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唐山阿嫂 / China Wife, 椰林月 / Moon Over Malaya (1957)

December 24, 2014 by sgfilmlocations

唐山阿嫂 / CHINA WIFE (1957) Original film title in Chinese: 唐山阿嫂 Tang shan a-sao Alternative English title: She Married an Overseas Chinese Directed by Chan Man 陈文 Written by Chor Yuen 楚原 Language: Cantonese dialect Starring: Patrick Tse Yin 谢贤, Patsy Kar Ling 嘉玲, Nam Hung 南红, Keung Chung-ping 姜中平 Produced by Kong Ngee Film Company 光艺制片公司   椰林月/ MOON OVER MALAYA (1957) Original film title in Chinese: 椰林月 Ye lin yue Alternative English title: The Whispering Palm Directed by […]

Categories: Chinese (Cantonese), Hong Kong, Narrative Feature • Tags: 1957, 26th October 1956 riots, Adis Road, Anderson Bridge, Ascott Raffles Place, Asia Insurance Building, Aurora Department Store, Bandstand, Bank of China Building, Beancurd Street, Blood Stains the Valley of Love, Botanic Gardens, Bowyer Block, Bukit Gombak, Bukit Pasoh Road, Bukit Timah Road, Bukit Timah Turf Club, Cathay Building, Cathay Theatre, Causeway, Chan Man, Changi Prison, China Wife, Chinatown, Chor Yuen, Chun Kim, Church of St Teresa, City Hall, Clifford Pier, Collyer Quay, Cook Street, 秦剑, Elgin Bridge, Esplanade Park, 适可俱乐部, 胡茄, 陈文, 血染相思谷, 谢贤, 豆腐街, Fullerton Bay Hotel, Fullerton Building, Fuyong Estate, Great World Amusement Park, Haw Par Villa, Ho See Seng Tong, Hong Lim Complex, Hwa Chong Institution, Kampong Bahru Road, Keretapi Tanah Melayu, Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad, Keung Chung-ping, King Albert Park, Kong Ngee, Kong Ngee Film Company, KTM, Kwang Tung Hui Kuan, Lam Choon Rubber Factory, Lee Kong Chian, Lu Tiok Club, Malayan Railway, Merdeka Bridge, Meyer Road, Molly Wu Kar, Moon Over Malaya, Mount Faber, Mount Sophia, Murray Street, Nam Hung, Nan Hwa Girls’ School, Nanyang Trilogy, National Art Gallery, Neil Road, Nicoll Highway, North Bridge Road, Ocean Building, Old Sea View Hotel, Padang, Patrick Tse Yin, Patsy Kar Ling, Peach Garden, Queen Elizabeth Walk, Raffles Place, Rail Corridor, Robinson, Sak Kho Club, SGH Museum, She Married an Overseas Chinese, Shenton Circus, Shenton Way, Shuang Lin Monastery, Singapore Bund, Singapore Chinese Middle Schools Students’ Union, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore Harbour, Singapore Turf Club, Siong Lim Si Buddhist Temple, Sri Mariamman Temple, student activism, student riots, Supreme Court, Tan Kah Kee, Tan Kim Seng Fountain, Tanjong Pagar Container Terminal, Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, Tanjong Pagar Road, Telok Ayer Market, The Cathay, The Chinese High School, The Whispering Palm, Tiger Balm Gardens, Tras Street, truss bridges, Upper Bukit Timah Road, Upper Chin Chew Street, Woodlands – Johor Bahru Causeway, Woodlands Checkpoint, Woodlands Police Station, 光艺制片公司, 华侨中学, 南红, 南华女学校, 南洋华侨中学, 南洋三部曲, 友竹俱乐部, 双林寺, 唐山阿嫂, 嘉玲, 姜中平, 广东会馆, 椰林月, 楚原, 海外寻夫, 海天游艺会, 何思成堂, 侨星大旅店

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Mata Hari / The Rape of Malaya (1958)

December 20, 2014 by sgfilmlocations

Original film title in Malay: Mata Hari English title: The Rape of Malaya / Rising Sun Directed by Ramon A. Estella Written by Abdul Razak Language: Malay Starring: Maria Menado, Ahmad Mahmud, Salleh Kamil, Omar Rojik Produced by Malay Film Productions (Shaw Bros.) Film Locations: Rural Kampong (speculated to be Kampong Tanjong Kling)   Mata Hari was Malay Film Productions’ second war movie based on the Japanese invasion of Malaya/Singapore in 1941-42, released a few months after the resounding success of […]

Categories: Malay, Narrative Feature, Singapore • Tags: 1958, Abdul Razak, Japanese Occupation, Kampong, Kampong Tanjong Kling, Malay film, Maria Menado, Mata Hari, Ramon Estella, Rising Sun, Shaw Brothers, Singapore, The Rape of Malaya, World War Two

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Kaki Kuda / Horse Crazy (1958)

