Shanghai Express 1932

Mordaunt Hall, New York Times: It is by all odds the best picture Josef von Sternberg has directed. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: More action oriented than the other Dietrich-Sternberg films, this 1932 production is nevertheless one of the most elegantly styled. Read more

TIME Magazine: Shanghai Express is a picture of the new school, and when Marlene Dietrich promises Warner Oland to visit him at his castle if he will refrain from destroying Clive Brook's eyesight with a red hot poker, you will not find the situation banal. Read more

Time Out: The bizarre stop-go cadences of the dialogue delivery are the most blatantly non-naturalistic element, but the overall design and dramatic pacing are equally extraordinary. Read more

Variety Staff, Variety: The finished product is an example of what can be done with a personality and photogenic face such as Marlene Dietrich possesses to circumvent a trashy story. Read more