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Overview
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Release Date:
12 February 1932 (USA)
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Tagline:
Many Men Had Loved Her -- but only one had been loved in return !
Plot:
Many passengers on the Shanghai Express are more concerned that the notorious Shanghai Lil is on board...
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Awards:
Won Oscar.
Another 2 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(22 articles)
Faith Brook obituary
(From The Guardian - Film News. 14 March 2012, 5:05 PM, PDT)
Faith Brook obituary
(From The Guardian - TV News. 14 March 2012, 5:05 PM, PDT)
Daily Briefing. Hong Sang-soo, Claude Lanzmann, Josef von Sternberg, Pierre Étaix…
(From MUBI. 4 March 2012, 7:41 AM, PST)
(From The Guardian - Film News. 14 March 2012, 5:05 PM, PDT)
Faith Brook obituary
(From The Guardian - TV News. 14 March 2012, 5:05 PM, PDT)
Daily Briefing. Hong Sang-soo, Claude Lanzmann, Josef von Sternberg, Pierre Étaix…
(From MUBI. 4 March 2012, 7:41 AM, PST)
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A very good movie.
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Marlene Dietrich | ... | Shanghai Lily |
 | Clive Brook | ... | Captain 'Doc' Harvey |
 | Anna May Wong | ... | Hui Fei |
 | Warner Oland | ... | Mr. Henry Chang |
| Eugene Pallette | ... | Sam Salt |
| Lawrence Grant | ... | Reverend Mr. Carmichael |
| Louise Closser Hale | ... | Mrs. Haggerty |
| Gustav von Seyffertitz | ... | Eric Baum |
| Emile Chautard | ... | Major Lenard |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Leonard Carey | ... | Carey (uncredited) |
| Wong Chung | ... | Chinese Officer Checking Passports (uncredited) |
| Herbert Evans | ... | British Railway Officer (uncredited) |
| Willie Fung | ... | Train Engineer (uncredited) |
| Tom Gubbins | ... | Chinese Officer (uncredited) |
| Forrester Harvey | ... | Peiping Ticket Agent (uncredited) |
| Claude King | ... | Mr. Albright (uncredited) |
| James B. Leong | ... | A Rebel (uncredited) |
| Miki Morita | ... | Chinese Officer (uncredited) |
| Minoru Nishida | ... | Li Fung (uncredited) |
| Mrs. Sojin | ... | Chinese Woman (uncredited) |
| Victor Wong | ... | Chinese Officer (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Josef von Sternberg | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Jules Furthman | (screenplay) | |
| Harry Hervey | (story) | |
Produced by | |||
| Adolph Zukor | .... | executive producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| W. Franke Harling | (uncredited) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Lee Garmes | (photographed by) | ||
| James Wong Howe | (uncredited) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Frank Sullivan | (uncredited) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| Hans Dreier | (uncredited) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Travis Banton | (gowns) | ||
Art Department | |||
| Richard Kollorsz | .... | train designer (uncredited) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Harry D. Mills | .... | sound (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Daniel L. Fapp | .... | second camera | |
| Milton Bridenbecker | .... | assistant camera (uncredited) | |
| Roy Clark | .... | second camera operator (uncredited) | |
| Warner Cruze | .... | assistant camera (uncredited) | |
| Otto Dyar | .... | still photographer (uncredited) | |
| Don English | .... | still photographer (uncredited) | |
| Junius Estep | .... | still photographer (uncredited) | |
| Warren Lynch | .... | second camera operator (uncredited) | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Travis Banton | .... | costumer (uncredited) | |
| Eugene Joseff | .... | costume jeweller (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Karl Hajos | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
| Herman Hand | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
| Rudolph G. Kopp | .... | composer: main and end title music (uncredited) | |
| John Leipold | .... | composer: stock music (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Adolph Zukor | .... | presenter | |
| Tom Gubbins | .... | technical advisor (uncredited) | |
Production Companies
- Paramount Pictures (as Paramount Publix Corporation)
- Paramount Pictures (1932) (USA) (theatrical) (as Paramount Publix Corporation)
- Paramount-Film (1932) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Paramount-Film (1932) (Austria) (theatrical)
- MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (USA) (TV)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (1993) (USA) (VHS)
- MCA/Universal Home Video (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
- Criterion Collection, The (2009) (USA) (DVD)
- Cult & Classic (Brazil) (VHS)
- Epoca (????) (Argentina) (VHS)
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Runtime:
80 min
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Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
West Germany:12 | USA:TV-14 (TV rating) | UK:PG (DVD rating) | Argentina:Atp | USA:Passed (National Board of Review) | USA:Approved (PCA #1390-R, 31 August 1935 for re-release)
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Trivia:
Director Josef von Sternberg designed the atmospheric sets alongside art director Hans Dreier.See more »
Goofs:
Continuity: The telegraph forms shown on screen are filled out in Chinese and meant to be Chinese, but in fact are in English and therefore American.See more »
Quotes:
Reverend Mr. Carmichael:Love without faith, like religion without faith, doesn't amount to very much.See more »
Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Story of Film: An Odyssey: Episode #1.1" (2011)See more »
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Many consider "The Shanghai Express" the best von Sternberg/ Dietrich film. Perhaps. I certainly agree that it is a very good movie. The story is a bit trivial: two lovers meet again after five years. They were separated due to the lack of faith he had in her. This film is a journey. In fact, two kinds of journeys: a physical one, since the set is a moving train, and a psychological one, since during this journey Captain Harvey (Clive Brook) gains fate, essential to a love relationship. The train movements seem to indicate the attraction Captain Harvey and Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich) feel for each other. This movie gives us one of the most beautiful images in movie history: Dietrich in the dark, smoking a cigarette, with the famous light that gave her that famous "butterfly shadow".