Opera at the Movies The first operatic movie was a black-and-white piece entitled The Tale of Six Scholars of the Western Chamber, produced by Yeh Fu-sheng, leader of the Tuma troupe, in 1955. However, the one that garnered the most attention was 1956's Xue Pinggui and Wang Baochuan produced by Chen Cheng-san, head of the Kungle troupe.
電影歌仔戲第一部歌仔戲電影，是民國四十四年「都馬劇團」班主葉福勝出資拍攝的黑白片《六才子西廂記》，但是最受矚目的還是隔年由拱樂社老闆陳澄三開拍的《薛平貴與王寶釧》。