VHS cover of Shanghai Express

Shanghai Express is a 1932 movie of the Pre-Code era starring Marlene Dietrich, Clive Brook, Anna May Wong and Warner Oland. It was written by Jules Furthman and Harry Hervey, and was directed by Josef von Sternberg. See also: 1931 in film 1932 1933 in film 1930s in film years in film film // Events Shirley Temples film career begins Disney released Flowers and Trees their first cartoon in three-strip Technicolor film. ... Films are produced by recording actual people and objects with cameras, or by creating them using animation techniques and/or special effects. ... Clara Bow on the cover of Sin in Soft Focus, a book by Mark A. Vieira about pre-Code Hollywood. ... Marlene Dietrich in the 1920s Marie Magdalene Marlene Dietrich (December 27, 1901-May 6, 1992) also known as Maria Magdalena Dietrich was a German actress, entertainer and singer. ... Clive Brook (1 June 1887 - 17 November 1974) was a British actor. ... Anna May Wong in Princess Turandot, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1937 Anna May Wong (January 3, 1905 – February 3, 1961) was the first truly notable Chinese American Hollywood actress. ... Warner Oland born October 3, 1879 - died August 6, 1938, was a Swedish actor most remembered for his role as Charlie Chan. ... Jules Furthman (March 5, 1888 - September 22, 1966) was a magazine and newspaper writer before working as a screenwriter. ... Josef von Sternberg (29 May 1894 – 22 December 1969) was an Austrian-American film director. ...

Awards

The movie was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture and won for Best Cinematography (Lee Garmes). The Academy Award for Best Picture is one of the awards given to people working in the motion picture industry by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences; the awards are voted on by other people within the industry. ...

Plot

The story concerns the many travelers on a train through China as the country undergoes a civil war. A civil war is a war in which the competing parties are segments of the same country or empire. ...

Shanghai Express was remade in 1942 as Night Plane from Chungking, and in 1951 as Peking Express. This article is about the year. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...