Shanghai Express

DVD 2012

Marlene Dietrich plays the notorious adventuress Shanghai Lily, who has been jilted by Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook). During the Chinese civil war, the couple meet on a train which is attacked by Chinese rebels. Dietrich becomes involved with a rebel leader in order to save the man she still loves.

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Description:

1 videodisc (83 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 inches
polychrome
digital
optical
surround
Dolby Digital
full screen
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1

Target Audience Note:

Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Shanghai Express (Motion picture) [DVD]

Notes:

Based on the story by Harry Hervey
Originally released as a motion picture in 1932
Title from container
Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong, Warner Oland, Eugene Pallette, Lawrence Grant, Louise Closser Hale, Gustav von Seyffertitz, Emile Chautard
DVD-R ; full screen presentation ; Dolby Digital
For private home use only
Audio track in English

Control Number:

3288702

UPC:

025192139659

Other Authors:

Brook, Clive, 1887-1974, actor
Chautard, Émile, 1864-1934, actor
Dietrich, Marlene, actor
Furthman, Jules, screenwriter
Grant, Lawrence, 1869-1952, actor
Hale, Louise Closser, 1872-1933, actor
Oland, Warner, 1880-1938, actor
Pallette, Eugene, 1889-1954, actor
Seyffertitz, Gustav von, 1863-1943, actor
Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), film distributor
Von Sternberg, Josef, 1894-1969, film director
Wong, Anna May, 1905-1961, actor
Zukor, Adolph, 1873-1976, film producer
motion picture adaptation of (work): Hervey, Harry, 1900-1951. Shanghai Express

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