After Japan launched a full-scale war of aggression against China and occupied Beiping, it pursued an aggressive policy and advocated the so-called "Sino-Japanese goodwill" to take advantage of cultural infiltration. 1938, the Japanese "Donghe Commercial Film Department" filmed a promotional film called "The Road to Peace in East Asia", all of which used China actors. Then openly recruit in Peiping. Finally, I chose six people, three women and three men. These actresses are Li Ming, Shi Yongfen and Zhong. Later, Shi Yongfen took the stage name "White Light". For this name, Bai Guang himself explained it like this: "Because I have to make a movie after a play. What Is Cinema? Just a white light on the screen. Ok, I'll call it white light! " Even her name is so direct and capable. "The Road to Peace in East Asia" didn't have any impact after it was filmed, and Donghe Commercial Company didn't make any good films after it, but Bai Guang got to know the Japanese Yama Jiaheng who was in charge of this project. Yamaha Heng was once the first lover of the famous female spy Kawashima Yoshiko, and her relationship with the director Gan Zhengyan was unusual. Yamaha Heng was one of the main planners of Manchukuo, and this time she filmed again. But before long, Shan Jiaheng ended his relationship with Li Ming, who married someone else, and Bai Guang and Shan Jiaheng lived together openly. So until 1943, Shan Jiaheng was recalled to Japan, and Bai Guang followed. In Japan, Bai Baibai studied vocal music under the famous vocalist "Madame Butterfly" Ms. Huan, and was a classmate and sister. After returning to China, Shan Jiaheng was arrested and tried on more than ten counts of "treason, leaking secrets, violating military discipline and taking drugs". At this time, Bai Guang published an article entitled "I miss my husband". She said, "He is as brave as Spartan, but as docile as a kitten." She also ran around for Shan Jiaheng. But Bai Guang is just an unknown little woman in Japan, Shan Jiaheng's unknown mistress, so no one pays attention to her at all. Soon, Shan Jiaheng was found guilty, and Bai Guang quietly returned to China and arrived in Shanghai. The return of white light became a turning point in her life. Shortly after Bai Guang returned to China, he took on the film "Peach and Plum for Spring", opposite Chen Yan, who was known as the "Queen of the Island" at that time. Bai Guang plays the villain, is sophisticated and mature, and sings the theme song "Peach and Plum for Spring" in the film, which is a blockbuster. The film made her a hit. At that time, some critics wrote: "White light makes the villains in the play love and hate, and the eyebrows that look forward to flying are eye-catching and intoxicating." In short, it is delicious enough. " The image of white light swept away the boredom of the quiet and pure actress and thousands of people in Qian Qian at that time, and conquered the whole Shanghai beach and film circle. At this time, the top management of the film company saw Bai Guang's unique personal charm and great commercial value, so that once the role of "bad woman" appeared in the film at that time, he always thought of Bai Guang without thinking. Her screen career has fallen into a fixed pattern: a movie, a "bad woman" and a good song. The film that Bai Guang is satisfied with is Haunted House 13. The film was shot in Beiping Zhongdian No.3 Factory, with Xie Tian as the main character. Bai Guang also plays a four-corner role in the film, full of drama addiction.
Today, we have missed the movie starring Bai Guang, but we are still familiar with some popular songs she sang. Than without you, prude, wine, lingering old dreams, waiting for you to come back-these songs are sung by different singers in every era, and many people don't know that the original songs are actually white light.
