He meekly confessed to Bill that he had pawned off their phonograph player to buy his sweetheart Mildred he lavalliere (that he couldn""t afford), and now they had no money o pay their overdue rent ($14 dollars for two weeks) to the landlady.There were many passengers of various and different backgrounds who were boarding into the first-class compartments, comprising the main principals of the film (including two ""fallen women""):Hui Fei (Anna May Wong), an Eurasian (but American-bred) prostitute, with a suspect background, who appeared to be running awayShanghai Lily (Marlene Dietrich), a European lady also with a questionable reputation (a "courtesan")Captain Donald Harvey (Clive Brook), a stalwart British medical doctor on a mission to operate on the Governor-General of ShanghaiReverend Carmichael (Lawrence Grant), a fervent Christian missionary, judgmental and impatientMrs."With a production budget of $160 million, and box-office gross receipts of $146.4 million (domestic) and $353.6 million (worldwide).Set-pieces:Shaw""s attack on the Division X facility, and the climactic showdown-faceoff between he US and Russia - the Cuban Missile Crisis conclusion." But Margo doesn""t think much of her fans and audience:Autograph fiends, they""re not people.Those are little beasts that run around in packs like coyotes...They""re nobody""s fans.They""re juvenile delinquent, they""re mental defective, and nobody""s audience.They never see a play or a movie even.They""re never indoors long enough.Karen begs Margo to see one of her adoring "indoors" fans: "Oh, but you can""t put her out.I promised.Margo, you""ve got to see her.She worships you.It""s like something out of a book...You""re her whole life." Eve, seen in the alley""s shadows as "the mousy one with the trench coat and a funny hat," is ushered into the dressing room and introduced to Margo - with unflattering cold cream on her face.