Original lobby cards from two Shaw Brothers classics joins our Linn Haynes Memorial Collection. A DEADLY SECRET (1980) is a bleak martial arts actioner from Mou Tun-fei, the director of infamous war film MEN BEHIND THE SUN. It stars Yueh Hua as a ruthless magistrate so desperate to learn the whereabouts of a hidden fortune that he buries his daughter (Shih Szu) alive and tortures her lover. Included are several cards from Lau Kar-leung’s kung fu masterpiece THE 36TH CHAMBER OF SHAOLIN. Be sure to check out our LHMC section for complete issues of Shaw Brothers’ “Southern Screen” magazine and more lobby art.
About the Collection
The Linn Haynes Memorial Collection is a compilation of rare Asian film memorabilia from the golden age of kung fu cinema (1970-1985) presented as tribute to the late kung fu movie scholar Linn Haynes. Contained herein is a growing repository of long out-of-print Hong Kong film magazines in their entirety, featuring images and articles (occasionally bilingual) about the actors, filmmakers and their films from this bygone era. As bonus, LHMC will periodically include rare lobby card art from a variety of classic kung fu movies.
About Linn Haynes (1974-2008)
Bobby Linn Haynes passed away on February 28th, 2008 at the age of 33. He was a well-respected kung fu film scholar and consultant, as well as Kung Fu Cinema’s Community Relations Manager. He was well known within the kung fu fandom community as a knowledgeable expert on classic kung fu movies. He was a freelance writer, a consultant to various DVD distributors, a DVD commentator, and an avid collector of comics, videos and books. This collection of rare movie memorabilia is provided to the public as a tribute to Linn’s great contribution to the kung fu movie fan community all around the world.
Credits
This feature collection is provided courtesy of Dr. Carolyn Halladay and Terrence Brady, who together have contributed complete, high-resolution scans of various “Southern Screen” and “Cinemart” issues. The collection is also provided courtesy of Brian Dyer, who contributed lobby card art.
A Deadly Secret (1980) • Linn Haynes • Shaw Brothers • The 36th Chamber of Shaolin (1978)
