Joseph Baxter Nov 2, 2018
Raymond Chow, the legendary Hong Kong producer who oversaw the rise of Bruce Lee, has passed away at age 91.
Raymond Chow, a giant in the Hong Kong film industry and perennial purveyor of some of cinema’s most important offerings of chopsocky, has died today at the age of 91.
The greatest contribution to the film industry of producing giant Chow stems back to his founding of Hong Kong studio Golden Harvest, providing a platform for the rise of Bruce Lee as well as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung.
Chow was born in British-colonized Hong Kong in 1927, going on to study journalism at St. John’s University in Shanghai. However, he wouldn’t stick with the trade long and subsequently transitioned to work in the film industry as a PR man, starting in 1958 with Shaw Brothers Studios. However, brighter prospects glistened for Chow, who, joined by Leonard Ho Koon-Cheung,...
Raymond Chow, the legendary Hong Kong producer who oversaw the rise of Bruce Lee, has passed away at age 91.
Raymond Chow, a giant in the Hong Kong film industry and perennial purveyor of some of cinema’s most important offerings of chopsocky, has died today at the age of 91.
The greatest contribution to the film industry of producing giant Chow stems back to his founding of Hong Kong studio Golden Harvest, providing a platform for the rise of Bruce Lee as well as Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung.
Chow was born in British-colonized Hong Kong in 1927, going on to study journalism at St. John’s University in Shanghai. However, he wouldn’t stick with the trade long and subsequently transitioned to work in the film industry as a PR man, starting in 1958 with Shaw Brothers Studios. However, brighter prospects glistened for Chow, who, joined by Leonard Ho Koon-Cheung,...
- 11/2/2018
- Den of Geek
(1981-1989 – The Three Dragons)
After the early 1980’s, Golden Harvest started to branch out into the modern-day world leaving behind the Kung Fu cinema age and progressing into something massive. From 1981 onwards, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (The Three Dragons) were about to embark on a sensational journey, progressing from there Kung Fu genre into modern-day Martial Arts and stunt work, something Shaw Brothers were left behind and Golden Harvest was to be the new global company.
Jackie Chan back then headed to the United states to try to break into the international market, but the movies he appeared in didn’t really take off and Jackie was also disappointed with the filming of The Big Brawl. Jackie felt he never had chance to show off his action choreography and wasn’t given the space to add his world of experience to the movie. Although it was Directed...
After the early 1980’s, Golden Harvest started to branch out into the modern-day world leaving behind the Kung Fu cinema age and progressing into something massive. From 1981 onwards, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (The Three Dragons) were about to embark on a sensational journey, progressing from there Kung Fu genre into modern-day Martial Arts and stunt work, something Shaw Brothers were left behind and Golden Harvest was to be the new global company.
Jackie Chan back then headed to the United states to try to break into the international market, but the movies he appeared in didn’t really take off and Jackie was also disappointed with the filming of The Big Brawl. Jackie felt he never had chance to show off his action choreography and wasn’t given the space to add his world of experience to the movie. Although it was Directed...
- 10/6/2015
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
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