THE CRIMSON PALM is an early Shaw Brothers outing, a musical slice of Chinese opera with all of the singing and melodramatic characterisation that you know from the era. Very little of interest happens here - at least for this fan of Shaw's later full-blooded martial arts epics - but it looks handsome, if a little stilted, and the costumes are superb. Ivy Ling Po and Ching Lee star.
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