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Movie Description High adventure aboard a train traveling from Peking to Shanghai through a China enflamed in Civil War. When a warlord ambushes the train and threatens to blind Shanghai Lilly's (Dietrich's) old flame, she offers herself to him instead. Academy Award nominations: 2, including Best Picture, Best Director. Academy Awards: Best Cinematography.
Synopsis In one of her most famous roles, Marlene plays Magdalen, who has become "Shanghai Lily, the notorious white flower of China," after being spurned by her lover, Donald Harvey five years previously.
Film Notes Copyright 1932 Paramount Publix Corp. Renewed 1965 by EMKA, LTD.
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