The roots of Hong Kong cinema before Bruce Lee, from the first film – shot in 1909 – to the first film studio, and the Shaw brothers' arrival
From the first public screenings in 1897 to the first Chinese film shot in the city, the first film studio, the first Cantonese ‘talkie’ and the eventual supremacy of Mandarin-language films, a short history of Hong Kong cinema.
Source: scmp.com