In 1964, when Liu Shangxian became a national idol for playing the role of Wang Fang in the movie "Heroes and Children", Dong Jintang was still studying at the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, and was still an unknown student.
But he never expected that a year later, he would be like Liu Shangxian, because he played a hero, and became popular overnight, and even became the most popular movie star of that era.
Yes, in 1965, on the big screen of Bayi Factory, the two most shining big stars were Liu Shangxian and Dong Jintang.
Both of them starred in the first movie, and they became a hit and have since reached the peak of their lives.
But the development after this is not so satisfactory.
In particular, Dong Jintang, after starring in the movie "Lei Feng", almost no particularly eye-catching performance experience.
But has he only acted in the movie "Lei Feng" in his life? Not really.
So, Liu Shangxian and Dong Jintang, the two movie stars of the former Bayi Factory and the national idol, why did they debut at the peak? After they became popular, why were they "hidden in the snow"? What kind of setbacks have they encountered in their lives? In addition to starring in "Lei Feng", what other films has Dong Jintang participated in?
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<h1>One</h1>
In December 1941, a beautiful little girl was born. She is Liu Shangxian.
Liu Shangxian has been beautiful since she was a child, and she looks very cute. But at that time, she did not think that she would become an actor when she grew up, although she liked literature and art, but she felt that being an actor was a very distant thing. At that time, her greater wish was to study well and then get into a good university.
But an unexpected opportunity in 1958 changed her mind.
In 1958, the famous actor Tian Hua was selected by Bayi Factory for his outstanding performance in movies such as "White-Haired Girl" and "Daughter of the Party" and became a member of the crew of Bayi Factory's "Jiangshan Duojiao", in which he played the role of Yue Xian. At the same time, Tian Hua's old leader Wang Yang, who was the director of the North Film Studio at the time, also approached her, hoping that she could make a cameo role in the movie "Storm".
At that time, it was not a very common thing for actors to run a group of scenes, but Tian Hua agreed after careful consideration.
However, in this way, there are often situations where the two crews cannot take care of each other. Often, the "Storm" crew just wanted to shoot Tian Hua's shots, but found that her scene in "Jiangshan Duojiao" had not yet been filmed, and she would not be able to catch up for a while and a half.
Everyone who has been in the crew knows that time is not waiting for anyone. Under such circumstances, a director thought of finding a stand-in for Tian Hua.
As a result, looking around, they found Liu Shangxian, who was studying in middle school in Beijing.
When the crew saw Liu Shangxian, they were a little overjoyed.
Because Liu Shangxian not only has a very similar body shape to Tian Hua, but also looks and temperament that are almost the same as Tian Hua.
When they told Liu Shangxian the idea of being Tian Hua's stand-in, she was also very happy.
At that time, making movies was such a magical thing.
But also for the big star Tian Hua as a stand-in, how glorious and proud is it?
In this way, Liu Shangxian entered the crew of the movie "Storm", and her eyes also showed a silver world.
This silver world attracted Liu Shangxian like an iron absorbing stone. She was surprised to find that she loved acting so much, and acting was such a wonderful thing.
So in 1959, she resolutely applied for the acting department of the Beijing Film Academy.
I didn't expect to give it a try.
I didn't expect that a greater piece of good luck would hit her a few years later.
<h1>Two</h1>
When Liu Shangxian was still working as a stand-in for Tian Hua in the "Storm" crew, in Tianjin, a 16-year-old young man was preparing to become a soldier.
He is Dong Jintang.
In 1942, Dong Jintang was born into a military family. Under the influence of his father, he especially wanted to be a hero from an early age.
When he was still studying at Wangjiatai Primary School in Nankai District, Tianjin, he told his classmates that when he grew up, he must become a Member of the People's Liberation Army.
In order to realize this wish, he made a lot of efforts.
Dong Jintang's personality is actually very introverted, not very talkative, but the study is very hard and serious, and the academic performance has always been at the top of the class. According to the recollection of his classmates, Dong Jintang usually seems to be very calm and does not like to be in the limelight in everything, but he will actively participate in the literary and art evenings held in the school. So later, he was able to become an actor, and everyone was not surprised at all.
In 1961, when Liu Shangxian was a sophomore at the Beijing Film Academy, Dong Jintang was also discovered by the leaders of the army.
At that time, the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts had just been established, and many good seedlings were recruited from all over the country, such as Zhai Junjie, who later became a famous director, and Dong Jintang, who were fortunate to become students among them.
