When trailers lead the way

Highlights of the show include actor and film producer Patrick Tse breaking the fourth wall and speaking directly to the audience about his personal experiences of marriage and fatherhood as part of his campaign for the Chun Kim-directed comedy How to Get a Wife (1961). It must have proved a popular move as producers of the 1973 classic The House of 72 Tenants tried the same trick - having the likes of comedy giants Lydia Shum and Elliot Yueh appear as themselves rather than in character, as they talk up that film's many charms.