While she is in Shanghai visiting her sick aunt, young New York socialite Barbara Howard falls in love with Russian banker Dmitri Koslov. Everything would be for the best, if only Dmitri were not keeping a secret that could jeopardize...
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| Loretta Young | ... |
Barbara Howard
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| Charles Boyer | ... |
Dimitri Koslov
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| Warner Oland | ... |
Ambassador Lun Sing
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| Alison Skipworth | ... |
Aunt Jane
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| Fred Keating | ... |
Tommy Sherwood
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| Charley Grapewin | ... |
Truesdale
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| Walter Kingsford | ... |
Hilton
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| Josephine Whittell | ... |
Mrs. Truesdale
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| Olive Tell | ... |
Mrs. Hilton
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| Libby Taylor | ... |
Corona, Maid
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| Keye Luke | ... |
Chinese Ambassador's Son
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| Willie Fung | ... |
Wang
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| Boothe Howard | ... |
Manager, Broker's Office
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| Arnold Korff | ... |
Van Hoeffer
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Theodore Lodi |
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| Philip Ahn | ... |
Servant (uncredited)
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| Symona Boniface | ... |
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
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Louise Brien | ... |
Mrs. Hines - Secretary (uncredited)
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| Ruth Cherrington | ... |
Distinguished Partygoer (uncredited)
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| Lester Dorr | ... |
Ship Steward (uncredited)
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| Adolph Faylauer | ... |
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
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| Bess Flowers | ... |
Party Guest (uncredited)
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Emmett King | ... |
Distinguished Partygoer (uncredited)
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| Harold Miller | ... |
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
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| Cyril Ring | ... |
Reporter from 'Free Press' (uncredited)
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Mike Tellegen | ... |
Night Club Patron (uncredited)
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Jacques Vanaire | ... |
Headwaiter (uncredited)
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Directed by
| James Flood | ||
Written by
| C. Graham Baker | ... | () |
| Lynn Starling | ... | () |
| Gene Towne | ... | () |
Produced by
| Henry Herzbrun | ... | executive producer (uncredited) |
| Walter Wanger | ... | producer |
Music by
| Friedrich Hollaender | ... | (as Frederick Hollander) |
Cinematography by
| James Van Trees | ... | (photography) |
Editing by
| Otho Lovering | ||
Art Direction by
| Alexander Toluboff | ||
Costume Design by
| Travis Banton | ... | (uncredited) |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
| Tom Andre | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
| Hugo Grenzbach | ... | sound |
Music Department
| Sam Wineland | ... | musical director (as S.K. Wineland) |
Additional Crew
| Joseph L. Mood | ... | technical advisor |
| Adolph Zukor | ... | presenter |
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- Paramount Pictures (1935) (United States) (theatrical) (as A Paramount Release)
- Paramount Film Service (1935) (Canada) (theatrical)
- Paramount British Pictures (1935) (United Kingdom) (theatrical)
- Paramount Film Service (1935) (Australia) (theatrical)
- Film AB Paramount (1935) (Sweden) (theatrical)
- Filmaktieselskabet Paramount (1935) (Denmark) (theatrical)
- MCA/Universal Pictures (1958) (United States) (tv)
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While she is in Shanghai visiting her sick aunt, young New York socialite Barbara Howard falls in love with Russian banker Dmitri Koslov. Everything would be for the best, if only Dmitri were not keeping a secret that could jeopardize their union: he is only half-Russian, and the other half is Chinese. Written by Guy Bellinger |
| Taglines | Love Hurls a Challenge...At a Law As Old as Civiization Itself! See more » |
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| Trivia | One of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since. Its earliest documented telecasts took place in Milwaukee Wednesday 8 April 1959 on WITI (Channel 6), followed by Seattle 22 June 1959 on KIRO (Channel 7), and Omaha 23 November 1959 on KETV (Channel 7). Despite the names of two still very marketable stars above the title, it was otherwise only rarely taken off the shelf. See more » |
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Dimitri Koslov:
Well? Ambassador Lun Sing: It is a bold scheme, my son. Fraught with danger. Dimitri Koslov: That is one reason why it appeals to me. Ambassador Lun Sing: You are dealing with a group of men with greater experience than yourself. Rich, powerful... Dimitri Koslov: Did I hear you say, 'scoundrels'? Dimitri Koslov: Never! Ambassador Lun Sing: If you did, please do not quote me. Truesdale, Hilton, Van Hoeffer and my countryman, Mr. Wang. They are not pleasant men to have as enemies. Dimitri Koslov: When I get control of their interest, they will no longer be my enemy. Ambassador Lun Sing: Then there is only one thing that can keep you from reaching your goal - a woman. Ambassador Lun Sing: Shanghai is a city of opportunities. It is also a city of great temptation. I do not speak of the women one can buy in every street. Such women, like the cobra, carry their own warning. I speak of another woman. The good woman - who will be more fatal to you. Ambassador Lun Sing: In Shanghai, one may defy all the conventions but one. It matters not how noble the strains, if they have been crossed - as yours have been - a man becomes an outcast. You are in grave danger, my son. Your features are those of your father. It would have been better for you had your saintly mother had predominated. Even I must sometimes remind myself that you came from her. Many women of your father's race will love you. That you cannot prevent. But you can, you must, keep yourself from loving them. Ambassador Lun Sing: [he sips his tea] I often say, next to myself, no one in Shanghai serves such tea as Dimitri Koslov. Dimitri Koslov: Clever tea makers - we Chinese. See more » |