Shanghai Express
Many Men Had Loved Her -- but only one had been loved in return!
Country
Production
Budget
$0
Revenue
$3 700 000
Director
Actors
Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette, Lawrence Grant, Louise Closser Hale, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Émile Chautard, George Blagoi
All actors and roles (10)
All actors and roles (10)
Scenario
Producer
Adolph Zukor, Adolph Zukor
Operator
Composer
Karl Hajos
Artist
Audition
Editing
Frank Sullivan
All team (27)
All team (27)
Short description
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
What's left behind the scenes
- The film involved 1,000 extras.
- The extras in the film speak mostly in the Cantonese dialect of Chinese (which is used primarily in southern China). If the filmmakers had paid more attention to authenticity, the extras would have spoken Northern Chinese; however, most of the Chinese people from Los Angeles and the surrounding areas hired as extras spoke Cantonese, so von Sternberg had to settle for that.
- Marlene Dietrich recalled in her memoirs that almost the entire film was shot by Josef von Sternberg, although Lee Garmes ultimately received the “Oscar” for cinematography.
- Director Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969) wanted the film's style to reflect the rhythm of a train journey. This explains the speed at which the plot unfolds and the fragmented dialogues, separated by pauses.
- The extras in the film mostly speak Cantonese Chinese (which is mainly used in southern China). If the filmmakers had paid more attention to authenticity, the extras would have spoken Mandarin Chinese, but most of the Chinese people from Los Angeles and its surroundings who were employed as extras spoke Cantonese, so von Sternberg had to accept this.
- Director Josef von Sternberg (1894-1969) wanted the style of the film to reflect the rhythm of a train journey. This explains the speed at which the plot unfolds and the fragmented dialogues separated by pauses.
- The film was initially banned in China, and its removal from international distribution was even demanded. The ban was lifted only after assurances and guarantees from Paramount Pictures that they would not film any more movies about Chinese politics.
- In her memoirs, Marlene Dietrich recalled that von Sternberg filmed almost the entire movie, although Lee Garmes ultimately received the Oscar for cinematography.
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