The Pearl Necklace
About The Pearl Necklace
A wife borrows a pearl necklace for a party. It is stolen. Her husband embezzles money to cover the loss, is found out, and is arrested. Li Zeyuan's silent film, from a Hou Yao script, moves Guy de Maupassant's "The Necklace" into a Chinese setting.
Cast & crew
More about The Pearl Necklace
Shot in 1925 and released on 21 January 1926. Hou Yao wrote the screenplay. Li Zeyuan, billed in English as Lee C. Y., directed. Great Wall Film Company produced it. Also translated as A String of Pearls. The Chinese title is Yichuan zhenzhu.
Themes
Background
A 1926 Shanghai silent, adapting a French story about a borrowed jewel and a debt that outruns the borrowers.
Notes
- The source is Maupassant's short story, not a Chinese stage play.
- Hou Yao was a leading screenwriter of the 1920s Shanghai companies. Great Wall was his base for this one.
- English-language credits on the film use Lee C. Y. for the director.
Scenes
- The necklace disappears after the party.
- The husband is arrested for the money he took to replace it.
Influenced by
- The Necklace (Guy de Maupassant)