Abstract This article examines three lost short comedies produced alongside Labourer’s Love by the Mingxing Film Studio in 1922: The King of Comedy Visits Shanghai ( Huaji dawang you hu ji ), Havoc a Bizarre Theatre Danao guai xichang and Naughty Kid Wantong ). I propose to look beyond extant instead delve into broader intertextual, intermedial fabric early film comedy for re-evaluation this ne...