
Freaks(1932)
A circus' beautiful trapeze artist agrees to marry the leader of side-show performers, but his deformed friends discover she is only marrying him for his inheritance.


“"WHO CARES FOR THE FUTURE...THERE IS NONE IN SHANGHAI"”
In the 1920s Pat Jackson destroys a Chinese post and is discharged from the Navy. Li Po Chang hires him to run a gunboat up the river. He drops Wildeth off at a mission for safety, but when his boat returns the mission is being attacked by communists.

Spencer Tracy
Pat Jackson

Fay Wray
Wildeth Christie

Ralph Morgan
Li Po Chang

Eugene Pallette
Lobo Lonergan

Herbert Mundin
Larsen

Reginald Mason
William Christie

Arthur Hoyt
Van Emery

Albert Conti
Rigaud

Maude Eburne
Mrs. Glissen

Wilhelm von Brincken
von Uhlenberg
Shanghai Madness is a drama, adventure film released in 1933 exploring themes of navy, china, pre-code. Directed by John G. Blystone, it stars Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray, Ralph Morgan. In the 1920s Pat Jackson destroys a Chinese post and is discharged from the Navy. Li Po Chang hires him to run a gunboat up the river. He drops Wildeth off at a mission for safety, but when his boat returns the mission is being attacked by communists.
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