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Set in the slums of Shanghai, <em>Street Angels</em> presents the lives of the urban lower classes in a tragicomic mode, showing camaraderie and fun threatened by sexual and economic exploitation. At the center of the these “street angels” is a young woman who has fled fighting in the northeast only to find herself threatened again, and who seeks refuge from her abusers with her lover, played by Zhao Dan, and other downtrodden friends.</p> <p>This module corresponds to chapter 8 in the book <em><a href="https://chinesefilmclassics.sites.olt.ubc.ca/book/">Chinese Film Classics, 1922-1949</a>.</em></p> <h2>The film:</h2> <p><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bepkAly1F9E" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /> <em>Malu tianshi</em><br /> 90 minutes<br /> Alternative English titles: <em>Street Angel</em>, <em>Angels on the Street</em><br /> Director/Screenplay: Yuan Muzhi<br /> Studio: Mingxing (Star)<br /> Year of release: 1937<br /> Cast: Zhao Dan, Zhou Xuan, Wei Heling, Zhao Huishen, Wang Jiting, Qian Qianli, Yuan Shaomei<br /> English subtitles translated by Christopher Rea</p> <h2>Video lecture 1: The talkies and the singies<br /> <iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/yfzioy382CI" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></h2> <p>16 minutes</p> <p><strong>Contents:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Plot summary</li> <li>“Golden voice” Zhou Xuan</li> <li>Early sound cinema in China</li> <li>Frank Borzage’s film <em>Street Angel</em> (1928)</li> <li>The songstress figure</li> <li>Hit songs “Song of the Four Seasons” and “Songstress at the Ends of the Earth”</li> </ul> <h2>Video lecture 2: The songstress and the stutterer<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/HZlvEpB8KQ8" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></h2> <p>12 minutes</p> <p><strong>Contents:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Wartime production and exhibition context of <em>Street Angels</em></li> <li>Sound and silence as themes</li> <li>“Acoustic characters”</li> <li>Socioeconomic allegory – trickle-down economics and cheap magic tricks</li> </ul> <h2>Learn more</h2> <p><strong>Scenes from <em>Street Angels</em></strong></p> <p>Zhou Xuan, as Xiao Hong, sings “Song of the Four Seasons”:<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/fWgLRudwreU" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /> Xiao Hong and Chen Shaoping (played by Zhao Dan) share a happy duet of “Songstress at the Ends of the Earth”:<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/cXbd6ONFVEs" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /> Shaoping, drunk and thinking that Xiao Hong has betrayed him, forces her to sing “Songstress at the Ends of the Earth” to him for money:<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/eZ4onDuU4d0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /> Mr. Gu sets his sights on Xiao Hong:<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/pvWfYcZia8E" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /> Xiao Yun’s adoptive mother forces her to strip, followed by a visual gag:<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GjsRlhWTq9o" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /> A comic set piece in a lawyer’s office:<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ppp9Z5GFTzY" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /> Xiao Hong and Chen Shaoping’s kiss is observed by Wang, who is enjoying Xiao Yun’s company in the loft:<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iZMFB_zVU0Q" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /> Shaoping entertains Xiao Hong and friends with a magic trick, which Wang gives a name:<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/ytHNKoEBvGM" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /> The barbers shave the man who threatens to evict them:<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/vlB9VOvtvV0" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe><br /> <strong>Comparisons with other films</strong></p> <p>Compare the scene of Xiao Hong looking down at Chen Shaoping in the opening parade scene of <em>Street Angels</em> with the “Girls! Girls! Girls!” parade scene at the beginning of <em>The Merry Widow</em> (1934):<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Ti2l9rpsQjc" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <p>Compare how director Yuan Muzhi pairs the “City Fantasia” song with a montage of Shanghai scenes in <em>Street Angels</em> and near the beginning of his directorial debut, <em>City Scenes</em> (1935):<br /> <iframe loading="lazy" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1GMolMhElW8" width="560" height="315" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></p> <h2>Related Posts</h2> <hr /> </p> <div class="module-box"><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span6"><p> <a target="_self" href="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/zhou-xuan-%e5%91%a8%e7%92%87/" title="Zhou Xuan 周璇" class="">Zhou Xuan 周璇</a><br /> Zhou Xuan 周璇 was famed as a "golden voice" of the Chinese cinema and phonograph industries before her premature death</p> </div><div class="span6"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="775" height="436" src="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/zhou_xuan-e1619453435139.