Street Angels 馬路天使 (1937) with English subtitles

@Modern Chinese Cultural Studies In “Street Angels“ (aka “Street Angel“) a teenager flees war in northeast China (Japan’s 1931 invasion) and ends up working as a songstress in a restaurant in Shanghai. When her foster parents decide to sell her to a thug, she runs away with her boyfriend from across the lane. Features two hit songs by Zhou Xuan 周璇 and charming performances by her and co-star Zhao Dan, one of the era’s best comic actors. A genre-defying tragicomedy focused on the lives of the lower classes. Watch two brief video lectures about “Street Angels“ (1937): Video lecture 1 (16 mins): Video lecture 2 (12 mins): See the full course module on “Street Angels“ at Subscribe to the Modern Chinese Cultural Studies channel for updates on new translations of classic Chinese films, and check out the many other films - comedies, melodramas, musical