This made Dong Jintang extremely excited, because he finally put on the long-dreamed green military uniform. And what is even more exciting is that he also became a literary and artistic soldier. This was something he hadn't dared to think about before.
What surprised him even more was that after two years, his fate would change dramatically because of a heroic figure.
<h1>Three</h1>
1963 was a very critical year in life for Liu Shangxian and Dong Jintang.
In this year, they were selected by two big directors and appeared on the big screen one after another, realizing their respective film dreams.
What surprised them even more was that they debuted on the screen as the main actor, playing heroes, and all of them were blockbusters.
In 1963, the long film studio had already put the filming of the movie "Heroes and Children" on the agenda, and director Wu Zhaodi ran many literary and art groups in order to find suitable actors. However, after looking through the general political, air, maritime, railway troops, engineers and other cultural and industrial groups, I still could not find the favorite "Wang Fang".
At this time, his old friend Xie Jin suddenly brought a good news, saying that he had seen a particularly suitable candidate at the Beijing Film Academy. Hearing this news, Wu Zhaodi and Xie Jin rushed to the film academy together, and finally "caught" Liu Shangxian, who was putting something on the table, in a girls' dormitory.
When Wu Zhaodi saw Liu Shangxian, he couldn't help but be dazzled. I thought to myself, isn't this wang fang who is alive and free? There is really no place to step on the iron shoes, and it takes no effort at all.
In this way, Liu Shangxian, who was facing graduation, naturally entered the crew of "Heroes and Children" and became famous in one fell swoop because she played the beautiful female soldier image of Wang Fang.
Almost at the same time, Dong Jintang was also favored by a director. Who is this director? He is Dong Zhaoqi, who has assisted the famous director Wang Ping in the filming of films such as "The Story of Liubao" and "The Eternal Wave".
At that time, Dong Zhaoqi was selecting actors for the movie "Lei Feng" that he was preparing for himself.
In March 1963, the Anti-Enemy Cultural and Labor Troupe of the Shenyang Military Region took the lead in adapting Lei Feng's deeds into a drama. In the same year, on the basis of this drama, Bayi Factory came up with the script of the movie "Lei Feng", which was filmed by Dong Zhaoqi as the director. Before that, in order to find a suitable actor to play Lei Feng, Dong Zhaoqi also made Dong Zhaoqi think a lot.
The first candidate he thought of was actually a movie star that everyone is very familiar with, that is, Liao Youliang, who played the deputy squad leader Li Jin in "The Story of Liu Fort".
Liao Youliang, whether in appearance or temperament, is very in line with the character image of Lei Feng. And because he has acted in "The Story of Liubao" before, he is very popular with the audience, so he plays Lei Feng, and he will definitely be liked by the audience.
However, coincidentally, at that time, the Shanghai Film Studio was preparing to put "Sentinel under Neon Lights" on the screen, and Liao Youliang had already been selected to play the role of Tong Anan in it. In this way, Liao Youliang had to lose touch with the role of Lei Feng.
Director Dong Zhaoqi also found 18-year-old Zheng Bangyu at the People's Liberation Army Academy of Arts, the actor who was later known to everyone for playing Qi Ruixuan in "Four Worlds Together". At that time, this young man had a clear eyebrow, a table of talents, and was also a good candidate. However, because he was preparing for the graduation drama and hoped to enter the long-awaited General Political Drama Troupe by playing his role, he did not want to be distracted from making movies.
In this way, Dong Zhaoqi had to choose other actors. At that time, there were many male actors who wanted to play the role of Lei Feng, but Dong Zhaoqi was not very satisfied. And just when he was at a loss, in the military art, he suddenly found a young man who was buried in the glass.
The young man looked childish, but very energetic. When he saw Dong Zhaoqi, who was wearing the rank of colonel, approaching him, he quickly stood up and saluted, and shouted "Good chief" very crisply and loudly. And the innocence and enthusiasm in his eyes made Dong Zhaoqi moved. He immediately invited this young man to participate in the audition of "Lei Feng".
And this young man is Dong Jintang.
And the result, to everyone's surprise, Dong Jintang is the most simple performance among all the auditions. In the end, the leaders of Bayi Factory decided that Dong Jintang would play Lei Feng in the movie "Lei Feng".
<h1 style="text-align: left;">4</h1>
In 1964, after the release of the movie "Heroes and Children", Liu Shangxian became a hit and became the most popular movie star of that era. She thus entered the Bayi Film Studio and became a colleague with her elder Tian Hua.
In terms of 1964 and 1965 alone, her fame was even greater than Tian Hua's.
