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Zhuangzhi Tests His Wife (lost Hong Kong drama film; 1913)

Zhuangzhi Tests His Wife (Chuang Tzu in Wades-Giles Romanization, 莊子試妻) is a 1913 silent Hong Kong drama film and was the only one made by Huamei Studio. It is an adaption of "The Butterfly Dream".

It is only known to have been shown to Chinese communities in the United States making it the first Chinese film known to be shown abroad. <ref>[1]<ref>

-Plot-

The main plot of the film is that Zhuangzi's wife has a new lover before her husband dies. But this lover was Zhuangzhi who faked his death to test his wife's fidelity.

Stealing a Roast Duck (lost Hong Kong silent film; existence unconfirmed; 1909)

Stealing a Roast Duck is often considered the first film in Hong Kong history with Lai Pak-hoi and Liang Shao-Bo as the main characters with the former being a street hawker and the latter being the thief.

Its existence and creation date are in dispute, with some believing it was created after 1914 and some believing it never existed in the first place. If it did exist, it was most likely melted down to make bombs for the Imperial Japanese Army during World War II and since became lost. <ref>[2]<ref>

The only known existence of someone claiming to see the film was in 1917 in San Francisco.

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