In the era of no ps, beauty, and plastic surgery, there is still a group of people who amazed the time. They are natural beauties, and they are elegant and picturesque without crafting, which is admirable.
They are beauties born in troubled times, but they live their own glory. Life is not easy, but they still leave their own fragrance.
During the Republic of China period, what actresses would you think of that brilliant screen? Is it Hu Die , Ruan Lingyu, Xia Meng, Wang Danfeng, Li Lihua , Chen Sisi , or Chen Juanjuan ?
Each of their names is full of their own legendary life. The times create heroes and beautiful women in troubled times. They were not born in a prosperous era, but they created their own prosperous era!
Chen Juanjuan, whose original name is Chen Sujuan, was born in Malayan in 1929. Her ancestral home is in Leshan, Sichuan. Her father originally opened a school in Nanyang. Unfortunately, her father failed to accompany her to grow up smoothly. She passed away only one month after she was born.
It would be fine without her father's company. When she was only ten months old, her mother took her back to Shanghai and handed her over to her grandmother to raise her, and she went to be a teacher herself.
said to you, "When God closes a door for you, he will open a window for you." She has never experienced fatherly love since childhood, but she has superhuman artistic talent.
1933, Chen Juanjuan, who was only 4 years old, got the opportunity to perform on stage in a school by chance, and this opportunity also opened up her fate with art.
At that time, Huang Huaisheng, the host of Jinan Film Company, knew her keen eyes and saw her potential at a glance, and invited her to star in the film "Bringing Glory for the Country".
The first step is often the most difficult, but after taking the first step, every step that follows becomes natural. Although she is so young that she doesn't understand the meaning of performance, her performance in the film is excellent.
So the following year, she was invited to star in the filming of "Flying Flower Village", and also sang the first Chinese children's song "The Shepherd" written by Sun Shiyi and composed by Nie Er.
"Mimi, little lamb! Mimimi little lamb! Come out quickly, don't hide in the grass!... Little lamb! Come back quickly, don't break into the hillside! Hiding it, how can I go back? If you break far away, how can I catch up?..."Do you feel familiar with the melody like
? Although she appeared in two films at this time, the response was not very big. The one who really made her famous and became a veritable child star was Xiao Cui in " The Lost Lamb " directed by Cai Chusheng in 1936.
As her fame became more popular, Chen Juanjuan also gained more opportunities. Then she continued to work hard and starred in the film "Little Orphan Girl" and led the lead singer of the famous children's song "Sitting in Tuantuan" composed by Youxian Xinghai.
"Sitting in groups and eating fruits, everyone listened to me, it was dawn, got up early, learned gymnastics, good health, eat full, work hard, do things, although we are small and have a high ambition, don't make people laugh..."
I didn't expect that the songs that were still sung by children were sung by Chen Juanjuan when she was 7 years old, and it has been 80 years since we thought that the trends we thought were left with grandparents.
7 years old, many children can only hide in their parents' arms and cry, but she has already sang songs by Nie Er and Xian Xinghai, and has also sang these songs popular, and has influenced generations of people.
This is the charm of the song, and it is also the strength of an actor. Such an outstanding Chen Juanjuan is one of the most outstanding child stars in the Chinese film industry.
With her popularity, various film works were naturally sent to her one after another, and were also called "China Xiulan Deng Boer" by many people.
"Top Gun", "Love Mother Song", "Jiangnan Little Hero", "Fraternal Love", etc. As a child star at that time, she was an extremely dazzling existence. After August 13, she also followed the Plum Blossom Song and Dance Troupe to participate in performances, and it had a great influence.
Just like many child stars nowadays, when they grow up, they will encounter bottlenecks in their careers. The audience loves her childhood, but when she becomes an adult, it is difficult for her to make new breakthroughs and gain everyone's recognition.
Just like many once popular child stars, Xiaowanjun Jin Ming, Xiao Zhan Zhao Shi Xiaolong , Xia Yu You Haoran, Gazi Xie Mengwei , Xiaoshang Hao Shaowen , etc., it is difficult to make a splash when you grow up and gain more recognition and attention.
Chen Juanjuan also encountered the same fate when she grew up. In the blink of an eye, it was 1948. At this time, she was 19 years old. She went to Hong Kong and served as an actor in Greater China, Great Light, Great Wall, Phoenix and other film companies.
She has also appeared in many works, such as "Spring Dream", " Peach Blossom Still Smiling in the Spring Breeze ", "Dragon and Phoenix Come to Good Fortune", "Xiao Erhei Gets Married", etc. Although she has created many very moving girl images in the film, her performance is also very vivid and natural.
However, the response of the film was very dull, and her starry journey gradually showed a decadent trend. Even though she has a good appearance and superb acting skills, it seems that it is always difficult to amazed the audience and make them fall in love with themselves again.
Even though she played the role of a young girl from a young girl to a gray-haired old woman in "Lotus in the Snow", and she performed the role's long age in a vivid way, she still failed to attract much attention.
But she did not give up on herself and began to fall into depressedness. Instead, she began to turn from the front to the back of the scenes and changed her career to the director. Since the 1960s, she has been an assistant director and co-directed "Red Pink Flying" with Renzhi.
opened up the precedent for filming in the Hong Kong film industry by two female directors. Later, she directed "Acrobatic Heroes" with Ren Yizhi and Zhu Feng again. In 1973, Hong Kong Great Wall Pictures came to Beijing to shoot the large-scale documentary "Animals and Reds", and she was also one of the directors.
As a pioneer among female directors, she demonstrated her extraordinary talent. This film also won unanimous praise from the audience for its novel and unique style, bright and refined pictures, and very literary commentary.
Her career has reached a new peak again, but unfortunately came quietly. In 1976, she died of heart shock due to mistaken medication, at the age of 47.
Her directorial career has just begun. She has not yet had time to really show her strength, but her life has come to an abrupt end. It is a pity and regret. Tomorrow or accident, we will never know which one will take the lead...