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The Shanghai gesture
- Title
- The Shanghai gesture [videorecording] / directed by Josef von Sternberg.
- Publication
- New York, NY : Mystic Fire Video, 1988.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Moving image | By appointment only | VTH 2208 S | Offsite |
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (97 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- In Shanghai's slimy underworld, English financier Sir Guy Charteris tries to close a gambling den, owned by the devious Mother Gin Sling. However, Gin Sling learns that Charteris's daughter Poppy is a regular at her establishment and with the help of the coldly seductive Dr. Omar, she lures Poppy into gambling and drug addictions.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Feature films.
- Note
- Based on the play by John Colton.
- Original production: c1941.
- Credits (note)
- Music composed and conducted by Richard Hageman
- System Details (note)
- VHS.
- ISBN
- 1561760552
- LCCN
- 1509876055
- Title
- The Shanghai gesture [videorecording] / directed by Josef von Sternberg.
- Imprint
- New York, NY : Mystic Fire Video, 1988.
- System Details
- VHS.
- Credits
- Music composed and conducted by Richard Hageman
- Performer
- Gene Tierney, Walter Huston, Victor Mature ... [et al.]
- Added Author
- Tierney, Gene, actor.Huston, Walter, 1884-1950, actor.Mature, Victor, actor.Von Sternberg, Josef, 1894-1969, film director.Colton, John, 1887-1946.
- Other Standard Identifier
- 1509876055
- Publisher No.
- 76055 Mystic Fire Video
- Branch Call Number
- VTH 2208 S