List of Chinese film production companies (pre-PRC)

List of Chinese film production companies (pre-PRC)

The following is a list of notable film production companies from Mainland China (including Hong Kong) before the Communist takeover in 1949.

C

*Changcheng Film Company- (Great Wall) Active in the 1920s
*Changchun Film Studio- One of the transitional companies from the beginning of PRC.

D

*Dadi Film Company- (Great Earth), Hong Kong production company active between 1939-1940 that focused on Mandarin-language films, founded by Cai Chusheng and Situ Huimin
*Datong Film Company- (Great Harmony), Major privately owned production company of the 1940s
*Dazhonghua- (Great China), first major production company to emerge in post-war Hong Kong, focused on Mandarin-language films
*Dazhonghua Baihe- Major production company of the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua
*Diantong Film Company- Leftist film company active from 1934-1935. Only produced four films.

G

*Guohua Productions- Founded in the late 1930s by former Mingxing director Zhang Shichuan, major rival of Xinhua Film Company during the "Solitary Island" period

H

*Huamei Film Company- (China-America Film), early production company founded by American Benjamin Brodsky in Hong Kong. Only produced one film, Lai Man-Wai's landmark 1913 film "Zhuangzi Tests His Wife".

K

*Kunlun Film Company- (Mount Kunlun Pictures), Major privately owned production company in the 1940s, produced the 1949 anti-GMD film "Crows and Sparrows"

L

*Lianhua Film Company

M

*Manchukuo Film Association- One of the most controversial company under Japanese authority
*Minxin Film Company- (China Sun), Lai Man-wai's production company, later merged into Lianhua.
*Mingxing Film Company- (Star)

N

*Northeast Film Studio- One of the cornerstone companies.

*Shanghai Animation Film Studio
*Shanghai Yingxi- Active in the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua

T

*Tianyi Film Company- (Unique), early production company of the Shaw Brothers, active in the 1920s and 1930s

W

*Wenhua Pictures- (Cultural China), major privately owned (by Wu Xingcai) production company of the 1940s; produced Fei Mu's "Spring in a Small Town" (1947)

X

*Xianggong Yingye- (Hong Kong Films), active in the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua
*Xibei Film Company
*Xin Shidai Film Company- Produced Situ Humin's 1938 "The Blood Spilt in the Treasure Mountain City."
*Xinhua Film Company- (New China), leftist film company, active in the 1930s and 1940s

Y

*Yihua Film Company- Active in the 1930s, produced Leftist films
*Yiji Film Company

Z

*Zhongyang- Minor production company, active in the 1930s


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