happiness, including a girl singer, her prostitute sister, and her soldier lover, home briefly between fighting the Japanese occupying north China. The film, released shortly before Japan invaded Shanghai and initiated the Second Sino-Japanese War in summer 1937, became a massive hit with audiences. Subsequently, Street Angel was seen to mark one of the last products of the "golden age of Chinese cinema" of the 1930s, before artists were forced to retreat to Shanghai's foreign concessions and finally came under Japanese propaganda control. Yuan also continued to act in roles, notably Eight Hundred Heroes (1938) depicting the events of the Defense of Sihang Warehouse. After the People's Republic of China was founded in 1949, Yuan continued to be a major figure in the film industry, helping to found Dongbei Film Studio, which eventually became the first state-controlled production companies in the People's Republic of China. Yuan was a delegate to the first National People's Congress and the third Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Selected filmography Actor Director References External links Yuan Muzhi from the Chinese Movie Database Brief biography on Yuan Muzhi 1909 births 1978 deaths Male actors from Zhejiang Film directors from Zhejiang Screenwriters from Zhejiang Singers from Zhejiang Delegates to the 1st National People's Congress Members of the 3rd Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference Writers from Ningbo People's Republic of China politicians from Zhejiang Chinese Communist Party politicians from Zhejiang Chinese male stage actors Republic of China writers People's Republic of China writers Musicians from Ningbo Actors from Ningbo Politicians from Ningbo Artists from Ningbo 20th-century Chinese male actors 20th-century Chinese male singers Chinese male film actors Chinese film directors 20th-century screenwriters