Shanghai Express (film)
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Categories: 1932 films | American films | Black and white films | Drama films | English-language films | Films directed by Josef von Sternberg | Paramount films | Rail transport in fiction
Shanghai Express is an American 1932 film directed by Josef von Sternberg.[1] The pre-code era picture stars Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, and Warner Oland. It was written by Jules Furthman, based on the story by Harry Hervey. It was American-born director Sternberg's third of seven vehicles he would make with the German Marlene Dietrich. The film is memorable for its stylistic black and white chiaroscuro cinematography, especially the exquisite north light to profile Dietrch. Even though Lee Garmes is credited with the cinematography, according to Dietrich, it was Sternberg who directed most of the cinematography.
PlotThe story concerns many travelers on a train travelling through China as the country is undergoing a civil war. The characters include: the zealous missionary Mr. Carmichael (Lawrence Grant), smuggler Eric Baum (Gustav von Seyffertitz), the mysterious Eurasian businessman Mr. Henry Chang (Warner Oland), and others. The express train to Shanghai is raided by warlord Henry Chang (Warner Oland). Chang claims the prostitute Shanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich) as his booty. A British officer, her former lover, Captain Donald 'Doc' Harvey (Clive Brook), tries to save her. Cast
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AdaptionsShanghai Express was remade in 1942 as Night Plane from Chungking, and in 1951 as Peking Express. References
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