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Shanghai Madness (1933)

Directed by John G. Blystone

Tracy plays a Naval officer dishonorably discharged after firing on a marauding Communist ship in the China seas against orders. Only as a mate on a scurrilous merchant ship does he find a second shot at heroism. Handed a role with limited emotional range, Tracy etches the depths of humiliation with sensitivity, and is enlivened by later action scenes, not to mention an opportune meeting with bored playgirl, Fay Wray.

Fox Film Corp. Producer: A. L. Rockett. Screenwriter: Austin Parker. Cinematographer: Lee Garmes. Editor: Margaret Clancy, Alexander Troffey. Cast: Spencer Tracy, Fay Wray, Ralph Morgan, Eugene Pallette, Herbert Mundin.

35mm, b/w, 68 min.