Talk:Oriental Film

Latest comment: 8 years ago by Crisco 1492 in topic Name
Featured articleOriental Film is a featured article; it (or a previous version of it) has been identified as one of the best articles produced by the Wikipedia community. Even so, if you can update or improve it, please do so.
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Did You Know A fact from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "Did you know?" column on August 17, 2014.
The text of the entry was: Did you know ... that Oriental Film hired Njoo Cheong Seng and Fifi Young for their name recognition and only produced one further film after the couple left?
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A casual PR

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A read through this shows very little to be concerned about, as it's up to the usual high standards we have come to expect from the Indonesian film industry articles! A couple of minor points below for you to consider:

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That's about all: it covers the short life of the company admirably, deals with the main people concerned, their four films and where and when they operated... nuff said, really! - SchroCat (talk) 19:08, 12 August 2014 (UTC)Reply

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How did a company in the Dutch East Indies come to have an English name (even in its logo)? This should be explained. --Piledhigheranddeeper (talk) 17:26, 21 January 2016 (UTC)Reply

  • @Piledhigheranddeeper: Can't explain something that sources don't cover. It wasn't uncommon, either. Union Film, Star Film, Tan's Film, Java Industrial Film Company (this one's still a redlink), Majestic... I suspect a) films were associated with Hollywood, which meant English, and b) these companies were established by ethnic Chinese, some of whom may (biographical data being lacking) have been taught by the Tiong Hoa Hwe Koan, an organization which promoted the teaching of English to free students from the limits of colonialism in the Indies (viz. the quote in Phoa Keng Hek's article). Interestingly, many of the Dutch-owned companies did not use English (Cinowerk Carli, Algemeen Nederlandsch Indisch Filmsyndicaat, Krugers Filmbedrijf) though some did (Java Pacific Film). The tendency to name companies in English continued even after independence (i.e. Tan & Wong Bros., Titien Sumarni Motion Pictures). Might be worth a conference paper if I can get primary sources that offer more than conjecture. — Chris Woodrich (talk) 00:25, 22 January 2016 (UTC)Reply