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First Local Production Studio and Earliest Made-in-Singapore Movies |
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Arts and Entertainment - Cinema & Film |
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The Shaw Brothers studio set up at 8 Jalan Ampas in 1947, was the first fully-equipped studio to be set up in Singapore. The first movies were produced with actors drawn from Malay opera troupes. Topeng Hitam (Black Mask), Mutiara (Pearl), Gagak Hitam (Black Crow), Bermadu (The Rival), Topeng Shaitan (Devil’s Mask), Mata Hantu (Ghost Eyes), Kekasih Tiga (Three Lovers) and Terang Bulan Di Malaya (Full Moon In Malaya) were among the first made-in-Singapore movies.
The first Cantonese film produced under the Shaw banner, in 1955, was The Opera Boat in Singapore/Xingdao Hongchuan, shot on location in Singapore.
The first locally-produced colour film was Buloh Perindu, also directed by B S Rajhans in 1953. Sumpah Pontianak (The Curse of the Pontianak), directed by B N Rao in 1953 and produced by Cathay-Keris Studios, was the first locally-made cinemascope film. |
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