Mingxing Film Company

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Mingxing Film Company (Chinese: 明星影片公司; pinyin: Míngxīng yǐngpiàn gōngsī; literally "Star Films") was one of the largest Chinese production companies during the 1920s, and 1930s in Shanghai and Hong Kong.

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Founded in 1922 by Zhang Shichuan, Zheng Zhengqiu, and others, Mingxing emerged along with Dazhonghua Baihe, and Tianyi Film Company as one of the three dominant film studios of the 1920s. During this period, all three studios were known for producing "light" entertainment though even at this early time there was a sign of social criticism, inherited from the May 4th Movement.[1]

By the early 1930s, Mingxing had became the leading film studio in China, and dominated the market with its upstart rival, the Lianhua Film Company (which had co-opted Dazhonghua Baihe) as a close second. Tianyi also continued to produce films throughout the 1930s, though its output did not match the two leaders. By the mid-1930s, both Mingxing and Lianhua became major production houses for leftist films in Shanghai. With the death of co-founder Zheng Zhengqiu in 1934, and the advent of full-scale war in 1937, Mingxing was forced to close its doors permanently.

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