New Women
Overnight, the sexy Wei Ming will become a successful novelist. But, desperate to get the money that she needs to cure her little daughter (and harassed by a rich, unscrupulous rake), she will end up eventually engage in luxury prostitution.
From the archive
A Chinese 1934 B&W movie, generally considered a classic of pre-war Chinese films. Also known as Ruan Lingyu's second-to-last film, with a plot that foreshadowed her own death. This movie shows the hard life of an ambitious young woman in 1930s Shanghai. There is a more thorough plot synopsis on Wikipedia. The movie is a talkie, that was also intended to be shown at theaters not set up for sound. The effect, frankly, is really weird.
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- Director
- Chusheng Cai
- Starring
- Ruan Lingyu, Moqiu Wang, Zheng Jun-li, Yin Xu, Fang Lian-Ying, Zhou Qian-Yun, Wang Naidong, Yiwei Qiu
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