By Mark Pollard | Published September 28, 2009

Shaw Brothers’ February, 1982 issue of their studio fan magazine “Southern Screen” features actor Ti Lung on the cover. Ti was one of Shaw Brothers’ top leading men throughout their Golden Age of filmmaking, most notably in a series of martial arts classics from director Chang Cheh in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Inside, the magazine features Chang Cheh’s cult classic FIVE ELEMENT NINJA (aka CHINESE SUPER NINJAS) and action director Lau Kar-leung’s kung fu movie LEGENDARY WEAPONS OF CHINA which was originally released to Hong Kong theaters January 21, 1982. There is also a color poster for the wuxia film ODE TO GALLANTRY, starring Venoms Mob alum and action director Philip Kwok. As usual, most of the magazine’s content is written in Chinese. We present it here in its original format as part of the Linn Haynes Memorial Collection for readers to enjoy yet another glimpse at how Shaw Brothers used the fan magazine format to successfully promote their movies and film stars.

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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 Southern Screen

“Southern Screen” was a glossy monthly movie periodical published by Shaw Brothers from 1957 through the mid-’80s. Its content consisted largely of upcoming films, actor profiles, gossip, and news originating from the Shaw Brothers studio at Clearwater Bay. It began as a 200-page magazine and gradually shrunk to approximately 80 pages. The magazine was distributed in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Southeast Asia, Australia, India, Korea, North and South America, France, and Britain.

“Southern Screen” was only one of several movie magazines published by Shaw Brothers. Others included English-language periodical “Movie News,” which ran from 1948 through the late 1980s, “Yue Lok Poh,” and “Hong Kong Movie News,” which ran from 1966 until the studio shut down its film production unit in the mid-1980s.

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.

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Linn Haynes  •  Shaw Brothers  •  Southern Screen  •  Ti Lung