She Said 'No' to Marriage but Now She Says 'Yes'

She Said 'No' to Marriage but Now She Says 'Yes'

Dir/Scr: Chiang Wai-kwong
Prod Co: Tai Seng
Co-starring: Chow Kwun-ling, Cheung Wood-yau, Yu Kai, Lam Kar-yee
1952 | B&W | DCP | Cantonese | Chinese Lyrics | 93min

She Says ‘No' to Marriage (1950), a romantic comedy written and directed by Chiang Wai-kwong and starring Fong Yim-fun, was a big hit in Hong Kong and Singapore, prompting them to team up again for a sequel, continuing the singer Yuk-lan's bumpy road to love. In She Said ‘No' to Marriage but Now She Says ‘Yes', ten years have passed and Yuk-lan is now a popular star. One day, she hears two kids performing on the street for money, singing her signature work "She Says ‘No' to Marriage". One of the kids turns out to be the son of her ex-lover Yiu-man (Cheung Wood-yau), who's living an impoverished life with his family. Still harbouring deep affections for Yiu-man, she helps him establish a transportation business in Southeast Asia. His wife (Chow Kwun-ling), critically ill, urges Yuk-lan to marry him on her death bed…Au Hon-kei (aka Auyeung Chik-yee), Fong's personal secretary and an accomplished actress herself, also plays a role. Au later worked behind the camera in Fong's outfit Zhili Film Company.

She said ‘No' to Marriage but Now She Says ‘Yes' had not been shown for years and the Archive is proudly presenting this screening as part of our project to digitise our collection.


Date Time Venue
19/8/2022 (Fri) 11:00am Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive
9/12/2022 (Fri) [Full House] 11:00am Cinema, Hong Kong Film Archive

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