June 16, 2021, is the 100th anniversary of the birth of veteran actor Jiang Tianliu.
On December 19, 2012, actor Jiang Tianliu passed away quietly at the age of 91. In fact, her film career ended early in 1964, when she was 43 years old.
Jiang Tianliu became famous in 1947 when she starred in "Long Live the Wife" directed by Sang Arc in Wenhua Company, when she was 26 years old.
"Long Live the Wife"
Zhang Ailing's style and exquisite Chen Sizhen, circling in complex family relationships, facing a mean mother-in-law, a cheating husband, and a father of money fans, her helplessness is slightly ironic.
It was the highlight of actor Jiang Tianliu's life.
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Movie "Long Live the Wife" Clip: Wisdom Fighting Little Three
In an interview with the magazine, Jiang Tianliu recalled: "In fact, "Long Live the Wife" is also a comedy, but Sang Arc himself does not laugh, he is very gentle and elegant, and he is a very clever comedy director. He has a characteristic, he doesn't say anything, he doesn't prompt. At first, I was not used to it, and then I felt that he was letting the actor play by himself. Play to what extent, he will control. ”
Mulberry Arc (1916-2004)
In 1950, Jiang Tianliu joined Kunlun Company and collaborated with Zhao Dan on "Between Us and Our Husbands". It was her first time playing a rural woman on screen. Jiang Tianliu speaks Shandong dialect, and his character of daring to love and dare to hate is a bit close to Zhang Ruifang's "Li Shuangshuang".
A clip from the movie "Between Us husband and wife"
Jiang Tianliu recalled that her Shandong dialect was learned from Zhao Dan and Wu Yin. At that time, in order to make this film, she went to the countryside to eat and live with local women and work, rode a donkey when she got married, and the combing method of her hair were all carefully designed by her after experiencing life.
"Between Us Husband and Wife"
The theme of "Between Us husband and wife" is the transformation of intellectuals, which belongs to the work of private companies sincerely moving closer to the new regime.
However, the screening period was short and was quickly criticized. Director Zheng Junli lamented the tears, and Jiang Tianliu could only sigh: "If this play can be released, the audience will like me more..."
In 1950, Jiang Tianliu played a small citizen with backward thinking in Kunlun Company's anti-special film "The Giant Palm of the People", which did not play much, but still came alive and full of joy.
"The People's Giant Palm" was also criticized, because the emperor who played the public security was full of dialects, saying that he was ugly public security cadres.
The Giant Palm of the People
In "The Giant Palm of the People", he plays with the opponents of Emperor Zhongshu and Gao Zheng
Soon after the establishment of the Shanghai Film Factory, the private factory gradually disappeared. Jiang Tianliu has fewer opportunities to act.
In 1956, Jiang Tianliu played Wang Danfeng in "Nurse's Diary", playing a nurse with a less serious life style, in contrast to the progressive heroine.
The flirtation between the little nurse and the dean in "Nurse's Diary" is very funny
In this film, Wang Danfeng belongs to the main drama method, while Jiang Tianliu is light comedy. To be honest, the drama of the middle characters is much more vivid than the protagonists of a serious book.
The Nurse's Diary
In 1962, Jiang Tianliu participated in the comedy film "Big Li Xiao Li and Old Li" directed by Xie Jin.
"Originally, this role was ready for Qin Yi to play. Qin Yi said that he didn't like it, and he retreated to the second place, thinking that I still had a bit of comedy, so he asked me to act, and I felt very happy. ”
"Big Li Xiao Li and Old Li"
Most of the people she worked with in this film were Shanghai burlesque actors.
Jiang Tianliu's comedic style of life conflicts with the physical exaggeration of burlesque actors. Finding integration in conflict is quite hard.
The quintuplets and their humorous parents in "Big Li Xiao Li and Old Li"
Jiang Tianliu feels that the light comedy of The Sang Arc is more advanced, just like "Long Live the Wife".
Jiang Tianliu and colleagues such as Bai Mu, Shu, and Gu Yilu discussed comedy performances
In 1964, "North Country Jiangnan" was her last time on the screen, a little drama, and Zhong Xinghuo played a revolutionary couple.
Jiang Tianliu believes that Zhong Xinghuo is a good comedian, but he can't let go of playing a positive character. Zhang Ruifang also has a similar view, feeling that Zhong Xinghuo is not bold enough in "Li Shuangshuang".
"North Jiangnan"
Jiang Tianliu is not very pretty, and lacks the awe-inspiring righteousness of a revolutionary. Coupled with the fact that the risk of using comedy to show the workers, peasants, and soldiers was too great, and she could only exert her comedic talents in a limited way among backward characters, she loomed on the screen of new China.
Jiang Tianliu and veteran actor Fan Xuepeng co-starred in "Wife"
The movie "On the Blood Defense Front" promotes the prevention and control of blood-sucking insect disease
In the Cultural Revolution, Jiang Tianliu, who did not act much, was blessed by misfortune. There are too many big stars on the film, and she is always tied up on the side in the criticism, just like her position on the screen of new China.
Jiang Tianliu (1921-2012)
"The audience likes to be pretty. I know I'm not good looking, but I act deep into the role, and there are some roles that I really want to play, but I can't take my turn. So in this life, I haven't really had a passion for acting. I don't think I've had a good time in my life. In an interview with "Movie Legends", she sighed.
As an actor, luck and chance can be sought. The so-called birth is not timely, and it is also the norm in the world.
Fortunately, Jiang Tianliu met Chen Sizhen, Zhang Ailing, Sang Arc, Shi Hua and Zhang Fa at the best time.
More than 70 years later, these artists have gone, but "Long Live the Wife" has always been remembered.
"Become famous early", said Zhang Ailing, also Jiang Tianliu.
Debut is the peak.
After that, the ups and downs of the heart, the world is cold and warm, only the person concerned knows.