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Connie Chan: Movie Fan Princess
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Dave Wells’ Top Picks:

1) The Dutiful Daughter Zhu Zhu (1966)
This contemporary back-stage drama about a street performer who joins an opera troupe is a good introduction to Connie’s opera background. The brief but amazing nighttime fight on the steps facing the great ruined façade of St. Paul’s Cathedral in Macau is icing on the cake.

2) Movie-fan Princess (1966)
The quintessential Connie Chan film: a charming mix of comedy, romance, music, and action. The final scene of her fans waiting for Connie to appear on stage is a documentary tribute to her popularity.

3) The Black Killer (1967)
Double the pleasure! Connie plays both brother and sister in this hard-hitting thriller. The final showdown with gangster Sek Kin is both intense and touching.

4) I’ll Get You One Day (1970)
A funky medley of fighting, singing, romance, and cross-dressing. The film’s tour de force is an amazing chase-and-fight, starting in the streets, moving into a stranger’s house, and ending up in the ruins of an abandoned village.

5) Waste Not Our Youth (1967)
A rollicking youth film with Connie as a spoiled rich girl and Lui Kei as the butler’s son. The scene where Connie goes crazy in the hospital is totally amazing!

6) Girls are Flowers (1966)
Featuring some of Connie’s most cherished songs, this film launched the youth musical genre in Cantonese cinema. Although a standard rich boy/poor girl romance, the film’s youthful energy makes it fresh and appealing.

7) Her Tender Love (1969)
A pitch-perfect romantic melodrama with the kind of villains you love to hate. The “Long Live the Factory Girls” number is an insightful counterpoint to the rich musical fantasies made by Shaw Brothers during the same period.

8) The Young Girl Dares Not Homeward (1970)
Classic old-school melodrama updated for the times. It’s quite grim with surprising violent moments and a noir-ish mood throughout.
Lam Kar-Sing and Connie Chan in The Dutiful Daughter Zhu Zhu (1966)
Lam Kar-Sing and Connie get ready to kick some ass in The Dutiful Daughter Zhu Zhu.

Connie Chan in I'll Get You One Day (1970)
Amazing action in I’ll Get You One Day.

Connie Chan in Waste Not Our Youth (1967)
Connie goes berserk in Waste Not Our Youth.

Connie Chan in The Young Girl Dares Not Homeward (1970)
A noir-ish mood in The Young Girl Dares Not Homeward.