The Malay Film Productions (MFP), also known as the Shaw Studio, is a former film studio located on Jalan Ampas in Balestier, Singapore. The studio operated from 1947 to 1969 with more than 150 movies produced, and was a major contributor to the Golden Age of Malay Cinema.[1][2] Many of the films are critically acclaimed, a significant number of which involved P. Ramlee as actor, director, writer or composer.[3]
The following is an incomplete list of films produced by MFP (1947–1969).[4] Also included are early Malay films (1937–1941) produced under the Shaw Brothers banner before they formed MFP.[5] A few Malay films were shot in Hong Kong after the Jalan Ampas studio in Singapore closed in 1967.[6]
References
- Nor-Afidah Rahman, Michelle Heng. The Golden Age of Malay Cinema: 1947-1972 BiblioAsia, National Library Board, 1 April 2015, retrieved 6 April 2022^
- Former Malay Film Productions Studio Roots, National Heritage Board, retrieved 6 April 2022^
- Jonathan Driskell. Star Attractions University of Iowa Press, 2014^
- Hang Tuah Arshad Sharifah Zinjuaher H. M. Ariffin. Sejarah Filem Melayu (The History of Malay Motion Pictures) Penerbitan Sri Sharifah, 1980^
- William Van der Heide. Malaysian Cinema, Asian Film Amsterdam University Press, 2014^
- William Van der Heide. Malaysian Cinema, Asian Film Amsterdam University Press, 2014^
- Malay Talkie to be made in Perak The Straits Times, 9 June 1937^