MAJESTIC THEATRE
TO-DAY AND TO-NIGHT. "Shangh'ai Express," with Marlene Dietrich, apened at the Majestic Theatre last night. This thrilling story of adventure and romance was originally written by thel well-known novelist and traveller, Harry Hervey. Josef von Sternberg, baker of "Morocco," and "Dishonoured," also directed "Shanghai Express." The supporting east is headed hy Clive Brook, who recently played the leading role in "24 Hours," and Anna May Wong, Oriental heroine of the picture "Daughter of the Dragon." Miss Dietrich plays the part of a notorious and glamorous woman of the world, while Brook portrays a British officer who meets her, after years of separation, ahoard the Shanghai Express, which is held up hy a Chinese handit general, played by Warner Oland. "Shanghai Express" is a stirringly melodramatic picture with a large cast of celebrities. More than a thousand Orientals of various raees were used as extras for atmosphere eff'ect.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 392, 29 November 1932, Page 3
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149MAJESTIC THEATRE Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 392, 29 November 1932, Page 3
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