Mordaunt Hall of The New York Times praised Ray Enright's direction, characterizing the film as "neatly measured and nicely balanced," as well as the cast's acting.
Each standard bale of silk weighs 100 lbs (45.4 kg). The shipment would weigh 250,000 lbs (113.398 kg) or 125 tons. The price comes out to $12 per pound, which equates to $289 in 2024. However, the actual price of silk in 1933 had reached as low as $1.18 per pound due to the Depression.
The $3M stated as the value of the silk shipment equates to about $72.1M in 2024.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, Douglass Dumbrille played a character named Johnson. New York Times, however, lists Ivan F. Simpson in that role.
The Silk Express (1933) is a Warner Brothers American pre-Code drama film directed by Ray Enright and written by Houston Branch and Ben Markson. The film, starring Neil Hamilton, Sheila Terry, Arthur Byron, Guy Kibbee, Dudley Digges and Arthur Hohl.