Film: Women and Cocaine presents Shanghai Express (1932)

About Film: Women and Cocaine presents Shanghai Express (1932)

Marlene Dietrich and Anna May Wong star in this thrilling tale of intrigue and romance aboard a train bound for Shanghai. Amid political turmoil, a glamorous courtesan, Shanghai Lily, reunites with a former lover (Clive Brook), only to face betrayal, danger, and redemption as their journey becomes a gripping battle for survival and second chances. Directed by Josef von Sternberg.

The film will be preceded by a short introduction, and followed by a raffle.

Women and Cocaine Presents is a film night presented by curator Caroline Cassin at The Cinema Museum to celebrate the fierce and liberated women of Pre code cinema. From the period of 1930 to 1934, before the introduction of censorship, women were depicted in roles with a frankness and sex-positivity that remains rare even today. These newly independent women pushed gender boundaries as they pursued their own economic freedom and excitement, defying the previous Victorian ideals of domesticity, sexual purity and religion. Hollywood soon caught on and began to represent these women on screen, and each month we celebrate a different woman from that era.
“My father warned me about men & booze, but he never mentioned a word about women & cocaine” – Tallulah Bankhead.

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Doors open at 18.30, for a 19.30 start.

Refreshments will be available in our licensed cafe/bar.

Seating is unallocated. There are a few disabled parking spaces directly outside the main door of the venue – please contact us to let us know if you need one. Service dogs welcome. Unfortunately, this film screening does not have closed captions or audio description available.
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