Wang Yuanlong

Wang Yuanlong

Wang Yuanlong, the name of a person, is quite common in China. There are anti Japanese heroes, economists, and early Chinese movie stars. Their works include: in 1924, he starred in his debut work heart, which is known as the "silver bully". His representative works include the four swordsmen of the Wang family (1927), the king of Chu, the sons and daughters of the lake, etc.

Profile

Wang Yuanlong (1903-1969), male, famous actor and director, formerly known as Wang Bingyu, was born in Tianjin. There are several brothers and sisters in Wang Yuanlong's family, and his younger brother, Wang Zilong, was also introduced by him. His father was born in Chengdu, Sichuan Province. He was rich in salt industry. Wang Yuanlong had a good education since childhood and graduated from Baoding Army University in 1922. Two years later, he left the army and set foot in the film industry. He starred in such films as "people's heart", "war success", "four heroes of Wang family" and "transparent Shanghai". He was very popular with the audience with his tough hero image and became the chief male star in the film industry at that time, known as "silver bully". After Wang Yuanlong became famous, his life was uninhibited, and his reputation plummeted. Throughout the 1930s, only one film, return my mountains and rivers, had a slight influence. In the 1940s, the popularity of ancient costume films rose. Wang Yuanlong starred in Chu Bawang, swallow thief and other films, which were very popular. Since then, although he has been in the film, his achievements have been mediocre, and his former style of "silver bully" has gone forever. In 1969, he died in Taiwan.

In and out of the film world

Wang Yuanlong studied in Peking and Tianjin in his youth. He was admitted to Baoding Army University in his early years, joined the army for one year after graduation, and left the army for Shanghai in 1923. Introduced by Lu Jie in 1924, he entered the Greater China film company. He changed his name from Queen to Wang Yuanlong.

His first film was "people's heart" co starred with Zhang Zhiyun. After the film was released, it was very popular. In 1925, he collaborated with Zhang Zhiyun again and starred in "battle achievement". The film is written by Lu Jie and directed by Xu Xinfu. The film depicts a young man and woman in love. As a result of the war, the man joined the army. Although he made contributions, he was disabled. To a certain extent, the film reflects the dissatisfaction with the warlords' scuffle. After the film was released, it was well received. Later, the two companies of "Greater China" and "Baihe" merged to establish the Greater China Baihe film company, and Wang Yuanlong then transferred to this company as the basic actor. When the Chinese film school sponsored by Gu Kenfu and others was founded, Wang Yuanlong was the main actor of "Greater China". He was admitted to this school and studied in his spare time to further his studies.

Silver World overlord

Because Wang Yuanlong had outstanding performances in the two films "heart of the people" and "battle success", after the establishment of Greater China Lily company, he starred in the company's first film "small factory owner" and became the company's chief Xiaosheng at that time. Later, he appeared in transparent Shanghai, silver gun robber, detective 55 and so on. At that time, martial arts films were in vogue. He appeared as a rough hero in such films as "foreign history of the border", "beauty trick" and "four swordsmen of the Wang family". Among them, "four swordsmen of the Wang family", edited and directed by Shi Dongshan, was his representative work in the early stage of his film career. The movie "Wang" describes a stronghold leader who does all kinds of evil, arousing the anger of the villagers. With the help of four knights surnamed Wang, the villagers got rid of the stronghold leader. Under the careful direction of Shi Dongshan, Wang Yuanlong's acting skills are well developed. In the 1920s, Wang Yuanlong's achievements in the film industry were more remarkable. On the one hand, he was a person with artistic talent; on the other hand, when he was in the film industry, the Chinese film industry was rising. Among the early movie actors, Wang Yuanlong was one of the best. He was given the title of "overlord of silver altar" by people at that time.

Bad habits of life

After Wang Yuanlong became popular in the film world, he also lived a bohemian life like some popular actors. In the past few years, his erotic news has emerged one after another. He fell in love with Li Minghui, but he was not specific, which led to Li Minghui leaving him later. He often went to brothels and made friends with the famous prostitute Yaqiu Shiniang. At the same time, he also fooled around with socialists. Disputes in the love field continue to occur. Later, he lived with Yaqiu's four niangs, and she invested to form "Sanlong company". Wang Yuanlong's brothers Bolong and Zilong are in charge of the company. Wang Yuanlong has directed and acted in such films as "three heroes of Wang family", "human and animal crisis" and "white mouse". Wang Yuanlong became rich. In addition to playing with women, he also got into the bad habit of gambling. He likes to gamble on dogs and often loses for hundreds of yuan. It wasn't long before I lost all my money. In addition, the sequel of Wang's four heroes lost a lot of money, "Sanlong company" is not only closed, but also heavily in debt. Due to the corruption of his life, the film industry and the audience are very disappointed with him. In the 1930s, no big company took him as an important star and asked him to film.

