The Wife of General Ling

The Wife of General Ling
Directed byLadislao Vajda
Written by
Produced byJohn Stafford
Starring
CinematographyJames Wilson
Edited byDavid Lean
Music byJack Beaver
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 7 April 1937 (1937-04-07)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

The Wife of General Ling is a 1937 British drama film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Griffith Jones, Valéry Inkijinoff and Adrianne Renn.[1] It was adapted from a novel by Dorothy Hope and Peter Cheyney. The film was made at Shepperton Studios by the independent company Premier-Stafford Productions.

Plot

Following the murder of a loyal Chinese, John Fenton, a British secret-service agent, is aided by the European wife of a Hong Kong merchant, Mr Wong, to expose him as a rebel war lord, General Ling.

Cast

Notability

  • Although R. Thomas is the editor credited, David Lean was involved feasibly with the editing.[1]
  • A poster for Wife of General Ling appears within a movie-theater backdrop in the motion picture, Boxcar Bertha.[2]
  • This film contains the only recording of the dancing of the "Mother of Chinese Modern Dance", Dai Ailian, from her time in London.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "The Wife of General Ling". BFI Collections Search. British Film Institute. Retrieved 31 March 2024.
  2. ^ Scorsese, Martin (director) (14 June 1972). Boxcar Bertha (Motion picture). Los Angeles: American International Pictures. Event occurs at 1h:8m:42s.
  3. ^ Wilcox, Emily (2018). Revolutionary bodies : Chinese dance and the socialist legacy. doi:10.1525/luminos.58. ISBN 9780520300576. S2CID 191503359.


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