Starting with Njai Dasima in 1929, the company released fifteen movies before ultimately being dissolved after the Japanese occupation.

[1][5] This was accomplished through adapting Malay tonil (stage plays) which had been proven successful.

[9] Njai Dasima was followed by two further adaptations of tonils, the action film Si Ronda and the romance Melati van Agam (Jasmine of Agam),[8][10] as well as the second part to the story, also entitled Njai Dasima, and sequel Nancy Bikin Pembalesan, in 1930.

[2] Tan served primarily as a financial backer, while the Wong brothers handled day-to-day matters.

The new Tan's Film's first production, Fatima (1938), followed closely behind the highly successful Terang Boelan, released by the Dutch Indies Film Syndicate (Algemeen Nederlandsch Indisch Filmsyndicaat, or ANIF) in 1937, and used many of the same aspects; this included the same screenwriter, the same stars, and the same musicians.

Mochtar – the leading male actor for Tan's Film since Fatima – left over a wage dispute.

The following year Tan's released Poesaka Terpendam (Buried Treasure) and produced Aladin dengan Lampu Wasiat (Aladdin and the Magic Lamp), the latter of which reused the palace set.