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Shanghai Express (Josef von Sternberg, 1932)

Aug

15

1927

Shanghai Express (1932)

An elderly lady complains from her train compartment to a newspaper salesman on the platform: “This magazine you sold me says August 15, 1927”. DPs: Lee Garmes & James Wong Howe.

Takes place between August 15 and August 19, 1927

“We know what year it is, don't we?”

– Mrs. Haggerty speaking to her dog

#FilmDuJour #August #JosefVonSternberg #MarleneDietrich #CliveBrook #AnnaMayWong #WarnerOland #EugenePallette #KarlHajos #WFrankeHarling #RudolphGKopp #JohnLeipold #LeeGarmes #JamesWongHowe #war #drama #romance #FilmNoir #USA #1930s ★★★☆☆

White Woman (Stuart Walker, 1933)

Aug

1

White Woman (1933)

Horace H. Prin (Laughton) and Judith Denning (Lombard) in a promotional photo. DP: Harry Fischbeck.

“You'll go under like all the others.”

– Judith Denning

#FilmDuJour #August #StuartWalker #NormanReillyRaine #FrankButler #KarlHajos #JohnLeipold #HarryFischbeck #CaroleLombard #CharlesLaughton #theatre #PreCode #USA #1930s ★★★★☆

Murders in the Zoo (A. Edward Sutherland, 1933)

Feb

20

Murders in the Zoo (1933)

A couple walks into a room, only to discover a lifeless man and a headless snake. DP: Ernest Haller.

“You don't think I sat there all evening with an eight-foot mamba in my pocket?”

– Eric Gorman

#FilmDuJour #February #AEdwardSutherland #LionelAtwill #KathleenBurke #RudolphGKopp #JohnLeipold #ErnestHaller #horror #comedy #animals #PreCode #USA #1930s ★★★☆☆