December 20, 2014 by sgfilmlocations

Original film title in Malay: Kaki Kuda English title: Horse Crazy Directed by Kidar Sharma Written by Ralph Modder (original story) Language: Malay Starring: Saloma, Normadiah, Aziz Sattar, S. Shamsuddin Produced by Malay Film Productions (Shaw Bros.) Film Locations: Run Run Shaw’s villa (11, Holland Hill) Singapore Turf Club (Bukit Timah) Capitol Theatre   It had to happen. Being horse racing enthusiasts, the Shaw brothers (Runme and Run Run) wouldn’t miss the chance to get their film studios in Singapore […]

Categories: Malay, Narrative Feature, Singapore • Tags: 1958, Bukit Timah Saddle Club, Bukit Timah Turf Club, Capitol Theatre, Fairways Drive, Holland Hill, Horse Crazy, Horse-betting, Horse-racing, Kaki Kuda, Kidar Sharma, Malay film, North Bridge Road, Ralph Modder, Run Run Shaw, Run Run Shaw's villa, Runme Shaw, Shaw Brothers, Singapore, Singapore Turf Club, The Grandstand, Turf City

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Sergeant Hassan (1958)

December 10, 2014 by sgfilmlocations

Directed by Lamberto V. Avellana Written by Ralph Modder (story) Language: Malay Starring: P. Ramlee, Saadiah, Jins Shamsuddin Produced by Malay Film Productions (Shaw Bros.) Film Locations: Kampong, kopitiam(coffeeshop) Tanjong Pagar Railway Station Malay Regiment in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan   Set during World War Two and the Japanese Occupation in Malaya and Singapore, Hassan (P. Ramlee) is an adopted child whose foster brother Aziz (Jins Shamsuddin) taunts him for not having the mettle to join the army to fight […]

Categories: Malay, Narrative Feature, Singapore • Tags: 1958, Force 136, Japanese Occupation, Kampong, Kopitiam, Lamberto Avellana, Malay film, Malay Regiment, Malayan Railway, Negeri Sembilan, P. Ramlee, Port Dickson, Ralph Modder, Sarjan Hassan, Sergeant Hassan, Shaw Brothers, Singapore, Tanjong Pagar Railway Station, World War II, World War Two

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Doctor (1958)

December 9, 2014 by sgfilmlocations

Directed by Phani Majumdar Written by Phani Majumdar Language: Malay Starring: Zaiton, Aziz Jaafar, S. Kadarisman Produced by Malay Film Productions (Shaw Bros.) Film Locations: Coastal kampong (Tanjong Kling?) University of Malaya (Singapore) at Bukit Timah Road (formerly Raffles College)   Doctor is another of director Phani Majumdar’s (social realist) melodrama films that was set in then-contemporary Singapore, immediately following his gritty film about child delinquency – Masharakat Pinchang. It tells the story of a village carpenter and boat-builder Bakar (S. […]

Categories: Malay, Narrative Feature, Singapore • Tags: 1958, 6th milestone Bukit Timah Road, Bukit Timah Canal, Coastal kampong, Doctor, Doktor, Faculty of Medicine, Kampong, Kampong Tanjong Kling, Lower Quadrangle, Malay film, Manasseh Meyer Building, National University of Singapore, Phani Majumdar, Raffles College, Shaw Brothers, Singapore, University of Malaya, University of Malaya (Singapore), University of Singapore, Upper Quadrangle

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Azimat / The Seal of Solomon (1958)

December 9, 2014 by sgfilmlocations

Original film title in Malay: Azimat English title: The Seal of Solomon Directed by Rolf Bayer Written by Rolf Bayer Language: Malay Starring: Pancho Magalona, Saloma, Ahmad Mahmud, Tita Doran Produced by Malay Film Productions (Shaw Bros.) Film Locations: Downtown Singapore (aerial view) Runme Shaw’s villa (34, Queen Astrid Park) Boat Quay & Elgin Bridge (Singapore River) Singapore Turf Club (Bukit Timah) Outram Prison (Pearl’s Hill Prison)? Sky Palace Restaurant at Asia Insurance Building (Finlayson Green)   Said to be […]

Categories: Malay, Narrative Feature, Singapore • Tags: 1958, Ascott Raffles Place, Asia Insurance Building, Azimat, Badjau, Black Gold, Boat Quay, Bukit Timah Turf Club, Downtown Singapore, Elgin Bridge, Finlayson Green, Grandstand, Honoré de Balzac, La Peau de chagrin, Lamberto V. Avellana, Malay film, Outram Prison, Pancho Magalona, Pearl's Hill Prison, Queen Astrid Park, Raffles Quay, Rolf Bayer, Runme Shaw's villa, Shaw Brothers, Shenton Way, Singapore, Singapore River, Singapore Turf Club, Sky Palace Restaurant, Talisman, The Seal of Solomon, Tita Doran, Turf City, 星岛芳踪

