At the end of 1895, foreign films came intoHong Kong where there were the publicfilms shown in 1903 and a fair number ofcinemas were set up in 1907. Accordingly,the year of 1907 was seen as the first peakyear of Hong Kong film industry.1895 年底，外国电影进人香港。1903 年，香港开始有公映。因此,1907 年被视为香港电影业的第一个髙峰年代。In 1922, Li Minwei and his elder brotherHaishan and Li Beihai originated the firstHong Kong film company—Minxin FilmCompany which greatly promoted HongKong film industry.1922 年, 黎民伟及其兄长海山、北海创办了香港第一家全由香港人投资创办的电影制片公司——民新电影公司。At t he beg i n n i ng of 193 0, Li Bei h a iestablished Hong Kong Film Companywith other people, It was Uanhua FilmCompany united by Minxin and otherseveral f ilm companies that made HongKong f ilm i ndustry d eveloped s teadily.It was one of the greatest f ilm studiosprewar in China.1930 年初，黎北海等创办了香港影片公司。真正令香港电影业稳步发展的是1930 年由民新与其他几家电影公司合并而成的联华影业公司, 是战前中国最大的电影厂之一。In 1934, Li Beihai founded the first HongKong sound film studio—Zhonghua FilmStudio Therefore silent films and soundones coexisted during 1933and 1934.1934 年，黎北海创建了香港第一家有声电影制片厂——中华电影制片厂，故此，1933 年至1934 年间，可说是默片与有声片共存的时期。1935 年，香港电影步进有声时代。In 1937, “July 7 Incident” happened,which resulted in Hong Kong’s highspirit of resistance against Japan .In 1937,there were 25 anti-Japanese and patrioticfilms, 1937 年，由于“七七事变”的发生，香港抗日气氛高昂，在1937 年出产的85部故事片之中就有25部抗日爱国片。Next year, With the appearance of DiaoChan,A Beauty Hong Kong entered thecoexistence period of Cantonese films andChinese language films and the number ofthe latter was increasing1938 年, 随着《貂蝉》的出现，香港进人了粤语片与国语片并存的时期，国语片的产量渐多。