Singa Laoet

Singa Laoet Perfected Spelling Singa Laut Indonesian for The Sea Lion or The Merlion is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies today Indonesia. Directed by Tan Tjoei Hock and produced by The Teng Chun, it starred Tan Tjen Bok, Mohamad Mochtar, and Hadidjah.

Singa Laoet was directed by Tan Tjoei Hock, a ChineseIndonesian director who had been attached to The Teng Chuns Java Industrial Film since 1940 They produced the film for Action Film, a subsidiary of Java Industrial Film. Tan is also credited with the screenwriting, cinematography, and sound editing of this 76minute long blackandwhite film. Production of this film was mostly finished by October 1941.The film starred Tan Tjeng Bok, Hadidjah, Bissu, and Mohamad Mochtar. Three of the actors had extended experience with Java Industrial Film Bissu had made his screen debut for the company in 1938s Oh Iboe, Hadidjah had joined with her husband Mas Sardi in 1939 for Roesia si Pengkor, and Mochtar had appeared in AlangAlang later that year after being discovered in a barbershop. Tan Tjeng Bok, a former stage star with Dardanella, was a more recent hire, only having made his film debut in the companys 1941 production Srigala Item. ........

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