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''Daughter of Shanghai'' (also billed as ''Daughter of the Orient'') is a 1937 Hollywood film. Creator/AnnaMayWong plays Lan Ying Kwan, a young heiress whose father is suddenly murdered just as he is about to help expose an alien smuggling ring. Lan Ying takes it upon herself to investigate the smugglers, going undercover as a dancer in the club they're using as a front. Also investigating the case is government agent Kim Lee (Philip Ahn), who also goes undercover.
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''Daughter of Shanghai'' (also billed as ''Daughter of the Orient'') is a 1937 Hollywood film. Creator/AnnaMayWong plays Lan Ying Kwan, a young heiress whose father is suddenly murdered just as he is about to help expose an alien smuggling ring. Lan Ying takes it upon herself to investigate the smugglers, going undercover as a dancer in the club they're using as a front. Also investigating the case is government agent Kim Lee (Philip Ahn), (Creator/PhilipAhn), who also goes undercover.
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* IdenticalLookingAsians: Exploited by Lan Ying, when she pretends to be the ''brother'' of another immigrant.
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* RacialFaceBlindness: Exploited by Lan Ying, when she pretends to be the ''brother'' of another immigrant.
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* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler: Mrs Hunt's goons try to dispose of Lan Ying and Kim by dropping them out of the airplane with the same tactic they used in the opening - as opposed to just shooting them. This allows Lan Ying to escape them a second time]].
* ChekhovsSkill: Kelly the chauffeur being a former boxer pays off [[spoiler: when he helps Lan Ying and Kim in the climax]].
* ChekhovsSkill: Kelly the chauffeur being a former boxer pays off [[spoiler: when he helps Lan Ying and Kim in the climax]].
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* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler: Mrs Hunt's goons try to dispose of Lan Ying and Kim by dropping them out of the airplane with the same tactic they used in the opening - as opposed to just shooting them. This allows Lan Ying to escape them a second time]].time.
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** [[spoiler: When she and Kim are in the plane in the climax, she's able to untie her bonds]].
* DisguisedInDrag: [[spoiler: Lan Ying disguises herself as a man and stows away on the ship carrying all the immigrants]].
* DisguisedInDrag: [[spoiler: Lan Ying disguises herself as a man and stows away on the ship carrying all the immigrants]].
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** [[spoiler: When she and Kim are in the plane in the climax, she's able to untie her bonds]].
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* DisguisedInDrag:[[spoiler: Lan Ying disguises herself as a man and stows away on the ship carrying all the immigrants]].immigrants.
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* {{Irony}}: Kelly - the one of Mrs Hunt's entourage who's shown as openly violent - [[spoiler: is the only one not in on her plan.]]
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* {{Irony}}: Kelly - the one of Mrs Hunt's entourage who's shown as openly violent - [[spoiler: is the only one not in on her plan.]]
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* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler: Lan Ying and Kim Lee of course as they ride in the car from Mrs Hunt's house]].
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* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler: Lan Ying and Kim Lee of course as they ride in the car from Mrs Hunt's house]].house.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Locking Kim Lee in the telephone room (although that was a convenient distraction since he wanted to use the phone) allows him to get free and phone the police]].
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Locking Kim Lee in the telephone room (although that was a convenient distraction since he wanted to use the phone) allows him to get free and phone the police]].police.
* NotMyDriver: Lan Ying and her father think they are getting into a taxi, but instead it's the bad guys, who promptly drive that taxi into a truck and eventually chuck it into San Francisco Bay.
* NotMyDriver: Lan Ying and her father think they are getting into a taxi, but instead it's the bad guys, who promptly drive that taxi into a truck and eventually chuck it into San Francisco Bay.
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* PoliceAreUseless: [[spoiler: Averted when the cops pull a BigDamnHeroes in the climax]]. Lan Ying initially feels this is the case, as she goes undercover because she believes the police won't get anywhere. Indeed one untrained girl gets there quicker than a detective with only a name and a vague location.
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* PoliceAreUseless: [[spoiler: Averted when the cops pull a BigDamnHeroes in the climax]].climax. Lan Ying initially feels this is the case, as she goes undercover because she believes the police won't get anywhere. Indeed one untrained girl gets there quicker than a detective with only a name and a vague location.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler: Kelly, Mrs Hunt's chauffeur, is the only member of her staff not in on the smuggling]].
