The Kingdom and The Beauty （1959）starring Lin Dai and Zhao Lei from the era of Movie Kings and Movie Queens when Sir Run Run Shaw reigned supreme in the Entertainment Industry. The singing voices for the characters are provided by the top singers at that time. Incidentally, Lin Dai was a 4-time winner of the Best Actress award and she took her own life tragically at the age of 29.
Wikipedia says: Lin Dai (Chinese: 林黛 26 December 1934 17 July 1964) was a Chinese actress of Hong Kong films made in Mandarin during 1950s60s.
4 comments:
I saw the movie when I was young - Rex Cinema...and as lot of her movies - Love Wothout End, Madam White Snake, Last Lady of Shang, Blue and Black...etc....
hi ! William, your mentioning of the two old singers the lady Jin Teen,the gentleman Jian Hun,they are my great idols ! Their songs are my favorites,i'm still listening to them on the tapes while i'm driving,especially songs of Jin Teen's,i've a small collection of her's ! It's a pity i could not grab hold too many songs of Jian Hung,especially 'ban ge yueh lian'(half moon) !
Hei Will. How are you n family? It has been a long time have not visited your blog. Busy lately cos my son will be sitting for his UPSR in two months time and need to work with him. There are so many things in here and need to catch up. I like the u-tube. Indeed a good one and keep it up. God bless
STP: I saw those movies during the good old days at Rex also.
Tong: I have always enjoyed those oldies.
flower: you have gone "submarine" for a long time! Welcome back! May God bless your son with attentiveness and obedience. May he obtain many "A". God bless you too.
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