MARC details
| 000 -LEADER |
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| fixed length control field |
02175nam a22002897a 4500 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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| control field |
OSt |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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150921b xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Transcribing agency |
SILC |
| 041 ## - LANGUAGE CODE |
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| Language code of summaries on containers |
chi |
| -- |
eng |
| Language code of original languages of main work(s) |
chi |
| Written languages, including subtitles, captions and intertitles |
chi |
| -- |
eng |
| 046 ## - SPECIAL CODED DATES |
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| Date of original film release |
1934 |
| 050 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
PN1997 |
| Item number |
.S546 1934 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Yonggang Wu |
| 240 ## - UNIFORM TITLE |
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| Uniform title |
<a href="The Goddess">The Goddess</a> |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Shen nu |
| Remainder of title |
The Goddess |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Yonggang Wu |
| Medium |
[videorecording] = |
| 246 ## - VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
The Goddess |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
China |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Lianhua Film Company |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
1934 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
1 videodisc (ca. 73 min.) |
| Other physical details |
sound, b&w.; |
| Dimensions |
4 3/4 in. |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
<based on, contains the following, public viewing rights> |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
From case cover:<br/>Ruan Ling-yu plays a prostitute who uses her earnings to support and educate her son. The title of the film "The Goddess" was the Shanghai way of describing a woman who sells her body. The heroine is forced to enter this oldest of professions as it is the only way for her and her child to survive and to provide fro his education. One night she encounters a gangster as she flees from the police. he forces her to work for him, giving up her earnings at the end of each night. Yet she is able to hide some of her money in order to continue payments to her son's school. The school board discovers her occupation, and the boy is expelled despite the pleading of the sympathetic headmaster. When the gangster steals her money, the prostitute after a brief struggle kills him. She is sent to prison for 12 years.<br/>The final scene in jail depicts the headmaster promising to raise her son, forestalling his son being sent to an orphanage. Raun's acting in the last sequence displays her complicated response to the news of her child's good fortune and the kindness of the headmaster. Ruan, as in so many of her films, is the symbol of China's suffering. Only as a prostitute could she support her child and give him an education. |
| 538 ## - SYSTEM DETAILS NOTE |
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| System details note |
DVD video; Dolby Digital 2.0; stereo; PAL; Regions 1-6,8; 4:3 fullscreen. |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE |
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| Language note |
Silent Film. Chinese or English subtitles. |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Yonggang Wu |
| Relator term |
Director |
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Screenwriter |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Lingyu Ruan |
| Relator term |
Actor |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Tian Jian |
| Relator term |
Actor |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Zhizhi Zhang |
| Relator term |
Actor |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme |
Library of Congress Classification |
| Item type |
DVD - Video |