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* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler: Kelly, Mrs Hunt's chauffeur, is the only member of her staff not in on the smuggling]].smuggling.
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* HumanTrafficking: A ring of smugglers who fly Chinese immigrants into the United States to be cheap laborers. The smugglers don't hesitate to chuck their passengers out of planes to their deaths if law enforcement spots them.
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Hartman is shot by a man he stole money from]].
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* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Hartman is shot by a man he stole money from]].from.
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* AllThereInTheManual: Mrs Hunt is only ever called that on screen, but the credits confirm her first name is Mary.
* BigFancyHouse: Mrs Hunt owns a mansion near Chinatown, as well as a nice beach house that features in the climax.
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* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler: Mrs Hunt's goons try to dispose of Lan Ying and Kim by dropping them out of the airplane with the same tactic they used in the opening - as opposed to just shooting them. This allows Lan Ying to escape them a second time]].
* ChekhovsSkill: Kelly the chauffeur being a former boxer pays off [[spoiler: when he helps Lan Ying and Kim in the climax]].
* ChekhovsSkill: Kelly the chauffeur being a former boxer pays off [[spoiler: when he helps Lan Ying and Kim in the climax]].
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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: The dancer Rita seems to have enjoyed Lan Ying's performance, and asks if she can be a partner.
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* HeroicSeductress: Downplayed. Lan Ying exploits Hartman's lechery to get hired (and therefore find evidence). Later when she's caught snooping in his office, she covers up quite easily by pretending he invited her there for a drink.
* IdenticalLookingAsians: Exploited by Lan Ying, when she pretends to be the ''brother'' of another immigrant.
* IdenticalLookingAsians: Exploited by Lan Ying, when she pretends to be the ''brother'' of another immigrant.
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* {{Irony}}: Kelly - the one of Mrs Hunt's entourage who's shown as openly violent - [[spoiler: is the only one not in on her plan.]]
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* LongHairIsFeminine: Lan Ying is discovered cross dressing when her long hair is visible from under the hat she was wearing.
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* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: Locking Kim Lee in the telephone room (although that was a convenient distraction since he wanted to use the phone) allows him to get free and phone the police]].
* ObfuscatingStupidity:
** Kim Lee - a high up police detective - pretends to be a dim-witted sailor on Captain Gulner's ship.
** Lan Ying herself pretends to be a naive dancer.
* ObfuscatingStupidity:
** Kim Lee - a high up police detective - pretends to be a dim-witted sailor on Captain Gulner's ship.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: The villains are white people who exploit poor immigrants trying to get to America, and have problem killing them if that makes things more convenient for themselves.
* RichBitch: Mrs Hunt is a wealthy head of a smuggling ring. Who is also a BadBoss.
* RichBitch: Mrs Hunt is a wealthy head of a smuggling ring. Who is also a BadBoss.
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* SamusIsAGirl: The smugglers' mysterious boss is actually Mrs Hunt.
* SurroundedByIdiots: It's a wonder Mrs Hunt managed to run the smuggling ring for so long, considering how easily her goons get outwitted by Lan Ying - an untrained young woman.
* SweetPollyOliver: Lan Ying briefly disguises herself as a man to get off the island with the other immigrants.
* TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier: Captain Gulner doesn't know Russian, so Kim trolls him by saying "Alpha Beta Gamma" to demonstrate her can speak Russian.
* SurroundedByIdiots: It's a wonder Mrs Hunt managed to run the smuggling ring for so long, considering how easily her goons get outwitted by Lan Ying - an untrained young woman.
* SweetPollyOliver: Lan Ying briefly disguises herself as a man to get off the island with the other immigrants.
* TeasingFromBehindTheLanguageBarrier: Captain Gulner doesn't know Russian, so Kim trolls him by saying "Alpha Beta Gamma" to demonstrate her can speak Russian.
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* UndercoverModel: Lan Ying pretends to be an exotic dancer to get hired at Hartman's club so she can investigate.
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''Daughter of Shanghai'' (also billed as ''Daughter of the Orient'') is a 1937 Hollywood film. Creator/AnnaMayWong plays Lan Ying Lin, Kwan, a young heiress whose father is suddenly murdered just as he is about to help expose an alien smuggling ring. Lan Ying takes it upon herself to investigate the smugglers, going undercover as a dancer in the club they're using as a front. Also investigating the case is government agent Kim Lee (Philip Ahn), who also goes undercover.
