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Shanghai Express ~
1932 film directed by Josef von Sternberg. Grand film starring Marlene Dietrich as Shanghai Lily and Clive Brook as her old
flame. This card measures about 2¼"x1½" and features a great Paramount photo of Marlene Dietrich and Clive Brook.
This is an original cigarette card issued as part of the Ramses Film Foto series in about 1933. Please study my scan!
Card #230.
Dietrich became an international star with the film The Blue Angel (1930) in which she starred with Emil Jannings. She
was perhaps the best known and loved of the European actors to cross the Atlantic in the days prior to World War II. Although
the Nazi government attempted to entice Dietrich to return to Germany she refused. Unlike Jannings, Dietrich despised the
Nazi government and refused to have anything to do with it. From 1933 to 1945, she refused to return to Germany and worked
instead in the United States. During the war years, Dietrich worked for the USO touring the European front entertaining
Allied troops.
Clive Brook was born in London. He first appeared on stage in 1918 and also in films from 1919. In 1943, he adapted the
Victorian comedy On Approval by Fredrick Londale and wrote, produced, directed and starred in the film with Beatrice
Lillie, Googie Withers and Roland Culver. The costumes were by Cecil Beaton. It was Brooks' crowning achievement.
Brook made two Movies as Sherlock Holmes. The Return of Sherlock Holmes (1929) was the first Holmes movie of the sound
era. Moriarty is present, Holmes goes to America and Watson has a daughter. In other words, the film wasn’t based on a Doyle
story. In 1930, Paramount on Parade was made, featuring a series of sketches and musical numbers. Brook played Holmes
in a comedy sketch in which Sherlock Holmes and Philo Vance are murdered by Fu Manchu. It was the only time that the
character died on screen. Fox brought Brook on board in 1932 for a new version of William Gillette’s play. It was simply
titled Sherlock Holmes. He would appear in films for 33 more years, but never again had a role in a Sherlock Holmes
movie.
His daughter, Faith Brook is an actor as was his late son, Lyndon Brook.
he was nearly 6 ft Black hair (which actually means about 5 foot 11 in movie speak) and had brown eyes. He was the son of an
opera singer, he was a published writer and also a violinist. He distinguished himself in the 1914-1918 war, (The Great
War/WW1). He took to the stage and then to film, first British films then Hollywood. He was best remembered playing opposite
Detriech in Shanghai Express [1932]
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This lot consists of a genuine German cigarette premium issued between about 1930 and 1937. In general, German cigarette
cards and premiums make an interesting and inexpensive addition to any collection. The Nazi government of Germany opposed
smoking and eventually put an end to cigarette cards. As a result, the native German card collecting hobby never developed to
the extent of that in Britain or the United States. As a result, most German premiums and cards cost only a fraction of what
might be expected from their American and British cousins.
Large photos are shown smaller than actual size while small
ones are generally enlarged to as much as twice their original size. Almost all photos and cards are scanned through
protective sleeves or pages which tends to cut the clarity a bit. Enlarged defects tend to look worse than they actually are.
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