Comfort is an old predecessor in the film industry, who has played Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the Kuomintang 74th Division, in "Red Sun", and is widely praised for playing the role of the 800,000 forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty in "Lin Chong". And the comfort outside the play Most fans do not know much, especially in the turbulent years of the last century, he and his former wife Murong Wan'er played the love of life and death.
Staged beauty offstage to do couples
Born in Beijing on April 19, 1916, Comfort was originally called Shu Changge, and "Comfort" was his father's elegant name, which was used by him after his art. Since joining the Shanghai University Dramatists Association and Starlight Film Company in the 1930s, he has acted in countless dramas and movies comfortably. During this time, Qian Xinzhen joined the Shanghai Opera Arts Society in 1939, where she received a name that resembled a character in classical literature: Murong Wan'er.
The stage brought the two men together. The same stage performance of the Qing court palace drama "Qing Palace Grievances" (that is, later changed to the stage version of the movie "The Secret History of the Qing Palace" written by Yao Ke and directed by Fei Mu) was an opportunity for Murong Wan'er and comfortable feelings to heat up. Comfortable performance Guangxu, Wan Er played Zhenfei, performed for 71 consecutive days in Shanghai's Xuan Palace Theater, 97 consecutive full, the audience responded with warm applause. They really got into the role, a beautiful couple on the stage, and a couple off the stage.
In the spring of 1942, after starring in the drama "King of Chu", Murong Wan'er's sister Qian Meili was in the audience. Qian Meimei felt that Comfort and her sister were really a pair of talented women and a very good match. Qian Meili described the "brother-in-law" she saw to her family in this way, and added subjective and beautiful words to the narration. One day, Murong Wan'er took comfort to meet her mother and other sisters. The Qian family received a Western-style education, and Qian's mother was also very open, never interfering with the love marriage of her children, and completely allowing them to freely choose and decide their own lifelong events. Comfortable and courteous, personable, and indeed a table of talents, Qian's mother had a good impression of him, and could not help but praise her daughter's vision. Therefore, this meeting meal was said, and this family affair was decided.
Once late, he fell into a life and died
After marriage, the 22-year-old Murong Wan'er soon gave birth to a daughter, and an indescribable sense of happiness permeated her beautiful face. Later, she became pregnant again, but experienced a life-and-death risk.
That night, the "Dazhong Drama Art Company" premiered Zhang Ailing's play of the same name based on her best-selling novel "Love in the City" at the Shin Kong Grand Theater, starring Comfort. When Fan Liuyuan and Bai Liusu on the stage were immersed in love entanglement, the boss Zhou Jianyun received a 100,000 urgent phone call in the background: Murong Wan'er was born prematurely, the situation was very critical, please rush to the hospital immediately. Zhou Jianyun was afraid that the interruption of the performance would affect the box office and damage the company's reputation, so he blocked the news. Until the end of the performance, the insider found that Comfort was still in the background and took off his makeup, so he told him about Murong Wan'er.
Comfort immediately rushed to the hospital in a hurry, only to see Murong Wan'er lying on the hospital bed like a gossamer, his life hanging in the balance, and his sister Shu Changhui accompanied him, not knowing how to be good. It turned out that she had given birth to a son, but postpartum haemorrhage, because the immediate family did not arrive, did not sign the operation sheet, the hospital waited for 4 hours, did not dare to operate without authorization, just did a simple hemostasis treatment.
Poor Murong Wan'er, who had just given birth to a son, had cold limbs and was dying. Comfort couldn't help but be angry, hating Zhou Jianyun, who was tantamount to seeking wealth and killing people, and at the same time secretly blaming himself for being too careless, knowing that his wife was pregnant for nine months, and everything should be arranged in advance. He ordered the doctor to operate immediately and do everything possible to save Murong Wan'er's life. After surgery and two emergency blood transfusions, Murong Wan'er finally opened her eyes tiredly, and tears came out of her eyes at first sight.
He was convicted of acting Zhang Lingfu too much like zhang lingfu
Before and after the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, it was comfortable to develop in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Taiwan and other places. After the founding of New China, Comfort returned to the Shangying Actor Troupe headed by Jin Yan, but Murong Wan'er could not get her wish due to "too many actresses", so she went to the Shangying Translation Film Group to translate the script.
While consciously transforming his mind and worldview, Comfort shoots one film after another, although most of them are only supporting roles. Among them, Zhang Lingfu, the commander of the Kuomintang division in "Red Sun", was played by him in the form of a god, and everyone praised him. It is said that Comfort's father, Shu Houde, was once a Kuomintang lieutenant general, which should be said to be related to Comfort's ability to play Zhang Lingfu vividly in "Red Sun".
But within a few years, the "Cultural Revolution" began, and it became a comfortable crime to play the anti-role so wonderfully, which brought him disaster. Shanghai's Liberation Daily, Wen Wei Po and Branch Life jointly published an article criticizing Red Sun, mentioning that Zhang Lingfu was a "counter-revolutionary and counter-revolutionary" -- "why did he act so well, because this actor is a counter-revolutionary in his bones." It is said that this sentence was added by Jiang Qing himself. So Comfort was locked up in a very small room in the Studio, where only a table and a small bed could be placed.
The "Last Side" of a Special Era
During this period, Murong Wan'er was also "isolated" in an air raid shelter, because she had relatives in Taiwan, was once a star of the old times, and had also been to Hong Kong and Taiwan, she was said to be a "secret agent who mixed into the revolutionary ranks", and repeatedly let her "explain the problem", and even was subjected to corporal punishment such as cutting her hair and flogging. During this period, Murong Wan'er unfortunately suffered from cancer, which gave her an excuse to walk out of the air raid shelter and be allowed to go home for treatment.
Comfort was isolated and criticized for Murong Wan'er was nothing less than worse for Murong Wan'er, her own tumor surveillance system stopped working due to mental stimulation, the tumor suddenly deteriorated, spread to the lymph, people were emaciated day by day, but she was worried that comfort exceeded her own condition, and sadly said to comfortable little brother, "Your third brother has no hope"...
One evening on January 25, 1970, the three brothers and sisters surrounded Murong Wan'er on the bed, and found that her breathing was quite weak and rapid, and it was useless to use an oxygen bottle, Shu Changyan felt that the situation was not good, so he asked the two sisters, do you want to call the third brother back? Murong Wan'er heard this, and she said with all her might: "You guys are going to shout..." So the little sister of the Shu family went to inform Comfort.
At more than 9 o'clock in the evening, Comfort was "chartered" and escorted by two rebel team members to the Nanchang Building by jeep from the cadre school. This night, Murong Wan'er was extremely weak, and she did not sleep with her all night, until the early hours of the morning, when she gradually fell asleep and never woke up again. There was no solemn ceremony, not even a wreath. The ashes were not left, because comfort had explained: "Save trouble, don't leave the ashes, just let her go quietly..."