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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