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Golden Gate Girl
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Wikipedia article
'Golden Gate Girl', also known as 'Tears in San Francisco' or 'Jinmen N' is a Hong Kong drama film made in San Francisco in 1941, directed by Esther Eng and veteran filmmaker Kwan Man Ching, the film was released in San Francisco but wasn't shown in Asia until 1946. The film is notable as it marked the film debut of Bruce Lee, just an infant at the time.[http://www.hkcinemagic.com/en/movie.asp?id=9597 HKcinemamagic]
It tells of a widower (Moon Kwan) who is concerned that his daughter, Chain-ying (Tso Yee-man), spends too much time at the theater. When she falls in love with Wong, one of the company's leading actors, the enraged widower forces the theater to close its contract with Wong, resulting in the actor's deportation to China. But Chain-ying is already pregnant and dies after giving birth to a baby girl (played by Bruce Lee- then aged three months). The widower's former employees look after the baby, who, like her mother, grows up (Tso Yee-man again) with a passion for the theater. After a series of complications, tears, and comic moments, she is eventually reunited with her father,
Wong, when he visits the United States to perform in a national defense play (to aid China then at war), and they are finally reconciled with her aging, remorseful maternal grandfather.
Stories about the making of 'Golden Gate Girl' is reflected in a 2014 feature documentary titled Golden Gate Girls directed by S. Louisa Wei, who constructed the story around the life and time of woman film pioneer Esther Eng.
Cast
*Nom Liu
*Kwan Man Ching
*Fee Luk Won
*Wong Hok Sing
*Man Tso Yee
*Bruce Lee
References
Category:1941 films
Category:Cantonese-language films
Category:Hong Kong black-and-white films
Category:Films set in San Francisco
Category:Films shot in San Francisco
Category:Films about Cantonese opera
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