Don't Change Your Husband (1929 film)

Don't Change Your Husband
Chinese
Literal meaningKissing Again in the Sea of Love
Hanyu PinyinQíng Hǎi Chóng Wěn
Directed byY.C Zai
Starring
Cinematography
  • S.M. Chow
  • P.H. Yuen
Edited byP.S. Ting
Production
company
Great China Lilium Pictures
Release date
  • 1929 (1929)
Running time
~62 minutes
CountryRepublic of China
LanguagesSilent film, with Chinese and English intertitles

Don't Change Your Husband, also known as Kisses Once, is a 1929 Chinese drama film directed by Y.C Zai (Xie Yunqing or Xie Yonglan) who also acted in the film. It is likely adapted from the Hollywood movie of the same name.[1][2] Like most Chinese films from this period, it is a black-and-white silent film with both Chinese and English intertitles. An English re-translation of the original Chinese intertitles is available on YouTube.[3]

  1. ^ "Xie Caizhen, Women Film Pioneers". Columbia University Libraries. Archived from the original on 22 August 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  2. ^ Conner, Alison W. (2008). "Don't Change Your Husband: Divorce in Early Chinese Movies". Connecticut Law Review. 40 (1).
  3. ^ Shen, Lorraine (21 January 1929). "Don't Change Your Husband 情海重吻 (1929) - Chinese Film Classics". Chinese Film Classics. Retrieved 23 March 2023.