Calendar Girl (Opening Film)

Calendar Girl (Opening Film)

Dir/Scr: Doe Ching
Prod Co: MP & GI
Cast: Helen Li Mei, Diana Chang Chung-wen, Peter Chen Ho, Lo Wei
1959 / Colour / D Beta / Mandarin (sound repaired version) / 114min

Calendar Girl, in all its glorious brilliance and spirits, is the epitome of an MP & GI urban musical. Cathay's star cast Helen Li Mei and Diana Chang Chung-wen play two sisters, Jinliu and Yinzheng, who turn many heads with their alluring good looks. At the Calendar Girl pageant, Jinliu deliberately concedes the title to her proud little sister, who soon succumbs to the pleasures of dating and entertaining. Later, the sisters star in a show for their father's song and dance troupe and make it a roaring success, but Yinzheng is ready to call it quits...The film opens with the dazzling sights and sounds of Li's beguiling drum dance, which sizzles to the youthful and upbeat ‘I Love Cha-Cha' as Chang and Peter Chen Ho join and soak in the joie de vivre. Yao Min took the musical reins on the rearrangement of 12 contemporary numbers of the 1930s and 40s, which perfectly complement the meticulously designed costumes and stage décor.


Date Time Venue
20/2/2016 (Sat) 12:00noon Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
2/4/2016 (Sat) 2:30pm Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive

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