From "Cross Street", "Angels on the Road" to "Crows and Sparrows", from youth idols to people's artists, Zhao Dan's performance style has influenced generations of people, and he is also an iconic figure in Chinese films in the 1950s and 1960s. He dedicated his life to the pursuit of art, and wrote books to study performance methods. He is an important actor who is written in the forefront of Chinese film history.
Zhao Dan once expounded his situation in a poem: great ups and downs, wonderful fortunes, two times imprisoned with black hair, ups and downs, extreme changes, hell paradise cable art beads. His character is straightforward, innocent and pure, and he is called "Happy Dan" by his friends. In the decades of his artistic career, Zhao Dan has experienced great ups and downs, and has also created immortal achievements, using his performance and artistic exploration to influence generations of people.
Zhao Dan
Birthplace: Yangzhou, Jiangsu Province
Original name: Zhao Fengao
Work unit: Shanghai Film Studio
He represents the level of Chinese film in the 1950s and 1960s, Zhao Ao was born in 1915, and was originally named Zhao zhao zhao zhao zhao 6 zhao zhao, 1915 Yangzhou, then moved to Nantong with his father. Because his father opened a movie theater in Nantong, Zhao Dan was influenced by his family when he was young and loved art. In middle school, Zhao Dan organized a "small drama club" with his friends Gu Erwei, Qian Qianli, Zhu Jinming, etc., and performed some progressive dramas. After graduation, Zhao Dan was admitted to the Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts to study Chinese painting, specializing in landscape painting. During this period, he participated in the American Opera Troupe, Xindi Theatre and Tuoshen Theatre, and actively participated in the activities of the "Left-wing Theatre Federation" and performed many anti-Japanese dramas. At the same time, the name "Dan" in "Liu Qu Dan Xin Zhao History" was renamed "Zhao Dan".
In 1932, Zhao Dan, who was only 17 years old, was fancyed by Li Pingqian, the famous director of Star Film Company, and played a dude in the silent film "Pipa Spring Grievance", and since then became an actor of Star Film Company. After that, he filmed more than 20 films including "Shanghai Twenty-Four Hours", "Three Sisters", "The Classic of Daughters", "Konggulan" and "Ching Ming Festival". "Cross Street" filmed in 1936 set off a huge trend at the time and created a precedent for idol movies in the 1930s. Zhao Dan became a youth idol for a time; and "Angels on the Road" made him a famous star in Shanghai.
Zhao Dan in "Cross Street".
Later, Zhao Dan also starred in classic films such as "Biography of Wu Xun", "Li Shizhen", "Nie Er" and "Lin Zexu". At the same time, Zhao Dan is also active on the stage of the drama. He once played Haier Mao in "Nara" and Romeo in "Romeo and Juliet", demonstrating his stage art talent.
"Lin Zexu"
"Eternal Life in Fire"
The movie "Eternal Life in Fire" is the last film taken by Zhao Dan during his lifetime. The artist Xu Yunfeng portrayed by him is a resolute and upright artistic image that shows the indestructible revolutionary will of the Communists and has become a classic film image. Film scholars call Zhao Dan "representing the level of Chinese films in the 1950s and 1960s."
was unable to play the role of Premier Zhou during the period of the Anti-Japanese War. During the War of Resistance, Premier Zhou Enlai was very concerned about the development of literature and art. He gave a report to 10 anti-enemy and salvation drama teams and called on the team members to devote themselves to the charity performance. During this period, Premier Zhou and Zhao Dan hit it off and became good friends. Zhao Dan often said to people: "The person I admire most in my life is Premier Zhou Enlai."
