Frontmatter
Contents
Figures
Acknowledgments
Introduction
PART ONE Silent Films
CHAPTER ONE Laborer's Love (Laogong zhi aiqing 勞工之愛情)
CHAPTER TWO Playthings (Xiao wanyi 小玩意)
CHAPTER THREE Sports Queen (Tiyu huanghou 體育皇后)
CHAPTER FOUR Goddess (Shennü 神女)
CHAPTER FIVE The Great Road (Dalu 大路)
CHAPTER SIX New Women (Xin nüxing 新女性)
PART TWO Sound Films
CHAPTER SEVEN Song at Midnight (Yeban gesheng 夜半歌聲)
CHAPTER EIGHT Street Angels (Malu tianshi 馬路天使)
CHAPTER NINE Hua Mu Lan (Mulan congjun 木蘭從軍)
CHAPTER TEN Long Live the Missus! (Taitai wansui 太太萬歲)
CHAPTER ELEVEN Spring River Flows East (Yi jiang chunshui xiang dong liu 一江春水向東流)
CHAPTER TWELVE Spring in a Small Town (Xiaocheng zhi chun 小城之春)
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Wanderings of Three-Hairs the Orphan (Sanmao liulang ji 三毛流浪記)
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Crows and Sparrows (Wuya yu maque 烏鴉與麻雀)
Abbreviations
Appendix 1: Other Significant Extant Chinese Films, 1927-1949
Appendix 2: Selective Name List of Film Personnel
Filmography
Bibliography
Index