"If you have a soft spot for those old movies where the air feels heavy with regret and cheap perfume, you should probably watch Shanghai Lady. It is definitely worth a look if you like pre-code dramas that don't try to clean up their characters too much. People who need a hero to be a perfect person will probably hate this. It’s a movie for the ones who like a bit of dirt under the fingernails of their romance. The story starts in this opium den in Shanghai that looks like it hasn't been duste..."
Having spent several wasted months in a Shanghai opium dem, former prostitute Cassie Cook yearns to start her life afresh. Likewise, ex-convict Badlands McKinney also wants to clean up his act.
John Colton, Daisy H. Andrews, Houston Branch, Winifred Reeve
United States
If you have a soft spot for those old movies where the air feels heavy with regret and cheap perfume, you should probably watch Shanghai Lady. It is definitely worth a look if you like pre-code dramas that don't try to clean up their characters too much. People who need a hero to be a perfect person will probably hate...
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Comparing the cinematic DNA and archive impact of two defining moments in cult history.
John S. Robertson
John S. Robertson
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