If at that time in the Bayi Factory, the brightest female star was Liu Shangxian, then who was the most dazzling movie male star? That is undoubtedly Dong Jintang.
Both people have met good movies and good roles, and both have dipped the light of playing heroes and become national idols.
Dong Jintang has won many honors after starring in the movie "Lei Feng". After graduating from the military arts, he entered the Bayi Factory Film Studio and became a colleague and comrade-in-arms with Liu Shangxian.
At that time, how young the two of them were, the starting point was so high, and as soon as they debuted, they bloomed with gorgeous brilliance. They have reason to believe that their tomorrow will be better. Their acting path will be broader.
However, this is not the case.
The days that followed were the time when they went down to the top step by step.
In 1966, due to the arrival of an unprecedented movement, film studios across the country were paralyzed, and the actors had no scenes to shoot, and Liu Shangxian and Dong Jintang were no exception.
They seemed to be "hidden" in the snow.
Liu Shangxian was hailed as one of the most beautiful actresses of her time. But after she starred in the movie "Heroes and Children", she did not get any opportunities to act for more than ten years.
The main reason is that she was not from a good family background and was put into another book.
The golden age of a young actress is so short that she is missed in vain.
After Dong Jintang starred in "Lei Feng", he actually participated in some movies, such as in the "Youth Red Like Fire" filmed in Bayi Factory, he played the role of Xiao Zhang. It is a supporting role, and there are not many scenes. And this "Youth Red Like Fire" is based on a stage play, and there are not many audiences who have seen it, so many people do not know the existence of this movie.
But after that, he never had a screen image again.
The situation he was facing at that time was also a dream but could not be fulfilled.
And he found that even if there were feature filming tasks in the factory, he would rarely be assigned a role. For this he was particularly distressed.
In 1979, when Liu Shangxian appeared in the movie "Roar, Yellow River" to play the role of He Xiaoxi, many fans found that the big beauty who used to play Wang Fang in "Heroes and Children" is now middle-aged and no longer looks like the goddess of the past. This is somewhat regrettable.
What is even more regrettable is that Dong Jintang, who became popular because of playing Lei Feng, has never encountered a better and more suitable opportunity after acting in this movie.
In desperation, Dong Jintang had to choose to change careers.
He returned to his hometown of Tianjin Television and tried to change careers to become a choreographer. In 1993, he was the director and starred Zheng Tianwei, Chen Bin, Zheng Tianyong, Zhao Juanjuan, Juanzi, Liu He, etc. The 13-episode TV series "Yang Sanjie's Complaint" was unanimously praised by the audience.
<h1 style="text-align: left;">5</h1>
Because Liu Shangxian and Dong Jintang are popular for playing heroes, they are also deeply affected by the spirit of heroes in life.
Liu Shangxian later participated in many films such as "Tinder", "Boxer", "Footprints", "The Vast Sea", "Miner" and so on, and then tried to do the work of directing, participating in the filming of "Wind and Rain Under the Bell Mountain", "Love In this Mountain", "Su San", "The Heart of the Daughters-in-Law", "Lobbyist", "Xiantao Xing", "Chinese Criminal Police" and many other films.
And Dong Jintang always inspires himself with the spirit of Lei Feng. After performing "Lei Feng", he was invited to various units many times to make reports, publicize and explain Lei Feng's advanced deeds, and at the same time fight against some unhealthy trends. Once when he was a director, someone recommended an actress who behaved improperly to his film crew, and Dong Jintang was very unaccustomed to her style, and then he directly fired the actress.
Dong Jintang often recalls his days in bayi factory, he has actually maintained contact with his old comrades-in-arms, and his relationship with Tian Hua, Wang Xingang and Wang Xiaotang is also very good. He said that these artists, they are very low-key and self-respecting. Therefore, he always looks at them.
Today, what is the current situation of these two former popular movie stars? It is understood that Liu Shangxian is now 79 years old, living a low-key life and living a very happy life.
Dong Jintang is 78 years old, and we can still see his active figure at some event sites.
Their lives have had exciting highlight moments, but the development after this has indeed shown some lack of staying power. But in any case, in their acting careers, they have left us two shining characters of Wang Fang and Lei Feng, and I think this is enough.
Here, let us wish them good health and a peaceful old age.
So please ask you, when it comes to Liu Shangxian and Dong Jintang, two good actors, does it also evoke more memories for everyone? Welcome to interact with more netizens through the message area. I am Yaqing, thank you again for your attention and tips, we will be at the same time tomorrow, not to see each other.
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