Yin Mingzhu

Yin Mingzhu

Yin Mingzhu (1904-1989), born in beichangtian village, Lili Town, Wujiang City, Jiangsu Province (now in Wujiang District, Suzhou City), is an actress in mainland China.

In 1921, he starred in Haishi, the first Chinese love story, which was his first film. In 1926, he starred in the drama heirloom. In 1927, he starred in the myth film Pansi cave. In 1930, he starred in the drama "the man with the eyes.". In 1932, he appeared in the love movie Nanhai beauty. In 1935, he starred in the movie peach blossom dream. In 1939, she starred in the fantasy film the crystal palace; later, Yin Mingzhu quit the film industry.

In 1989, Yin Mingzhu died in Hong Kong at the age of 85.

Early experience

Yin Mingzhu, formerly known as Yin Shangxian, was born in 1904 in beichangtian village, Lili Town, Wujiang, Jiangsu Province. The Yin family loved their daughter like the Pearl in their eyes, so they took "Mingzhu" as their nickname. Yin Mingzhu has a strong sense of image, line and color since childhood. At the age of 5, he began to learn to draw flowers, birds and animals under the guidance of his parents. At the age of 6, Yin Mingzhu was sent to Minli primary school founded by Ni Shouzhi in Lili town by her parents. In school, what Yin Mingzhu received at the beginning was different from the traditional education. Ni Shouzhi founded "women's foot releasing Association" and "Jingming manual Association" to encourage women to release their feet, learn a variety of skills, and strive for equal status with men. Yin Mingzhu is the most outstanding one among the students. She dares to appear in public and express her opinions. When Yin Mingzhu was 13 years old, her father died of an emergency. At the end of 1917, Yin Mingzhu and her mother moved to Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, and moved to Shanghai six months later. In 1918, Yin Mingzhu entered Shanghai Chinese and Western English girls' school. Yin Mingzhu is very talented in sports. She has excellent flexibility. In school, she quickly learned to ride a horse, ride a bicycle, drive a car, and swim. Even in football, where girls can't play, she dares to compete with boys until the end. She can learn all kinds of dances, especially singing. After finishing her studies in the girls' school, Yin Mingzhu worked as a clerk in the post office. Because she is able to speak, warm and generous and polite, and can speak fluent English, so that she is at ease in the communication field. People call her "foreign fashion", which means "foreign style". Yin Mingzhu's photo was advertised on the cover of newspapers and magazines, and Yuan Hanyun and other scholars also wrote poems to praise her. But after seeing her picture, Du Yu sighed and felt that if Yin Mingzhu was allowed to play the heroine of her movie Haishi, she would make a difference.

Acting experience

In 1921, Yin Mingzhu was invited to play the leading role in China's first long love story film, the oath of the sea, as a modern girl Fuzhu, which is her first film. In 1925, he cooperated with he Peirong and he Peiying in the drama "returning to hometown". In 1926, he co starred with he Rongzhu and he Peiying in the drama heirloom. In 1927, she co starred with Xia Peizhen and Yan Yuexian in the ancient costume love film "a dream of Red Mansions"; in the same year, she co starred with Wu Wenchao and Jiang Meikang in the myth film "Pan Si Dong", in which she played the graceful and beautiful spider spirit. In 1928, he and Dan Erchun starred in the film diamond. In 1929, he co starred with Dan Erchun and Han Langen in the love movie "flying robber". In 1930, however, the Shanghai film company originally owned by Du Yu and Yin Mingzhu was merged into Lianhua film company, known as "Lianhua No.5 factory"; in the same year, they co starred with Tang Tianxiu and Dan Erchun in the drama "Meiyan Xia"; later, they starred in the love movie "tofu Xishi" with yuan congmei. In 1931, Wang Yin, yuan congmei and others co starred in the drama "Oriental night". In 1932, he co starred with min Dezhang and Xue Lingxian in the love movie Nanhai beauty; in the same year, the Japanese attacked Songhu, and the studio of Lianhua No.5 factory was destroyed by gunfire. In 1933, she co starred with ye JUANJUAN in the love movie innocence, which was edited and directed by Dan Duyu. In 1934, she co starred with Hu Ping and Jin Yan in the film "golden age" directed by Bu wancang. In the same year, Yin Mingzhu and her husband Dan Yu rented the gymnasium of Fusheng road Jiande savings association and independently founded "Shanghai Audio film company", determined to shoot audio films. In 1935, he starred in the drama peach blossom dream with Bai Yan, Lei Mengna, Ying Yin, etc. In 1937, after the August 13 incident, the studio of Shanghai sound film company was destroyed again by the Japanese aggressors. Yin Mingzhu and Dan Duyu moved to Hong Kong. Although they tried to make a comeback, they were unable to do so because of the limited conditions. In 1939, he co starred with Huang Shounian, Chao Feifei and Liu Guikang in the fantasy movie "the Crystal Palace". Later, Yin Mingzhu quit the film industry.

Personal life

family

Yin Zhaoyong, the great grandfather of Yin Mingzhu, was a member of the Imperial Academy during the reign of Daoguang in the Qing Dynasty; Yin Mengqin, the great grandfather of Yin Mingzhu, came from all walks of life. From 1895 to 1902, he served as an inspector in Qingzhen, Tongxiang County, Zhejiang Province. He was always eager to learn and had many poetry collections. His father, Yin xinghuan, became a scholar, specializing in Danqing calligraphy. Her mother, Zhang Mulian, was born in a family of people. She was good at poetry and writing, and also had a few masterpieces.

feeling

Yin Mingzhu got married by her parents in her early years. Although she had a good relationship with her husband, she forced her son to divorce her because her parents in law despised her. By this time her father had passed away, and her mother had betrothed her to dessack, an official of the French Concession police. In 1925, dassack returned from military service and the two broke up. In 1921, Yin Mingzhu met Dan Duyu for making the film "oath of the sea". In 1925, Yin Mingzhu and French dessack broke up and fell in love with Dan Duyu. On February 1, 1926, they got married in Hangzhou. The witness was ye chulang. After their marriage, they have many children. One of them is Dan Judy. She is the champion of "Miss Hong Kong" in 1952. She went to the United States to participate in the "Miss World" beauty contest and won the fourth place. She is the first "Miss Hong Kong" to participate in the "Miss World" beauty contest, and the first Oriental beauty to win a good place in the international beauty contest.

Take part in the film

social activities

In the spring of 1935, Yin Mingzhu returned to Lili town to visit her relatives. When she left, she gave 5000 silver yuan to the mayor and asked him to take charge of the project. She built a wharf with granite strips and paved a stone road.

Character evaluation

Yin Mingzhu is born beautiful and shining on the screen. She has nearly 20 years of film career, across the silent period and sound period of Chinese film, her beautiful demeanor, fashionable clothes, elegant temperament, excellent performance, has attracted a large number of film audience. In the movie "oath of the sea", Yin Mingzhu goes deep into the role, performs vividly and vividly, showing her extraordinary artistic talent. In the movie "Pan Si Dong", Yin Mingzhu takes her performance to a new level. Her spider spirit is beautiful, resolute, charming and heroic, which is quite different from the female goblins in other movies. (comments on Peninsula morning post, phoenix.com and Drama House)

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