Viewed by Larry Gleeson during TCM Classic Film Festival. Shanghai Express,  a 1932 Pre-Code U.S. production, based on a book by Harry Harvey, written by Jules Furthman, and directed brilliantly by Joseph von Sternberg, is a story of one-time lovers, Shanghai Lily, played by Marlene Dietrich, and Captain “Doc” Harvey played by Clive Brook, who … Continue reading Shanghai Express (von Sternberg, 1932): USA