ADVENTURE AND LOVE IN EAST

Evening Star, Issue 21633, 31 January 1934, Page 1

ADVENTURE AND LOVE IN EAST

SPENCER TRACY IN ‘ SHANGHAI MADNESS'

Spencer Tracy, with Fay Wray cast in -the leading feminine role opposite him, comes to the Strand Theatre'on Friday in ‘Shanghai Madness.’ With the city of Shanghai and its spell of intrigue as the picture’s background, the story of the film is said to run through the entire gamut of screen expression. It has drama, romance, comedy, action, adventure, and intrigue. It traces the adventures of a young American naval officer from the time he is dishonourably . discharged from his post, through, an era of spiritual despair, to the recapture of honour and courage. It shows him alone and an outcast, but retrieved from utter ruin by the presence of a young girl. The locale of the picture is most picturesque. It moves from aristocratic foreign clubs in Shanghai to the dismal hovels of the poorest natives, from fashionable entertainment to questionable resorts, and from the turmoil of a busy city to the peace of a medical mission up the river.