Wang Jiting (? - ?)

  Although he had a lengthy movie career, with more than 60 acting credits in his resume (and more than a dozen directing), surprisingly little is recorded in the Chinese movie literature regarding Wang Jiting (王吉亭).  Indeed, a careful search of the usual reliable references did not even turn up a portrait of him, or at least none which identified him.  Even the China Cinema Encylopaedia (Shanghai, 1995) states only that he was a native of Jiading, Jiangxi, and made his first screen appearance with the Mingxing studio in 1925.  Perhaps it was due to his never having been a lead actor, and most of his directing credits were as an assistant or co-director.  However, it is certain that in the late 1920s  and early 30s he held significant supporting roles in some of the most successful films of those years, including such classics as "Burning of the Red Lotus Temple," "Songstress Red Peony" and "Street Angels."

Filmography (all as actor, unless noted):  

1925:

Young Master Feng

The Good Brothers

A Blind Orphan Girl

Pitiful Girl

The New Person's Family

1926:

Lovelorn Actress

The Rich Man's Daughter

Her Pain

Lonely Orchid (pts.1,2)

Three Shanghai Women

Roses Bloom Everywhere in April

Nameless Hero

1927:

Xuan Zang Disputes the Doctrine

Fallen Plum Blossom (pts.1-3)

Ma Yongzhen of Shandong

Sacrifice for Parents

Real and Fake Daughters

1928:

White Cloud Pagoda (pts.1,2)

Luoyang Bridge

A Revengeful Man

Heroine in Black

Burning of the Red Lotus Temple (pts.1-3)  [also Asst.Director]

Woman Detective

The Swordswoman Rescues the Lady

1929: 

Blood of the Lovers

Papa Loves Mama

Confessing her Sins

Burning of the Red Lotus Temple (pts.4-8) [also Asst.Director]

Little Hero Liu Jin

New Journey to the West (pt.1)

Tears and Flowers (pts.1-2)

1930:

Burning of the Red Lotus Temple (pts.9-16) [also Asst.Director] 

New Journey to the West (pts.2-3) 

Three Fathers

A Brave Man Saves a Beauty [Co-Director]

1931:

Songstress Red Peony

Lone Duck at Sunset

A Shanghai Girl

Joining the Army for His Wife [Co-Director]

1932:

Such Heaven

Love and Life [Co-Director]

1933:

Cries of Women

Little Sister's Tragedy [Co-Director]

1934:

A Brief Life

1935:

The Boatman's Daughter

Jadeit Horse

1936:

Flowers of Spring

Red Crabapple

Diamonds

New and Old Shanghai

1937:

Street Angels

Four Daughters

New Year's Money

1938:

A Cheated Girl