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Zhou Xuan new film cover" srcset="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/zhou_xuan-e1619453435139.jpg 775w, https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/zhou_xuan-e1619453435139-300x169.jpg 300w, https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/zhou_xuan-e1619453435139-768x432.jpg 768w, https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/zhou_xuan-e1619453435139-270x152.jpg 270w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 775px) 100vw, 775px" /> </div></div></div> <hr /> <p></p> <div class="module-box"><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span6"><p> <a target="_self" href="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/chinese-film-classics-1922-1949-rea/" title="Chinese Film Classics, 1922-1929 (2021), by Christopher Rea" class="">Chinese Film Classics, 1922-1929 (2021), by Christopher Rea</a><br /> An essential guide to the first golden age of Chinese cinema, offering detailed introductions to fourteen films.</p> </div><div class="span6"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="1707" height="2560" src="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/rea-18812_front_revised_1-1-scaled.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Chinese Film Classics 1922-1949 by Christopher Rea" srcset="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/rea-18812_front_revised_1-1-scaled.jpg 1707w, https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/rea-18812_front_revised_1-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/rea-18812_front_revised_1-1-683x1024.jpg 683w, https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/rea-18812_front_revised_1-1-768x1152.jpg 768w, https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/rea-18812_front_revised_1-1-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/rea-18812_front_revised_1-1-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/rea-18812_front_revised_1-1-240x360.jpg 240w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px" /> </div></div></div> <hr /> <p></p> <div class="module-box"><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span6"><p> <a target="_self" href="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/crows-and-sparrows-1949/" title="Crows and Sparrows 烏鴉與麻雀 (1949)" class="">Crows and Sparrows 烏鴉與麻雀 (1949)</a><br /> An epochal film, produced and set at the end of civil war, centering on a fight over housing. Who will stay and who will go?</p> </div><div class="span6"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="168" src="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/Crows-and-Sparrows-1949-still-e1618428584980.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Crows and Sparrows 1949 still" /> </div></div></div> <hr /> <p></p> <div class="module-box"><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span6"><p> <a target="_self" href="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/street-angels-1937/" title="Street Angels 馬路天使 (1937)" class="">Street Angels 馬路天使 (1937)</a><br /> Zhou Xuan sings two hit songs in this social drama by experimental filmmaker Yuan Muzhi, costarring heartthrob Zhao Dan.</p> </div><div class="span6"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2020/11/Street-Angels-1937-scaled-e1618428798135.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Street Angels 1937 still" /> </div></div></div> <hr /> <p></p> <div class="module-box"><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span6"><p> <a target="_self" href="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/song-at-midnight-1937/" title="Song at Midnight 夜半歌聲 (1937)" class="">Song at Midnight 夜半歌聲 (1937)</a><br /> Phantom of the Opera and Nosferatu meet underground revolutionary history in China's first horror-musical.</p> </div><div class="span6"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" width="300" height="169" src="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/files/2021/04/Song-at-Midnight-still-1-e1618428826665.jpg" class="attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="Song at Midnight 1937" /> </div></div></div> <hr /> <p></p> <div class="module-box"><div class="row-fluid"><div class="span6"><p> <a target="_self" href="https://chinesefilmclassics.org/city-scenes-1935/" title="City Scenes 都市風光 (1935)" class="">City Scenes 都市風光 (1935)</a><br /> Yuan Muzhi's experimental directorial debut shows a country family's farcical 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