文化藝術人物 / Cultural figure

何亞祿

大字係界別(由已登記職業/領域派生),唔係姓氏。

He Yalu

1901–1982

繁體中文

何亞祿(1901–1982年9月16日),出身於南美洲英屬新畿內亞(今巴布亞新畿內亞),先後在英國愛丁堡及馬來亞檳城升學,其後到香港大學攻讀機械工程。1926年,他開始經營電影院並從事電影發行,業務集中於馬來亞北部與泰國南部一帶。1948年,他把自己經營的多間戲院併入新加坡國泰機構旗下的國際戲院有限公司,其後擴充為陸氏戲院有限公司並由他主持;同年出任國泰機構排片部主任及董事經理。1951年,他創立克里斯製片廠,把業務由放映、發行延伸至製作。1953年,陸運濤加入合辦國泰克里斯製片廠,專門出品巫語(馬來語)片,廠址設於新加坡東海岸路,由舊日軍營房改建為片場與錄音廠。該廠拍成星馬第一部彩色片《真假王子》(1953),又出品賣座的《吸血人妖》(1957)與第一部闊銀幕影片《人妖之誓》(1958);其中1957年以馬來民間傳說為題材的《吸血人妖》叫座經月,更被配上粵語在港上映,令馬來語恐怖片成為一股潮流。何亞祿主政期間,國泰克里斯與邵氏馬來亞影片公司分庭抗禮,為星馬電影帶來競爭,也引入彩色與闊銀幕技術。1957年星馬電影業爆發勞資糾紛與工潮,他支援罷工並趁勢招攬有經驗的導演,令國泰克里斯聲勢更盛。1959年離開國泰後,他自組獨立影業公司,移師吉隆坡,與印尼片廠合作拍片,亦曾為《苦盡甘來》編導。他從事電影放映、發行與製作超過三十年,既負責排片與院線管理,也掌管製片,是行內視為卓越製片家、有「影壇怪傑」之稱的國泰機構首腦人物之一。1982年9月16日,他因病逝世。

English

Ho Ah Loke (1901 - 16 September 1982) was born in British New Guinea, now Papua New Guinea, and studied in Edinburgh and Penang before graduating in mechanical engineering from the University of Hong Kong. He began running cinemas and distributing films in 1926, building a circuit across northern Malaya and southern Thailand. In 1948 his cinemas were merged into International Theatre Ltd, a subsidiary of the Singapore-based Cathay Organisation that was later expanded as Loke's Theatre Ltd under his charge, and that year he also became head of Cathay's film scheduling department and a board director-manager. He founded Keris Studio in 1951 and in 1953 joined Loke Wan Tho to form Cathay-Keris Film Productions, which made Malay-language films at a studio converted from former Japanese army barracks on East Coast Road, Singapore. Its output included Bamboo of Yearning (1953), Singapore and Malaya's first colour feature, the box-office hit Pontianak, released as The Vampire (1957), and the company's first widescreen feature, Curse of the Vampire (1958). The 1957 horror film, drawn from Malay folklore, ran for months, was dubbed in Cantonese for Hong Kong and even sold to an American television station, and it established a genre. Under Ho, Cathay-Keris rivalled Shaw Brothers' Malay Film Productions and brought colour, widescreen technology and competition to the industry; when a labour dispute and strike shook Malayan filmmaking in 1957 he backed the strikers and recruited experienced directors, strengthening his studio. After leaving Cathay in 1959 he set up the Independent Film Company, moved to Kuala Lumpur, co-produced films with Indonesian studios and was credited as writer-director of Every Cloud Has a Silver Lining. Working in exhibition, distribution and production for more than thirty years, he was regarded as an outstanding producer and an eccentric of the film world, and as one of Cathay's leading figures. He died of illness on 16 September 1982.

人物小檔 Profile

職業Occupation

發行、監製、管理

年期Active period

1901–1982

代表作Notable works

《真假王子》《吸血人妖》《人妖之誓》《苦盡甘來》

資料整理日期 / Compiled: 2026-10-14

主要成就 Key Achievements

1948

旗下戲院併入國泰機構屬下嘅國際戲院有限公司,同年出任排片部主任同董事經理

His cinema chains were incorporated into Cathay's International Theatre Ltd; that year he became head of the film scheduling department and a board director-manager

1951

創立克里斯製片廠,開始由發行業務延伸至電影製作

Founded Keris Studio, extending from distribution into film production

1953

與陸運濤合辦國泰克里斯製片廠,拍成星馬首部彩色片《真假王子》

Formed Cathay Keris Film Productions with Loke Wan Tho, making Singapore and Malaya's first colour film, Bamboo of Yearning

影響與傳承 Impact & Legacy

繁體中文

何亞祿把戲院經營、發行與製片連成一條鏈,是國泰機構由放映商走向製片商的推手。他與陸運濤合辦的國泰克里斯製片廠,令星馬出現本土彩色片與闊銀幕製作,並以《吸血人妖》掀起馬來語恐怖片熱潮,改變了邵氏獨大的局面。

English

Ho Ah Loke linked exhibition, distribution and production into a single chain and pushed Cathay from a cinema operator into a film producer. Cathay-Keris, which he formed with Loke Wan Tho, gave Singapore and Malaya their first local colour and widescreen films and, through Pontianak, launched a wave of Malay-language horror cinema that broke Shaw Brothers' near-monopoly.

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