Abstract:

After the founding of new China, some mainland filmmakers went south to Hong Kong and, helped by local filmmakers, set up many movie companies with mainland background. During this period, Great Wall Film Company of Zhang Shankun was reorganized into Great Wall Movie Enterprises Ltd. and Zhang Shankun left the new company with some fellows. There was much speculation over their quit, but the latest data have proved economic disputes as the main reason. When Great Wall Movie Enterprises Ltd. was launched, its complex staff composition saved it from being completely ideologically assimilated, maintained its production features of old Shanghai commercial films, and, due to its close relationship with the new Chinese government, turned it into the key camp of Hong Kong leftist films. In the early years of the new nation, the depression of Hong Kong Cantonese films served as an opportunity for leftist filmmakers to occupy this front and unite Hong Kong Cantonese filmmakers. Supported by Liu Shaoqi' s instruction for Hong Kong Cantonese films, the mainland government created in Hong Kong Sun Luen Film Co. to specialize in shooting Cantonese films. This brought about the birth of more Cantonese film companies, Zhonglian Film Company included, which were reputed for wellmade movies and helped turn around the fortune of Cantonese movies. The establishment of Great Wall and Sun Luen built a relatively stable progressive team in Hong Kong film industry, but the later Expulsion Event revealed some potential problems. Worried about the situation and placed high hopes on by Xia Yan, Zhu Shilin et al. created the third wellknown leftist film company——Phoenix Pictures.

Key words: mainland background, Hong Kong film companies, a new study on establishment