“ Shaw Brothers Limited has developed the market for Chinese films in Nanyang for over 10 years…Now the company has set up 70 to 80 cinemas and entertainment venues all over the colonies of Britain, Thailand, France and Holland. It also self-financed the setting up of two big studios, Tianyi and Nanyang, in Shanghai, Hong Kong and other areas. Each year, it produces numerous films, offering great support to the national economy. The company screens Chinese films across the Nanyang region and mostly relies on the recommendation of the news media…” This passage was extracted from “The Movie Circle”, a magazine under the Shaw banner and briefly described how Shaw Run-me developed the cinema business in Nanyang since the mid-1920s. In a short period of over 10 years, he established Shaw’s own film circuit and distribution network, linking together over 110 cinemas.