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* ActorAllusion: Lan Ying does a sexy dance to a captivated audience - in what appears to be a nod to Anna May Wong's famous {{Fanservice}} role in the British film ''Film/{{Piccadilly}}''.
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* ActorAllusion: Lan Ying does a sexy Ying's dance to at Hartman's club is a captivated audience - in what appears to be a nod to recreation of one Anna May Wong's famous {{Fanservice}} role Wong did in the British film ''Film/{{Piccadilly}}''.''{{Film/Piccadilly}}''.
* BeneathNotice: Both Lan Ying and Kim Lee are able to avoid suspicion when snooping around. The former by pretending to be a naive exotic dancer, the latter by posing as a sailor.
* BondVillainStupidity: [[spoiler: Mrs Hunt's goons
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The opening scene establishes what the smugglers really do; carry a plane full of illegal immigrants hoping to get to America. Then they drop the bottom out of the plane, sending whoever's inside into the sea below.
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* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The opening scene establishes what the smugglers really do; carry a plane full of illegal immigrants hoping to get to America. Then When they're about to be busted, they drop the bottom out of the plane, sending whoever's inside immigrants into the sea below.to kill them rather than be caught.
* FightingIrish: Kelly, Mrs Hunt's chauffeur, punches something in nearly every scene.
* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: Hartman is shot by a man he stole money from]].
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* PoliceAreUseless: [[spoiler: Averted when the cops pull a BigDamnHeroes in the climax]].
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''Daughter of Shanghai'' (also billed as ''Daughter of the Orient'') is a 1937 Hollywood film. Creator/AnnaMayWong plays Lan Ying Lin, a young heiress whose father is suddenly murdered just as he is about to help expose an alien smuggling ring. Lan Ying takes it upon herself to investigate the smugglers, going undercover as a dancer in the club they're using as a front. Also investigating the case is government agent Kim Lee (Philip Ahn), who also goes undercover.
Yes this was made in the 1930s.
''Daughter of Shanghai'' is unique in that it's an old school Hollywood film that's Asian-focused, decidedly un-racist about it and casts actual Asian-American actors in the lead roles - as opposed to white actors in {{Yellowface}}. Indeed it was one of the few films where Anna May Wong was top billed and playing a non-stereotypical Chinese character. Despite its status as a B-movie, it's for this reason that the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
!!Tropes:
* ActionSurvivor: Though she isn't a trained ActionGirl, Lan Ying escapes her captors several times and proves quite competent in a situation.
* AffablyEvil: Hartman doesn't seem to be particularly nasty about what he does. He's implied to be a BadBoss but this is never shown.
* AlphaBitch: Olga from the club appears to be this, as she antagonises Lan Ying when she arrives.
* AmateurSleuth: Lan Ying of course, as she pretends to be a dancer to get accepted into Hatman's club.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Invoked by Kim when he pretends he knows Russian.
* BadGuyBar: Where Lan Ying goes undercover.
* BattleButler: Mrs Hunt has one.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mrs Hunt is the mastermind of the smuggling ring, and has been pretending to be a good friend to Lan Ying and her father for a whole decade.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Lan Ying twice in the film:
** Her father is shot in the opening. She pretends to have been killed as well, and sneaks out of the car at the right time to make her captors think she's still in it when it goes into the river.
** [[spoiler: When she and Kim are in the plane in the climax, she's able to untie her bonds]].
* DisguisedInDrag: [[spoiler: Lan Ying disguises herself as a man and stows away on the ship carrying all the immigrants]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The opening scene establishes what the smugglers really do; carry a plane full of illegal immigrants hoping to get to America. Then they drop the bottom out of the plane, sending whoever's inside into the sea below.
* FamilyFriendlyStripper: The dancers at the club wear long dresses and pretty modest costumes on stage. Lan Ying's is a little skimpier.
* {{Fanservice}}: Lan Ying does get a scene where she performs a sexy dance.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's established that Lang Yin and Mrs Hunt are the only people who know about the information the former's father had been gathering. This foreshadows that Mrs Hunt organised the murder.
* GoldfishPoopGang: Mrs Hunt's goons seem to always fail to kill Lan Ying, and get chewed out for it by the old woman.
* IntimateOpenShirt: Hartman's shirt being constantly like this is justified due to the hot climate, but also helps establish him as a DirtyOldMan.
* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler: Lan Ying and Kim Lee of course as they ride in the car from Mrs Hunt's house]].
