1920 – 1929

This is a list of film titles that were released between 1920 – 1929 and produced in Singapore, or featured places and spaces in Singapore.

* denotes a title that is in the video collection of the Singapore Film Locations Archive
# denotes a title with film location review (click the link to read review)
[s] denotes a short film
[f] denotes a feature film

Year of Release / Original Title / English Title / Director / Production Co.

1920 / Souvenirs of Singapore / – / Herford Tynes Cowling / Paramount-Burton Holmes Travel Pictures [s]
1922 / In the Garden of the East / – / – / Burton Holmes, National Non-Theatrical Motion Pictures [s]
1923 / Martin Johnson’s South Sea Adventures: Visit to Sandakan and Singapore / – / Martin & Osa Johnson [s]
1924 / Around the World with the Speejacks / – / – / Albert Y. Gowen [s]

1925 / Britain’s Birthright / – / Arthur Percival Newton (editor) / British Instructional Film, New Era Films [s]
1925 / Der Flug um den Erdball / The Flight Around The World / Willi Wolff / Ellen Richter Film *#[f]
1925 / Wonders of the Wilds / – / Burr Nickle / Burr Nickle Pictures [s]

1926 / – / To The Sunny East / – / Nippon Yusen Kaisha (Japan Mail Steamship Co.) [f]

1927 / 新客 / New Friend (or ‘New Immigrant’) / 郭超文 Guo Chao-wen / 南洋刘贝锦自制影片公司 Nanyang Low Poey Kim Motion Picture Co. [f]

1928 / Malaya (consisting of 17 parts) / – / – / Malay States Information Agency, Greville Brothers [f]

1929 / The Shadow (a.k.a. East of Singapore) [release unconfirmed] / – / Geoffrey Malins / British Screen Productions Ltd. [f]

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