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Fred Young is a Scriptwriter and Producer Indonesien born on 31 october 1900 at Semarang (Indonesie)
Fred Young (31 October 1900 – 2 June 1977) was an ethnic Chinese film director and producer active in the Dutch East Indies and its successor state, Indonesia. He reportedly studied film in Hollywood as a youth, but only entered the nation's film industry in 1940. After he made his debut as a writer with Sorga Palsoe, he was involved in some 36 productions, 23 as director.
Young entered the film industry in 1940 when he wrote Sorga Palsoe (False Paradise). Later that year he joined with SI Liem to establish Majestic Film in Batavia (now Jakarta). The company's first production, Djantoeng Hati, was directed by Njoo Cheong Seng, with Liem and Young serving as producers. Majestic's second production, Air Mata Iboe (Mother's Tears; 1941), a tragedy which followed a young man who takes vengeance on his siblings after they refuse to shelter their mother, was produced by Young, directed by Njoo, and starred Njoo's wife Fifi Young (no relation).
When the Japanese occupied the Indies beginning in 1942, closing all but one film studio. Young went into the theatre, establishing the Bintang Soerabaja theatre company. He did not return to film until 1949, after Indonesia proclaimed its independence, when he helped establish the Bintang Soerabaja Film Company and made his directorial debut, Sehidup Semati. That year he made one further film, Sapu Tangan.
Young remained highly active throughout the 1950s, directing, writing, or producing 24 films in that decade alone. During the 1960s, during a time of increased discrimination against Chinese Indonesians, he began to write under the Indonesian-sounding pen name Utomo. By the mid 1960s he had slowed in his filmmaking, but made a short resurgence in the 1970s. He died in Malang, East Java, on 2 June 1977.
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Nationality Indonesie
Birth 31 october 1900 at Semarang (Indonesie)
Death 2 june 1977 (at 76 years) at Malang (Indonesie)
Birth 31 october 1900 at Semarang (Indonesie)
Death 2 june 1977 (at 76 years) at Malang (Indonesie)
Biography
Young was born in Semarang, Central Java, to Chinese parents on 31 October 1900. He had a junior high school education in the Dutch East Indies. However, he reportedly was in Los Angeles, US, by the 1920s, learning about film with The Teng Chun and Nelson Wong. Young would work with The later in his career.Young entered the film industry in 1940 when he wrote Sorga Palsoe (False Paradise). Later that year he joined with SI Liem to establish Majestic Film in Batavia (now Jakarta). The company's first production, Djantoeng Hati, was directed by Njoo Cheong Seng, with Liem and Young serving as producers. Majestic's second production, Air Mata Iboe (Mother's Tears; 1941), a tragedy which followed a young man who takes vengeance on his siblings after they refuse to shelter their mother, was produced by Young, directed by Njoo, and starred Njoo's wife Fifi Young (no relation).
When the Japanese occupied the Indies beginning in 1942, closing all but one film studio. Young went into the theatre, establishing the Bintang Soerabaja theatre company. He did not return to film until 1949, after Indonesia proclaimed its independence, when he helped establish the Bintang Soerabaja Film Company and made his directorial debut, Sehidup Semati. That year he made one further film, Sapu Tangan.
Young remained highly active throughout the 1950s, directing, writing, or producing 24 films in that decade alone. During the 1960s, during a time of increased discrimination against Chinese Indonesians, he began to write under the Indonesian-sounding pen name Utomo. By the mid 1960s he had slowed in his filmmaking, but made a short resurgence in the 1970s. He died in Malang, East Java, on 2 June 1977.
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Bengawan Solo (1949)
Actors Rd Mochtar, Sofia W.D., Mohamad Mochtar
After falling for the false promises of the womanising nobleman Suprapto (Rd Mochtar), Wenangsih (Sofia WD) commits suicide by throwing herself into the Solo River, leaving only a letter for her two children, Sriwulan (Ratna Ruthinah) and Hindrawati (Churiani). The former is raised by the family of nobleman Widagdo (Rd Dadang Ismail), while the latter is raised by a poor man named Kromo (S Waldy), eventually becoming a servant at Widagdo's home. When they are adults, Sriwulan is engaged by her adoptive father to Suprapto's son, despite loving another man. When her hitherto unknown uncle, Prawoto (Mohamad Mochtar), returns from his job in Borneo, he prevents the two from marrying, instead showing that they were both fathered by Suprapto. The marriage is cancelled, and Suprapto – seeing a vision of Wenangsih, beckoning him – commits suicide by jumping into the river.
Producer
Djantoeng Hati (1941)
Directed by Njoo Cheong Seng
Roles Producer
Two students – the traditional Karina (Rr Anggraini) and metropolitan Roesdjana (Ariati) – are in competition for Karina's husband Sobari (Chatir Harro). Eventually Karina wins out.
Air Mata Iboe (1941)
Directed by Njoo Cheong Seng
Actors Fifi Young, Ali Joego
Roles Producer
Soegiati (Fifi Young) is the loving mother of four children: sons Achmad (Rd Ismail), Idris (S Poniman) and Soemadi (Ali Sarosa), and a daughter named Soepinah (Soelami). She loves them all, but Soemadi receives the most of her attention because he receives little from his father, the merchant Soebagio (Ali Joego). As the children grow, they marry and move away, and eventually only Soemadi is left. Although he begins a relationship with a young woman named Noormala (Soerip), he does not marry her as his income is not enough to support them.