4.周璇
Zhou Xuan was once the most popular actress in China's entertainment industry. She was born Su Pu in 1920 but was separated from her parents when she was very young and raised by adoptive parents. At the age of 13, she took Zhou Xuan as her stage name. Zhou had enormous success in her lifetime. By the time she died, she was one of China's highest paid entertainers. Her movie "Street Angel" was named one of the 10 classic Chinese films from the twentieth century. Zhou Xuan was also selected as China's most outstanding actress. She died of cephalitis in 1957.
如果说胡蝶是旧上海胶片里的精灵,那么周璇就是旧上海老唱片的最华美的音符。说到旧上海的红颜沉香,周璇是一块弥久真的香玉,就象她的名字子里有个寓意为玉石的“璇”一样,她的一生,华丽而又沉重。
周璇儿时不幸,被几经送养,七八岁时,被送进一个歌舞班,处次涉及文艺。1934年,上海《大晚报》举办“播音歌星竞选”,周璇结果名列第二,电台称誉她的嗓子“如金笛沁入人心”,获得了“金嗓子”的称号,从此唱红上海滩。
1937,周璇演唱的《何日君再来》,一时成为家喻户晓的流行歌曲;1941年,周璇还在影片《马路天使》中演唱了《四季歌》和《天涯歌女》,这两首歌流传至今,成为不朽的经典名曲。
“金嗓子”周璇不仅唱歌出众,还在光影中呈现了她的风采,其中《马路天使》是周璇的代表作品。据说抗战胜利后,赵丹与周璇在上海相遇,问周璇这些年拍了些什么片子?周璇不无伤感地说:“不要提了,没有一部是我喜欢的戏,我这一生中只有一部《马路天使》……”
周璇的情感生活 坎坷,三次婚恋都以失败而告终,正像她在歌曲里所唱的:天地苍苍,人海茫茫,知音的人儿在何方?叫人费思量……不疯魔,不成活,在演艺圈无限风光的周璇却 被诊断有精神疾病,1957年,她突发性脑炎被送进医院,一代红颜,就此离开了人世。但她的声音,仍在今天生长不息。
3.胡蝶
Born in 1908, Hu Die was a film actress from the late 1920s to the 1960s. She had her most brilliant period in the 1930s and 1940s. She played the leading role in China's first sound film, "The Singsong Girl." She appealed to a broad audience and her starring roles broke box-office records. Hu was one of the few formally trained actresses. In 1924, she enrolled in the China Film School and began her meteoric rise to stardom. She was crowned China's first Film Queen in 1933 when she was 25. She moved to Canada in 1975 and died in 1989.
在一个小资如此盛行的年代,旧上海无疑是很多人的梦想家园。十里洋场上的那些灯红酒绿、风花雪月,被压缩进一张张发黄的胶片,把往昔的浮华和荣耀一直闪烁到今天,胡蝶就是那些胶片里最华丽的影象。
虽然在如今的上 海辅庆里,这个长大后改名为“胡蝶”的女孩,已渐渐陌生,但循着那股深刻入骨的味道,我们可以在70多年前风雨飘摇的旧上海找到那抹沉香。那时候她的名字 是这个城市的骄傲,也是这座城市的味道。旧上海传奇女星胡蝶先后主演了百余部影片,成功地饰演了中国不同阶层的各类女性形象,成为中国电影拓荒期和成长期 的同步人和见证人。
胡蝶加冕影后, 不仅受到影迷们的追捧,也为广告商所青睐,做的广告自然最多,以她的名字命名的商品也是不少,就连喜欢启用国际巨星做宣传的力士香皂,也请了胡蝶来做广 告。在当时看来,胡蝶的形象非常符合中国民间传统的美女标准。她除了脸若银盘、明眸皓齿、肤如凝脂之外,双颊上的一对酒窝更是她的招牌。这个以“梨涡美 人”扬名影坛的明星是那个时代中国男性的“梦中情人”。
1975年,胡 蝶赴加拿大定居,化名为潘宝娟。1989年4月23日,翩舞人间近百年的胡蝶在温哥华因病与世长辞。她临终前的最后一句话是:“胡蝶要飞走了!”胡蝶最终 蝶化而去,她那美丽的身影却长留人间,一同留下的还有那剪不断理还乱的前尘往事,胡蝶就这样飞走了,在另一个世界里继续翩翩起舞,最终化成了花儿的灵魂, 只留下那缕余香,仍执拗地钻入我们的灵魂深处。