Shanghai Gesture, The (1942; re-release 1950s)

One-Sheet

28" x 42" [71 x 106 cm]

Good to Very Good. Small piece missing out of top border, original folds and minor damage at cross folds, some yellowing due to age but poster is in generally good condition and displays well but would certainly benefit from proper restoration to the flaws described.

VON STERNBERG, Josef

"Shanghai Where almost anything can happen... and does!"; "From the celebrated play by John Colton"; "Not one dared to refuse this invitation!"; "Mother Gin Sling requests the pleasure of your company at dinner on Saturday Evening, the fourteenth of February at eight o'clock at Mother Gin Sling's Casino to usher in the Chinese New Year R.S.V.P. I am SURE you will come!"; "All roads meet in Shanghai where Mother Gin Sling ruled its glittering underworld - where lovely young Poppy was swiftly swept under by a half-mad love - where fatefully fascinating Dr. Omar thanked Allah for the love of which he tired so quickly! Fascinating characters made the stage play memorable - will make the picture unforgettable!" A young woman, Poppy, out for excitement in Shanghai, enters a gambling house owned by "Mother" Gin Sling, a dragon-lady who worked herself up from poverty to buy the casino. Cult classic Josef von Sternberg noir thriller starring Gene Tierney.