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Marlene Dietrich beautiful as ever - Shanghai Express 1932
"Shanghai Express" by Josef von Sternberg (1932) Starring Marlene Dietrich gorgeous as ever./nFrom IMDB: The Hays Office expressed concern about the unlikable character of the minister, which prompted a revision of the script. Other concerns included the remark by Chang that he was not proud of his white blood, but that line remains in the print./nChina initially banned the movie, demanding its withdrawal from worldwide circulation. The ban was lifted when Paramount pledged not to make another film involving Chinese politics./n1000 extras were used in the making of the movie/nThe extras in the film are all speaking Cantonese, a Chinese dialect focused mainly in southern China. If the film were to be more true to life, the extras would be speaking Mandarin, a more spoken dialect. However, most Chinese residents in the Los Angeles area spoke Cantonese, making von Sternberg use Cantonese./nDirector Josef von Sternberg designed the atmospheric sets alongside art director Hans Dreier./nIn her autobiography, Marlene Dietrich claimed that von Sternberg directed most of the cinematography, instead of Lee Garmes (who actually won an Oscar for his work on the film)./nHoward Hawks made an uncredited contribution to the screenplay./nIt was von Sternberg's intention that the style of the film should reflect the rhythm of a train journey. This explains the film's tight pace and the rather staccato quality of the dialog./nOne of over 700 Paramount Productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
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Zarah Leander - 1972
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