Down and out

From 1930 to 1935, he made films in several small companies, such as "lone star" and "Great Wall". He also made films in "Star" and "Tianyi", such as "bandit filial son" and "hot blooded youth". In 1933, he set up Yuanlong company again. After the release of "three escorts", which was directed and performed by him, he lost a lot of money. He was disheartened and spent all his time in restaurants and dog running fields. Later, he took Xie Baosheng as his teacher and set up "Longma company" with Xie's investment. Wang Zilong helped to run the business. He made "the history of the pear garden" and "Bian Kungang", but failed again. At this time, there are many new people in the film industry, and the producers don't want to ask him to make another film. The former "silver overlord" fell into the dilemma of no place.

In 1935, American MGM film company adapted Pearl S. Buck's novel "the earth" into a movie script, and sent a location team to China to shoot location in the same year. China's regressive filmmakers have raised objections to the matter. However, the KMT government approved MGM to come to China for location shooting. After MGM's staff came, Wang Yuanlong, the "silver overlord", was employed as a consultant. Wang Yuanlong took them to take pictures of monkey playing and old Chinese men's clothes in Shanghai, typical opium smokers and rural women with small feet outside Xizhimen in Beiping, and poor tramps in Tiananmen. At that time, Wang Yuanlong was the father of four children. Later, he left Yaqiu and organized the troupe to go north. For several years, I have traveled to and from Ping'an and Tianjin. He mixed up with a famous prostitute named Xiao Sanbao and married a woman named Lu Yichen.

stage a comeback

In 1939, because the film Mulan joined the army starred by Chen yunshang was a great sensation, it set off an upsurge of "costume film". In order to do business, the boss of "Yihua" specially invited Wang Yuanlong and famous actor Jin Suqin to star in "Chu Bawang". Later, Wang Yuanlong also directed and starred in the traditional opera program "swallow steal". Wang Yuanlong, who has lived under the mercury lamp for more than four years, is now making a comeback on the screen. The overlord of Chu is a story about Xiang Yu who was defeated by Liu Bang and committed suicide on the Bank of Wujiang River. Wang Yuanlong's wild heroic image in the past appeared on the screen again and got a good evaluation. This film is his masterpiece in the middle of his career. "Swallow steal" also achieved good results. Although he was applauded again, the Chinese film world in the 1930s was different from that in the 1920s. His former dominance of the silver industry is gone forever.

From 1940 to 1941, Wang Yuanlong made more than 10 films in "Yihua", "Xinhua", "Huacheng", "Zhonglian" and other film companies, with an average of 67 films a year, which is not small in number. However, he only played a supporting role in popular films such as "Xishi", "Xiaoxiang night rain", "Kong que Flying Southeast" and "home". After the outbreak of the Pacific War, the Japanese formed the China Film United Co., Ltd. in Shanghai, and concentrated the power of Shanghai's production, distribution and projection on the "China Film" company, which monopolized the film industry in Shanghai. Wang Yuanlong made three flowers and Li Jun, a mixed river dragon, and other films in Hua Ying.

Life in old age

After the victory of the Anti Japanese War, Wang Yuanlong directed "Overpass" starring him and Du Lizhu for "No.3 Power Plant" and took part in shooting "No.13 villain's house" by Yihua film company. Later, he went to Hong Kong in 1948. He directed two or three films and starred in several films successively in the film companies of "Greater China", "Wenhua" and "great bright", but his achievements were mediocre. After that, he made nearly 60 films in Hong Kong and Taiwan, including the popular films in Hong Kong, such as "lying world", "Cuicui", "number one scholar red", etc.

In 1969, Wang Yuanlong died of illness in Taipei.

personal works

Production

Avatar girl (1956)

director

Hun Jianglong, Li Jun (1940)

Silver gun robber (1941)

Years of flowing water (1941)

Iron Man (1948)

Revenge of the great Xia (1949)

Camel Dragon (1949)

Heroes and heroines (1949)

Hongbiyuan (1949)

Wang's four heroes (1950)

performer

Hun Jianglong, Li Jun (1940)... Li Jun

Home (1941)

Beauty trick (1941)... Zhao Zilong

Ancient human Demon (1941)

Song girl red peony (1941)

Peacock Flying Southeast (1941)

Under the eaves of Shanghai (1943)

A near death (1948)

The wonder of the world (1948)

National Spirit (1948)... Emperor yuan

Iron Man (1948)... Huang San

Chen Shimei denies his wife (1948)

Love and hatred in Daliang Mountain (1949)... Su Guda

Splendid Paradise (1949)... Guo Yuanqing

Red crabapple in blood (1949)... Zhou Ziyu

Fang Siwei

Revenge of the great Xia (1949)

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