Member paimeifist Posted April 25, 2013 Member Share Posted April 25, 2013 Who was the biggest Shaw star? Who were the most popular stars who's names brought the most money in? I'm talking the Tom Cruise of Shaw, lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member agentzuk Posted April 25, 2013 Member Share Posted April 25, 2013 I would guess Ti Lung? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted April 25, 2013 Member Share Posted April 25, 2013 Me too, just by longevity alone. He started in what? '69... and his last SB film was '85 or something. I think few of the latter day Shaw flicks made a ton of money, but he was in some of their biggest hits for sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Drunken Monk Posted April 25, 2013 Member Share Posted April 25, 2013 Wasn't David Chiang a popular dude as well? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member TibetanWhiteCrane Posted April 25, 2013 Member Share Posted April 25, 2013 But not as a prolific as Lung, and he also left in the late 70's (though he returned in 1980 for Shaolin Abbott). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member RogueWarrior Posted April 25, 2013 Member Share Posted April 25, 2013 What era? Late 60's - Jimmy Wang Yu Early 70's - Iron Triangle Late 70's Gordon Liu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member QueMuchita Posted April 25, 2013 Member Share Posted April 25, 2013 I was speaking to somebody from Hong Kong about this only a short while back and she told me most of the really popular Shaw stars were the opera stars, even though she never watches Shaw Bros films she could name quite a few of the stars from the opera films but none of the action stars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member RogueWarrior Posted April 25, 2013 Member Share Posted April 25, 2013 Ivy Ling Po was big in her era too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member xianzai Posted April 26, 2013 Member Share Posted April 26, 2013 Ivy Ling Po was big in her era too. She would be my guess. Distant second would be Ti Lung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Winfred Posted April 26, 2013 Member Share Posted April 26, 2013 Definitely Ivy Ling Po followed by Ti Lung. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member xianzai Posted April 26, 2013 Member Share Posted April 26, 2013 If people want to get an idea why Ivy Ling Po was such a big star, it's worth trying Lady General Hua Mulan. Yes, it's a Chinese Opera, but it's good, short, has some action, and highlights her talents. Tglm3anmue8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Eastern Evil Posted April 26, 2013 Member Share Posted April 26, 2013 Li Lieh must have been pretty big, maybe not the biggest, but him & Ku Feng were huge in output as well as talent. They could really act. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member GOLDEN DRAGON YIN-YANG Posted May 2, 2013 Member Share Posted May 2, 2013 Would not Jimmy Wang Yu be the biggest STAR world-wide fame that is. As he was the first internationally famous kung fu movie star. GD Y-Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Vladan AU Posted June 11, 2013 Member Share Posted June 11, 2013 In my opinion, the biggest Shaw star at the time he was alive, and I quote 'the time he was alive'. Hands down - Alexander Fu Sheng. There was no bigger Shaw star than Fu Sheng. These days, folks like Gordon Liu are known due to 'Kill Bill' and other recent movie's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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