List of Chinese film-production companies before 1949

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The following is a list of notable film production companies from Mainland China before the communist revolution in 1949.

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  • - (Great Earth), Hong Kong production company active between 1939-1940 that focused on Mandarin-language films, founded by Cai Chusheng and Situ Huimin
  • Datong Film Company- (Great Harmony), Major privately owned production company of the 1940s
  • - (Great China), first major production company to emerge in post-war Hong Kong, focused on Mandarin-language films
  • - Major production company of the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua
  • Diantong Film Company- Leftist film company active from 1934-1935. Only produced four films.

G[]

  • - Founded in the late 1930s by former Mingxing director Zhang Shichuan, major rival of Xinhua Film Company during the "Solitary Island" period

H[]

  • - (China-America Film), early production company founded by American in Hong Kong. Only produced one film, Lai Man-Wai's landmark 1913 film Zhuangzi Tests His Wife.

K[]

  • - (Mount Kunlun Pictures), Major privately owned production company in the 1940s, produced the 1949 anti-GMD film Crows and Sparrows

L[]

  • Lianhua Film Company

M[]

  • Manchukuo Film Association- One of the most controversial company under Japanese authority
  • China Sun Motion Picture Company, Lai Man-wai's production company, later merged into Lianhua.
  • Mingxing Film Company- (Star)

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X[]

  • - active in the 1920s, later merged into Lianhua
  • - Produced 1938 The Blood Spilt in the Treasure Mountain City.
  • Xinhua Film Company- (New China), leftist film company, active in the 1930s and 1940s

Y[]

  • - Active in the 1930s, produced Leftist films

Z[]

  • - (Central) Minor production company, active in the 1930s
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