Dircetor: Albert Balink
Actors: Roekiah, Rd Mochtar, ET Effendi, Tjitjih, Muhin, Kartolo
Synopsis: A love story that voiced criticism of traditional values that prevent the marriage between young
lovers
Importance: Was direct adpotion of the Hollywood movie ‘ The Jungle Princess’
· The movie pioneered the star and formula system that was applied to movies that came later
· Movie used stage play elements such as Romance, fights, comic mischief and popular songs
· Attracted the indonesian’s that enjoyed stage plays into theater
· Commercial success was http://mediaranahjaya.blogspot.com due to the beautiful lead actors, Roekiah and
Rd Mochtar. Movie paved their way to stardom
· Proved that local movies can be highly profitable, resulting in more movies produced per year
· Demand for many stage play actors after this movie
Production Company: Algemene Nederlands Indiche Film (ANIF)
Director: Albert Balink, Mannus Franken
Actors: Rd Mochtar, Doenaesih, Soekarsih, T Effendy, Roegaya
Synopsis: Film about the indigenous people, that also showed off the exotic Indonesian landscape
Imprtance: Another joint venture film. The director seeked the help Mannus Franken, and the Wong
Brothers to help make the movie
· Film was praised by critics but flopped at the box office
· The first Indonesian film in which the camera was given a dynamic and active role
. Film Preserved in Netherlands Film Museum
Production Company: Java Pacific Film
Director: The Teng Cun
Actors:?
Synopsis: A film about a snake goddess who disguises herself as a pretty woman whom later marries a guy
she is attracted to
Importance: Was the first horror film in Indonesia. Use of pretty and ghostly female character to draw
audience.
. The influence to use pretty and ghostly female characters continued to be seen in this commercially popular
genre in later Indonesian cinema.
Production Company: Cino Motion Pictures
Director: MH Schilling
Actors: Alice Heyman, MH Schilling, Ida Schilling, Hugo de Roode, Daisy Diephuis, Heng Maschaup, R
Diephuis, F Bernhard, Carl Schilling
Synopsis: A love story where the third becomes a nun
Director: The Teng Cun
Actors:?
Synopsis: About the inter-ethnic relation between a Chinese and a native
Importance: First Indonesian Sound film
· First movie that was about inter-ethnic relations and assimilation
Production Company: Cino Motion Pictures
Director: ?
Actors: Olive Young
Importance: Company paid a lot to star Shanghai actress, Olive Young
. The movie was a failed attempt to compete with the imported Shanghai movies that were popular than
· Company went bankrupt after one movie
Production Company: Nancing Film Corporation
Director: Nelson Wong
Actors:Herman Sim, Ku Fung May, Lie A Tjip
Synopsis: About Thio Sing Sing a Chinese hero who defeats and stops the pribumi (Indigenous Indonesian)
villain Si Tjonat
Importance: Precursor to the eventual centraility of Jakarta to the film industry and the settings for their
narratives
· First movie to pit a Chinese hero against pribumi villains
· Combined popular fiction stories with lots of fighting, a narrative model used by films till the early 1930s
Production Company: Batavia Motion Picture
Director: Nelson Wong
Actors: Lie Lian Hoa, Lie Bouw Tan
Synopsis: About the forced marriage within a Chinese Indonesian family
Importance: Marked the arrival of the Wong Brothers
· It was the first joint venture film
· Initiated the film industry
Production Company: South Seas Films Company
Director: G. Kruger
Actors: Arsad, Soekria
Synopsis: A silent family melodrama
musician at the time.
Production Company: Java Film Company.
Director: L. Heuveldorp
Actors: Martoana, Oemar.
· Technical standards could not compare with Hollywood and European films, but was on par with other
foreign films
Production Company: Java Film Company
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