1949, Bai Guang went to Hong Kong to join the Great Wall Film Company hosted by Zhang Shankun. From 1949 to 195 1, she has made three films: slut's heart, a generation of enchantress and blood begonia red. The Slut's Heart is adapted from the novel Resurrection by Russian writer Tolstoy. This is the first China film to be shown in a cinema in the west of Hong Kong, and even the Governor of Hong Kong went to join in. The Demon Ji is adapted from the famous French opera Tosca. Described the story of a red actress who died for her lover. After the film was released, it was a sensation. This film has established the position of Great Wall Film Company in the Hong Kong film industry in one fell swoop, and it is also the "peak work" of Bai Guang. Because Bai Guang is good at performing roles such as "Demon Ji", "Slut" and "Bad Woman", "Generation of Demon Ji" became the code name of Bai Guang. White light, like Zhou Xuan, is a must for almost every song. I am open-minded and honest in my performance. In particular, the deep, soft and lazy magnetic voice really fascinated fans. Coupled with her standard Beijing film, it is full of emotion and has a wild taste, and people who like to listen to her songs will never forget it. Because he studied vocal music with Li Xianglan, Bai Guang has a deep foundation in singing. Her voice is lazy, sentimental and unique. Her deep voice became a model for China alto singers to imitate. Later, Paula Tsui, Anita Mui, Cai Qin and other female singers were influenced by her. White light's famous songs, such as without you, sigh, waiting for you to come back, prude, etc. Almost all of them were covered by later singers. Teresa Teng, Feng Feifei, Yu-Ching Fei and other great singers never let go of some of her famous songs. However, anyone who has heard the original song of Bai Guang will find that later generations still lack the "demon power" of the younger generation of enchantress. No matter Paula Tsui, Ye Yuqing, Anita Mui, Teresa Teng, Cai Qin, Feng Feifei and Yu-Ching Fei, they don't have the ingenious balance of falsehood, distance and strangeness in Bai Guang's songs, and the balance of Bai Guang is simply beyond description. Bai Guang sang in his own song: "prude, prude, your eyes have slipped and slipped, and you have been watching secretly;" Embarrassed, embarrassed, what do you mean embarrassed? If you want to love me, you can show it happily. " Finally, he even ridiculed, "Why bother! "White light is like this. Even if you fall into eighteen levels of hell, there is a vicious amorous feelings, which makes the so-called "Jing" and "Dao" show their true colors. The magic of white light is not simply because of her figure, face or singing. It is said that there is a Ma Pingchuan on her chest, a "Princess Taiping", but her natural coquettish waves make many people love and fear, which is irresistible. Li Hanxiang, a Hong Kong-made director who directed the films "Burning Yuanmingyuan" and "Curtain Listening to Politics", recalled that he liked listening to Bai Guang's songs since he was a child, and he was deeply impressed when he was a child. He inadvertently sang Bai Guang's "prude" and was beaten by his second uncle. It is said that Chiang Kai-shek also appreciated white light before his death and kissed some white light every year to celebrate his birthday. This is the social status quo at that time. Many "gentlemen" can't help but feel refreshed, and at the same time pull up their faces and reprimand the "generation of witches"; The real white light is like a mango word, which pierces the mask of hypocrisy of many men.
Bai Guang's singing has a unique charm and won the love and profound influence of many fans. He became one of the seven great singers (the other six were Zhou Xuan, Bai Hong, Gong, Yao Li and Wu respectively) and one of the five great queens (Zhou Xuan, Bai Guang, Wu and Zhang Lu) in Shanghai music in the1940s. Every piece of white light must sing. She has shown her voice in films such as Peach and Plum for Spring, Haunted House No.13, Pulling Back from the Cliff, and 626 Spy Network.
1948, Bai Guang and Gong collaborated on a song album "Yingying in the Willow Waves", in which Bai Guang sang seven songs. Gong is a soprano and Bai Guang is a mezzo-soprano, which complement each other.
