Phenomenal Research Into Lian Hua Corporation

Private Film Corporation has long been recognized as an indispensable vehicle of the survival and development of Chinese's early films. However, the historical researches mainly focus on the films and the directors with relatively little attention to the corporations. Hence, attention and replenishment to the deficiency will help establish a more comprehensive and systematic view of the Chinese film history. This article is designed to take Lian Hua Corporation, a special and representative identity, as a sample and attempt to present the history from a new perspective by a deep exploration into its historical development.Up to now, little specialized theory is available concerning the controller of Lian Hua Corporation, Luo Mingyou, one of the most influential entrepreneurs in Chinese film history. The first chapter conducts a comprehensive exploration into this influential man with an intention to uncover this historical character's complicated life and personality from his innate concept of value and his identity as an entrepreneur. Chapter two focuses on the "Rejuvenating Movement of the Domestic Films", which is an important management strategy of Lian Hua Corporation under the economic influence and which promotes the historical shift of the development of the Chinese film. With the emergence of the sound films, one of the most significant technological revolutions in the development of the Chinese film in the 30s, every film corporation adopted some transitional solutions according to his own condition. However, Lian...