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Masharakat Pinchang / Crippled Society (1958)

December 8, 2014 by sgfilmlocations

Original film title in Malay: Masharakat Pinchang Literal English translation of film title: Crippled Society Directed by Phani Majumdar Written by B. H. Chua (Chua Boon Hean 蔡文玄) (story) Language: Malay Starring: Tony Castillo, Rosnani, Neng Yatimah, Junainah Produced by Malay Film Productions (Shaw Bros.) Film Locations: Collyer Quay Shophouse coffeeshop Run Run Shaw’s seafront villa (440A, Upper East Coast Road) Street market Offshore kelong As a movie advertisement posted on newspaper Berita Harian (12 May 1958) described, Masharakat Pinchang is […]

Categories: Malay, Narrative Feature, Singapore • Tags: 1958, Chua Boon Hean, Collyer Quay, delinquency, gangsterism, Imperfect Society, Kopitiam, Malay film, Masharakat Pinchang, Masyarakat Pincang, Offshore Islands, Offshore kelong, Phani Majumdar, Shaw Brothers, Shaw's villa, Shophouse coffeeshop, Singapore, social realist, Street market, Tony Castillo, Upper East Coast Road

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Anak Pontianak / Son of Pontianak (1958)

December 6, 2014 by sgfilmlocations

Original film title in Malay: Anak Pontianak English title: Son of Pontianak Directed by Ramon A. Estella Written by A. Razak Language: Malay Starring: Jins Shamsuddin, Hashimah Yon, Dayang Sofia, S. Kadarisman Produced by Malay Film Productions (Shaw Bros.) Film Locations: A house at 6th mile Bukit Timah Road Street market   FILIPINO DIRECTOR RAMON ESTELLA’S Anak Pontianak actually came on the heels of two immensely popular ‘pontianak’-themed movies first conceived by the Cathay-Keris film studios. They were Pontianak and […]

Categories: Malay, Narrative Feature, Singapore, Uncategorized • Tags: 1957, 6th milestone Bukit Timah Road, Abdul Razak, Anak Pontianak, Cathay-Keris, Colonial-era bungalow, Ghost, Haunted house, Ho Ah Loke, Malay film, Malay folklore, Pontianak, Ramon Estella, Shaw Brothers, Singapore, Son of Pontianak, Supernatural, Vampire

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Taufan / Typhoon (1957)

December 5, 2014 by sgfilmlocations

Original film title in Malay: Taufan Literal English translation of film title: Typhoon Directed by T. C. Santos (Teodorico C. Santos) Written by B. H. Chua (Chua Boon Hean) (original story) Language: Malay Starring: Ahmad Mahmud, Zaiton, Salleh Kamil, Mariani Produced by Malay Film Productions (Shaw Bros.) Film Locations: Kampong Tanjong Kling?   WE HAD EARLIER WRITTEN ABOUT the Shaw Brothers’ recruitment of a new batch of directors from Philippines in our review of Kembali Saorang – directed by Ramon […]

Categories: Malay, Narrative Feature, Singapore • Tags: 1957, A Town Like Alice, Chua Boon Hean, Fishing kampong, Jurong, Jurong Industrial zone, Jurong Island, Jurong Island Highway, Jurong Shipyard, kampong nelayan, Kampong Tanjong Kling, Malay film, Ramon Estella, Shaw Brothers, T. C. Santos, Tanjong Kling, Taufan, Teodorico Santos, Typhoon

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Bujang Lapok / The Mouldy Bachelors (1957)

December 5, 2014 by sgfilmlocations

Original film title in Malay: Bujang Lapok English title: The Mouldy Bachelors Directed by P. Ramlee Written by B. H. Chua (Chua Boon Hean) (story) Language: Malay Starring: P. Ramlee, S. Shamsuddin, Aziz Sattar, Zaiton, Normadiah, Dayang Sofia Produced by Malay Film Productions (Shaw Bros.) Film Locations: Robinson Road, between Shaw’s Chamber & Nanyang Siang Pau Building Kampong Tanjong Kling? MacRitchie Reservoir Ngee Ann Building (Orchard Road)   BUJANG LAPOK IS A DECEPTIVELY SIMPLE FILM that revolves around three over-aged bachelors who […]

Categories: Malay, Narrative Feature, Singapore • Tags: 1957, Afro-Asia Building, Bujang Lapok, Chua Boon Hean, Downtown, 蔡文玄, Jurong, Jurong Shipyard, Kampong houses on stilts, Kampong Tanjong Kling, Land Reclamation, MacRitchie Reservoir, Malay film, McCallum Street, Mouldy Bachelors, Nanyang Siang Pau Building, Ng Keng Siang, Ngee Ann Building, Ngee Ann Kongsi, Orchard Road, P. Ramlee, Robinson Road, Shaw Brothers, Shaw's Chamber, Singapore, Tai Sun cemetery, 南洋商报大厦, 泰山亭

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