1953, Bai Guang went to Japan to do business and opened a nightclub in Ginza, Tokyo. The business was bustling. Later, he returned to Hong Kong and faded out of the film circle. There have been many legends since he retired from the entertainment circle. Some people say that she is crazy, some people say that she is poor, and some people say that she has long since disappeared ... After the white light disappeared 14 years, she finally revealed that she used to live in Kuala Lumpur. Someone asked Bai Guang: Why did you choose Kuala Lumpur to settle down? Bai Guang replied, "I like Malaysia. It is a country that has been deeply impressed by my many performances, and I am used to the climate of "all seasons are summer, and one rain becomes autumn"; Kuala Lumpur is a prosperous metropolis. Although I live in the suburbs, it is very convenient to go shopping in the city. Unlike Hong Kong, a hectic life makes people feel tired and scared! "
During 1994, Bai Guang went to Taiwan to participate in the "Special Exhibition of Treasured Films of the World Film Archive", including four films starring Bai Guang: The Demon Girl, Bloody Begonia Red, Singing on a Rainy Night and Roses in Full Bloom. On August 6th, 1994, Shanghai Oriental TV reported on the screen that the famous movie star Bai Guang went to Taiwan Province Province to attend the film festival. This is the first exposure of Bai Guang and mainland fans after 45 years' separation.
At the award ceremony held by Radio Television Hong Kong 1995, Bai Guang appeared in Hong Kong again, and Paula Tsui, the elder sister of Hong Kong music scene, presented flowers to him.
In Taiwan Province Province, Bai Guang was very happy to meet his old friends Li Lihua and Yao Li who had been away for many years. Bai Guang is a nostalgic person. In recent years, he has heard the news of the death of Yan Hua, Bai Hong, Li Jinguang and Yan Zhexi. In addition to grief, he deeply felt that life was as short as sunrise.
During 1995, Bai Guang was invited to attend the "Top Ten Golden Melody Awards Ceremony of Chinese Language" of Radio Television Hong Kong, and presented awards to Jacky Cheung together with the famous singer Paula Tsui. Surprisingly, the style remains the same.
1On August 27th, 999, Bai Guang died of colon cancer at his home in Kuala Lumpur at the age of 78 years after moving to Malaysia for many years. Bai Guang left with her unique song, which was very magnetic and sometimes wild. A year later, in her graveyard on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, people climbed the stairs and saw a row of black and white keys engraved with a song of "Without You". Her deep, procrastinating, magnetic, provocative, lazy, magnetic, powerful, lifeless, slightly arrogant, sensual and erotic coexist, all in the same tone but completely different songs are gone.
It is no exaggeration to say that Bai Guang is a legendary woman in China film industry. She not only played a dissolute and tortuous woman under the mercury lamp. In the real world outside the mercury lamp, she also lives a bizarre life like a movie plot. From the age of 18, I got married for the first time at the instigation of my mother, and after giving birth to a pair of children, followed by divorce, engagement, dissolution, marriage and divorce. 195 1 year, Bai Guang married an American pilot. Both of them settled in Tokyo, Japan, but divorced soon. This unsuccessful marriage also cost her a lot of energy and money (more than 20 court sessions alone). Bai Guang once lamented: "I have failed in my life, offended many friends and got a bad marriage. I have never met anyone who really loves me along the way. " 1959, after his marriage and career failed, Bai Guang returned to Hong Kong and faded out of the film industry. /kloc-in the 1960 s, Bai Guang went to Japan to start a business and opened his own nightclub, but he survived (the "Jin Daban" in Bai Xianyong's masterpiece The Last Night of Jin Daban was based on Bai Guang).
1969, Bai Guang took the stage in Kuala Lumpur and met Yan, a loyal fan who was 26 years younger than her. Yan Lianglong is considerate and takes good care of white light. I thought that the white light that was insulated from marriage in this life was moved. Since then, a rolling heart has finally settled down. After being together for 30 years, they fell below the fans' glasses: "What do you think?" Bai Guang always answers with one sentence, "Fate has come, and thousands of troops can't stop it."
1On August 27th, 999, Bai Guang died of colon cancer in Kuala Lumpur at the age of 79. Yan Liang Long obeyed Bai Guang's will, and the funeral was very low-key. His body was buried in Fu Gui Shan Zhuang cemetery on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, and only her sister and relatives of her husband's family attended the funeral.