The Lady from Shanghai
Year | 1947 |
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Country | USA |
Tagline | One who keeps his nature keeps his original nature in the end |
Director | Orson Welles |
Cinematography | Charles Lawton Jr.Rudolph MatéJoseph Walker |
Scriptwriters | Orson WellesWilliam CastleCharles Lederer |
Produced | Orson WellesWilliam CastleRichard Wilson |
Music | Heinz Roemheld |
Art Direction | Sturges CarneStephen GoossonJean Louis |
Editing | Viola Lawrence |
Genres | Film-noirThrillerDramaCrimeDetective |
USA Gross | $7 927сборы |
Release Date | December 24, 1947 |
Runtime | 87 min. |
Plot Summary
Did You Know?
The film is based on the novel by Sherwood king.
Starring Sam wells and his wife Rita Hayworth, which is specifically for the film went contrary to their image, allowing you to turn yourself into a short-haired platinum blonde.
Due to the rewiring, the film was released in us theaters in June of 1948 and had no success.
About the circumstances that have pushed Welles for the film, reports vary. He told wells that he was a Director of this film almost by accident. He urgently needed the money to complete work on the musical "Around the world in 80 days", and in exchange for the required amount, he agreed to shoot for Columbia Pictures film on any chosen plot. The result is not like the Hollywood bigwigs, and they wanted to cut from the movie for more than an hour of screen time. However the picture failed at the box office.
After the failure of "the Lady from Shanghai" the Director was in the "black list" of Hollywood. Also the failure of the film hastened his divorce from Hayworth.
Twenty years before the film was named one of the peaks of the Hollywood film Noir, and the surreal shooting in full mirror room of laughter "one of the most spectacular scenes in cinema".