Chinese Opera Film Still
$25.00
A luscious, hand-colored photograph depicting two actresses in a conspiratorial moment. Judging from the elaborate head-dress of the actress on the left, we believe that this is a still from an early Chinese (or “Peking”) opera film, which were produced in Shanghai in the 1930s and 40s. The first color Chinese opera film (“Butterfly Lovers”) was produced in 1954, during the second, post-revolution, wave of the genre. But this seems older, so we suspect it is a hand-colored still from a black-and-white film. It’s also possible that it could be from a Western film. Experts, please chime in!
8” x 10”