The Shanghai Gesture (1941)
Country: US
Technical: bw 95m
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Ona Munson, Victor Mature, Walter Huston, Gene Tierney
Synopsis:
An American developer, his thrill-seeking daughter, and the Chinese dragon-lady who worked upwards from street level to run the most coveted gambling house in Shanghai: the stage is set for an odd sort of family reunion.
Review:
Von Sternberg's luxurious adaptation of the most unlikely theatrical plot is a stylist's dream, made all the more beautiful by the faces of Tierney and Mature, but dialogue-wise it is the most utter tosh.
Country: US
Technical: bw 95m
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Ona Munson, Victor Mature, Walter Huston, Gene Tierney
Synopsis:
An American developer, his thrill-seeking daughter, and the Chinese dragon-lady who worked upwards from street level to run the most coveted gambling house in Shanghai: the stage is set for an odd sort of family reunion.
Review:
Von Sternberg's luxurious adaptation of the most unlikely theatrical plot is a stylist's dream, made all the more beautiful by the faces of Tierney and Mature, but dialogue-wise it is the most utter tosh.
Country: US
Technical: bw 95m
Director: Josef von Sternberg
Cast: Ona Munson, Victor Mature, Walter Huston, Gene Tierney
Synopsis:
An American developer, his thrill-seeking daughter, and the Chinese dragon-lady who worked upwards from street level to run the most coveted gambling house in Shanghai: the stage is set for an odd sort of family reunion.
Review:
Von Sternberg's luxurious adaptation of the most unlikely theatrical plot is a stylist's dream, made all the more beautiful by the faces of Tierney and Mature, but dialogue-wise it is the most utter tosh.