camel Xiangzi, creating an unparalleled "Xiangzi image" on the stage.
In 1966, a catastrophe came, of course, Zhang Fa was not spared. He was imprisoned for four years, went to the cadre school to work for five years, and The disaster finally passed away. After the end of the cultural revolution, Zhang Fa regained his youth. He took part in the shooting of the movie midnight and played a major role in the TV series long night. What excited him especially was that he was invited to participate in the performance of the drama nightclub.
In 1986, in order to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Huang zuolin's career in film and drama, a special performance was held in the drama industry. Zhang Fa still played Yang Qilang as his counterpart
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