Ship From Shanghai, The [DVD] Adventure the four-part BBC Atlas of

the four-part BBC Atlas of the Natural World: Land of the Eagle begins with a reminder that North America was once considered nothing more than an obstacle to Europe's trade routes

wiles and astonishing powers to fight evil

Masquerading as a heavy metal band

on the wrong night

Mischa Elman ' Humoresque and Gavotte

Ship From Shanghai, The [DVD] Adventure the four-part BBC Atlas ofIt all starts light enough: A band plays "Singin' in the Rain" in Chinese in a Shanghai nightclub while a supercilious playboy (Conrad Nagel) pursues a beautiful, if overly serious, member of the English aristocracy (Kay Johnson). A married couple (Holmes Herbert and Carmel Myers), fellow members of the smart set, proposes the lark of a lifetime: a leisurely three month voyage to the States aboard a borrowed sailing yacht. The American playboy,