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    Run Run Shaw - KUng Fu film mogul

    Kung Fu film pioneer dies at the ripe old age of 107

    R.I.P.

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-china-25618414
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    We have a Shaw Brothers cineplex here in Singapore.

    Back in the 50's and 60's they were huge. Sir Run Run Shaw joined with his older brothers
    Runje, Runde and Renme, and made all their early films here in Singapore and Malaysia between 1924 to 1959. He split with his brothers and moved to Hong Kong to start his own studio nick-named 'The Dream Factory'. For a time, it was the largest movie studio in the world. A passionate film-lover from an early age, legend has it that the young Mr Shaw first cut his teeth in the business by distributing film reels on a bicycle to rural, village cinemas in Singapore and Malaysia, giving poignancy to his name, Run Run.

    His biggest mistakes were not signing up Bruce Lee in 1970 and later Jackie Chan in 1978. Bruce Lee had demanded a large signing contract, something Run Run never did. Trying to learn from his mistake, later he did offer Jackie Chan a huge signing bonus, but not big enough apparently. Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan, two of Asians biggest stars ever, helped to make Golden Harvest the biggest studio in the East and in a sense ended Shaw Brothers productions.


    When his wife died in 1983 he stopped filming movies altogether and focused on TV.

    His Shaw Brothers company logo looks suspiciously like the Warner Brothers logo.
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    The man certainly seemed to have a full life in show business.
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    He turned Bruce Lee down, initially, and Bruce was hired by a former Shaw employee, Raymond Chow of Golden Harvest. Oops. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_Run_Shaw
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