Zhao Dan would like to play Zhou Enlai once on the screen. In 1977, Beijing Film Studio asked Zhao Dan to play Zhou Enlai in "The River Rushing", and his wife Huang Zongying accompanied him to Beijing audition. During the first audition, he shaved off half an inch of his sideburns and installed two false molars to show his face width. During the second audition, the director Xie Tieli said that the prime minister’s profile was longer than Zhao Dan, so he made plastic and attached it to the upper lip. Although the image was close, the chin could not move and could only be maintained by drinking milk through a straw. During that time, Zhao Dan obtained a lot of valuable materials from Deng Yingchao to study day and night, and he rehearsed at home all the time. Seeing his prime minister's appearance, his wife couldn't help but believe it. Until the fifth audition, the shot of Premier Zhou's office reviewing documents, Zhao Dan was really alive. Zhang Ruifang yelled in surprise after seeing the makeup photos: "Prime Minister Zhou is resurrected!" But in the end Zhao Dan still missed the role.
Zhao Dan prepares to star in Lu Xun.
The regret left in Zhao Dan's heart and Lu Xun and Wen Yiduo who failed to perform as expected, And failed to put his favorite "Water Margin" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" on the big screen. In order to play Lu Xun, he auditioned over and over again, and his beard was shaved and left, and what he left was regret after all.
He has straight bones and happy tendons
Zhao Dan’s wife Huang Zongying once said, “Zhao Dan has straight bones and happy tendons”. He is innocent and innocent in life, like a big child. When my children play together, once they face work and performance, they fall into the stubbornness of not being mad and not alive. They have almost harsh requirements for themselves, and they extremely cherish every role. There has never been a perfunctory or "communicating job". "For Zhao Dan, every completion of an artistic image is like a spiritual struggle.
"Biography of Wu Xun"
Huang Zongying once told the story of filming "Biography of Wu Xun" at a symposium commemorating the 100th anniversary of Zhao Dan's birth. After taking the filming of "Wu Xun Biography", Zhao Dan borrowed the musty and ragged padded jacket to wear every day. He also ate on the ground like in a movie while eating. He said: "I want to eat on the table now. I won’t eat on the ground in the play, and I don’t know where the sleeves are.” Wu Xun was going to be beaten in the play, and Zhao Dan outside the play also asked the other party to really kick and beat. Come back home. When
was shooting the movie "Hot Blood and Loyalty Soul", according to the script, Zhao Dan needed to have the shots of hard work. Before the filming, Zhao Dan was full of confidence. He felt that after all he came from a major in painting and calligraphy, and he has always been confident that "my painting is better than drama, and my writing is better than painting." However, Zhao Dan wrote more than ten characters in one breath after the boot. The director and other members of the crew all praised Zhao Dan's calligraphy, but Zhao Dan still couldn't find a work he was satisfied with. He put down the pen and paper, specifically reviewed to the director that the words were not written properly, begged to invalidate the shots just now, and said: "For these years, I have been busy with drama and film performances, but I have neglected my studies, and my calligraphy and painting skills have deteriorated compared to before. Quite a lot. I could have done it, but I didn’t do it. In the final analysis, my attitude is not serious enough, and the foundation is not solid. The words written today are not at the level I should have, so I should invite others to perform this shot, otherwise I am sorry Audience."
Zhao Dan's paintings are equipped with Yandang sketch axis
. After Zhao Dan learns himself again, no matter how busy he is at work, he takes time every day to practice calligraphy and painting. In the film shooting for more than two decades, he tried his best to avoid the scenes of slicking ink. It was not until the 1956 film "Li Shizhen" that he was willing to show his mature calligraphy and painting talent. At the same time, he blended his performance style with the art of calligraphy and calligraphy, and absorbed the large pen techniques in Chinese freehand painting, free and easy, with both form and spirit, expressing the artistic conception of painting in poetry and poetry in painting, and then filmed "Lin Zexu" It is done in this way of performance.
"Actors speak to the world through their roles." This is Zhao Dan's memorable motto and the rule of his life. When the staff printed their business cards and asked him about the titles, Zhao Dan saw not only the titles such as members of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member of the National Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and standing director of the National Film and Television Association, but answered: "You forgot the most important thing. I am an actor. ! The film actors must be printed first."
Beijing News reporter Li Yan, editor Xu Qiaoyang proofreading Xue Jingning
