Shanghai Express

Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures, Circa 1970s. Vintage studio still photograph from a re-release of the 1932 film, showing Marlene Dietrich as Shanghai Lily, sporting a velvet dress with a large fur collar and muff.

On an express train to Shanghai, a British captain reconnects with his former lover, now an infamous courtesan—shortly before both are taken hostage by a Chinese warlord. The fourth of seven films directed by Josef von Sternberg and starring Dietrich. Based loosely on an incident from 1923 in which a warlord took the entirety of the Shanghai Express hostage, though all were later successfully ransomed. Nominated for three Academy Awards including Best Picture.

Shot on location in California.

10 x 8 inches. Very Good, with a small bruise at the center, and a few nicks to the edges.

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