* MacGuffin: Hartman's black book contains the information the police need to expose the smuggling ring.
* PoliceAreUseless: [[spoiler: Averted when the cops pull a BigDamnHeroes in the climax]].
* SacrificialLamb: Lan Ying's father is murdered ten minutes in.
* TerribleTrio: Mrs Hunt's goons come in a group of three.
* TitleDrop: Daughter of Shanghai turns out to be Lan Ying's RedBaron on stage.
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler: Kelly, Mrs Hunt's chauffeur, is the only member of her staff not in on the smuggling]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Lan Ying is motivated to uncover her father's murderer.
''Daughter of Shanghai'' (also billed as ''Daughter of the Orient'') is a 1937 Hollywood film. Creator/AnnaMayWong plays Lan Ying Lin, a young heiress whose father is suddenly murdered just as he is about to help expose an alien smuggling ring. Lan Ying takes it upon herself to investigate the smugglers, going undercover as a dancer in the club they're using as a front. Also investigating the case is government agent Kim Lee (Philip Ahn), who also goes undercover.
Yes this was made in the 1930s.
''Daughter of Shanghai'' is unique in that it's an old school Hollywood film that's Asian-focused, decidedly un-racist about it and casts actual Asian-American actors in the lead roles - as opposed to white actors in {{Yellowface}}. Indeed it was one of the few films where Anna May Wong was top billed and playing a non-stereotypical Chinese character. Despite its status as a B-movie, it's for this reason that the film was selected for preservation in the National Film Registry.
!!Tropes:
* ActionSurvivor: Though she isn't a trained ActionGirl, Lan Ying escapes her captors several times and proves quite competent in a situation.
* AffablyEvil: Hartman doesn't seem to be particularly nasty about what he does. He's implied to be a BadBoss but this is never shown.
* AlphaBitch: Olga from the club appears to be this, as she antagonises Lan Ying when she arrives.
* AmateurSleuth: Lan Ying of course, as she pretends to be a dancer to get accepted into Hatman's club.
* AsLongAsItSoundsForeign: Invoked by Kim when he pretends he knows Russian.
* BadGuyBar: Where Lan Ying goes undercover.
* BattleButler: Mrs Hunt has one.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Mrs Hunt is the mastermind of the smuggling ring, and has been pretending to be a good friend to Lan Ying and her father for a whole decade.
* DamselOutOfDistress: Lan Ying twice in the film:
** Her father is shot in the opening. She pretends to have been killed as well, and sneaks out of the car at the right time to make her captors think she's still in it when it goes into the river.
** [[spoiler: When she and Kim are in the plane in the climax, she's able to untie her bonds]].
* DisguisedInDrag: [[spoiler: Lan Ying disguises herself as a man and stows away on the ship carrying all the immigrants]].
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The opening scene establishes what the smugglers really do; carry a plane full of illegal immigrants hoping to get to America. Then they drop the bottom out of the plane, sending whoever's inside into the sea below.
* FamilyFriendlyStripper: The dancers at the club wear long dresses and pretty modest costumes on stage. Lan Ying's is a little skimpier.
* {{Fanservice}}: Lan Ying does get a scene where she performs a sexy dance.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: It's established that Lang Yin and Mrs Hunt are the only people who know about the information the former's father had been gathering. This foreshadows that Mrs Hunt organised the murder.
* GoldfishPoopGang: Mrs Hunt's goons seem to always fail to kill Lan Ying, and get chewed out for it by the old woman.
* IntimateOpenShirt: Hartman's shirt being constantly like this is justified due to the hot climate, but also helps establish him as a DirtyOldMan.
* LastMinuteHookUp: [[spoiler: Lan Ying and Kim Lee of course as they ride in the car from Mrs Hunt's house]].
* MacGuffin: Hartman's black book contains the information the police need to expose the smuggling ring.
* PoliceAreUseless: [[spoiler: Averted when the cops pull a BigDamnHeroes in the climax]].
* SacrificialLamb: Lan Ying's father is murdered ten minutes in.
* TerribleTrio: Mrs Hunt's goons come in a group of three.
* TitleDrop: Daughter of Shanghai turns out to be Lan Ying's RedBaron on stage.
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler: Kelly, Mrs Hunt's chauffeur, is the only member of her staff not in on the smuggling]].
* YouKilledMyFather: Lan Ying is motivated to uncover her father's murderer.
