“新舞台”与《定军山》:中国第一部电影新考

“New Stage” and Dingjun Mountain: An Examination of China’s First Film

近十多年来,关于中国第一部电影《定军山》的拍摄出现了一些争议。近期发现的《定军山》放映的说明书对确认中国第一部电影的存在和放映有着重大的价值:从中不仅确认了这部电影确实存在,更是挖掘出了“新舞台”放映该片的前因后果。通过深入考察《定军山》的放映史,说明中国电影甫一诞生就与中国戏曲艺术的流动、传播有着千丝万缕的关系,从而也感谢海派戏曲艺术活动为中国第一部电影《定军山》的存在与否敲了一个定音锤。

In recent ten years, there have been some disputes about the production of China’s first film Dingjun Mountain. The recently discovered Dingjun Mountain screening manual is of great value to confirm the existence of the film, as well as reveal the causes and consequences of the screening of the film in “New Stage”. Through an in-depth investigation of the screening history of Dingjun Mountain, this paper found that Chinese films have a inextricable relationship with the popularity of Chinese opera as soon as they were born.