文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

楚賓

Cho Ban

1930年代–1940年代

領域:藝術家

繁體中文

楚賓(Cho Ban)活躍於1930至40年代的香港粵劇與電影界,身兼演員與導演,以文武生行當見稱。1934年10月25日,他以文武生身分,聯同正印花旦林小梅、丑生廖夢覺,隨廣州「散天花劇團」在香港九龍普慶戲院首次公演梁金棠編撰的粵劇《帝女花》,是這齣名劇最早的演出者之一;該版本其後只餘殘篇,今日通行的版本則經任劍輝、白雪仙等發揚光大,成為粵劇經典,並於1959年被改編成電影,1960年由娛樂唱片錄成唱片傳世。1937年他參演大觀公司的粵語喜劇《金屋十二釵》,飾演十二娘中的傾心,並因戲中戲《卓文君夜奔司馬相如》與演員朱劍琴(朱佩瑞)相戀,其後結為夫婦。他亦執導《多情天使》(1937)、《代代平安》(1938)、《血浴殘花》(1942)等片,並參演《紅伶歌女》(1935)、《焦土抗戰》(1937)等。他活躍的年代正值香港有聲粵語片的起步與興盛期,不少粵劇伶人投身影壇,他亦是其中兼演兼導的一員。後期他移居廣東發展,在反右運動中被指為粵劇界右派分子,於群眾集會上遭到批鬥,晚境坎坷,生平資料多已散佚。《帝女花》以明末長平公主與周世顯的故事為本,是粵劇的骨子老戲之一;楚賓作為最早飾演此劇文武生的伶人之一,其名亦因此載入粵劇史。他在1930年代亦演出不少粵語片,題材涵蓋言情、歌唱及抗戰,反映當年伶人投身影壇的普遍現象;他與演員朱劍琴婚後,仍活躍於粵劇與電影圈一段時間,其作品多已散佚難尋。他在廣州、香港兩地的演出與拍攝經歷,亦反映當年省港影劇交流的頻繁。

English

Cho Ban was a Cantonese opera and film actor and director active in Hong Kong in the 1930s and 1940s, best known for the civil-military lead (man mo sang) in opera. On 25 October 1934, in that role and alongside the principal female lead Lam Siu-mui and the clown Liu Mung-kok, he took part in the first public performance of the Cantonese opera Tong Nui Fa (The Princess Cheung Ping), written by Leung Kam-tong and staged by the Guangzhou troupe San Tin Fa at the Po Hing Theatre in Kowloon, Hong Kong, making him one of the earliest performers of the celebrated work. That first version survives only in fragments; the version known today was developed by such artists as Yam Kim-fai and Pak Suet-sin into a classic of the genre, and was adapted into a film in 1959 and recorded on disc by Entertainment Records in 1960. In 1937 he appeared in the Grandview company's Cantonese comedy Twelve Golden Hairpins as Hing-sum, one of the twelve women, and fell in love with his co-star Chu Kim-kam (Chu Pui-shui) during a play-within-a-film, later marrying her. He directed several features, including The Amorous Angel (1937), Peace Through the Generations (1938) and Blood-bathed Flowers (1942), and acted in such films as The Singing Actress (1935) and Scorched Earth Resistance (1937). His active years coincided with the rise and boom of Hong Kong's sound Cantonese cinema, when many opera performers moved into film, and he was one of those who both acted and directed. Later settling in Guangdong, he was branded a rightist in the opera world during the Anti-Rightist Campaign and was struggled against at mass meetings; he spent his last years in hard circumstances, and much of his personal record has been lost.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

導演

年期Active period

1930年代–1940年代

代表作Notable works

《金屋十二釵》(1937)、粵劇《帝女花》(1934年首演)

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-09-12

主要成就 Key Achievements

1934

隨廣州「散天花劇團」在香港九龍普慶戲院首演粵劇《帝女花》,飾演文武生。

Performed the civil-military lead in the first public staging of the Cantonese opera The Princess Cheung Ping with the Guangzhou troupe San Tin Fa at the Po Hing Theatre.

1937

參演大觀公司粵語喜劇《金屋十二釵》,飾演十二娘中的傾心。

Appeared in the Grandview Cantonese comedy Twelve Golden Hairpins as Hing-sum, one of the twelve women.

1942

執導電影《血浴殘花》,兼演兼導於粵語片壇。

Directed the film Blood-bathed Flowers, working both as actor and director in Cantonese cinema.

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

楚賓是粵劇《帝女花》1934年首演的早期演出者,也是香港早期有聲粵語片兼演兼導的影人之一;由他兼具伶人與影人身份的軌跡,可看到粵劇與早期粵語片互相滋養的關係,而其後在內地的遭遇,亦折射出那個時代藝人的命運。

English

Cho was among the earliest performers of the Cantonese opera The Princess Cheung Ping in 1934 and one of the small group of actor-directors in Hong Kong's early sound Cantonese cinema, while his later troubles on the mainland reflected the fate of artists of his generation.

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