Lam Chong

A Hong Kong historical drama

The Kong family has four daughters. Hilda, the eldest sister, assumes the role of a mother and often lets romance slip by. Third sister Hedy introduces her to Sun Ruhao, an engineer, but Sun is snatched by second sister Helen. The youngest girl Hazel drops out of school in pursuit of love. Hedy shows no interest in romance but is chased by a rich heir, He Yan. Meanwhile, Hilda runs away to meet her true love in a foreign land. As for Hedy, she is at last won over by He.

Filmed around March 1938, under the auspices of the China Wartime Film Research Association, but not publicly screened until 1941. Photographs of the Long March are very rare, as are those of its endpoint in Yan'An, the communist base of Northwest China in Shanxi province. Mao ZeDong may be seen along with other Chinese Communist leaders, including Liu Shao Qi, Ding Ling, Luo Rui Jing, and Kang Sheng.