China Seas (1935)
1h 27m
Running Time
August 9, 1935Release Date
China Seas (1935)
1h 27m
Running Time
August 9, 1935Release Date
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Plot.
Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard!
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Cast & Crew.
Clark Gable
Alan Gaskell
Jean Harlow
China Doll
Wallace Beery
Jamesy MacArdle
Lewis Stone
Davids
Rosalind Russell
Sybil
Dudley Digges
Dawson
C. Aubrey Smith
Sir Guy
Robert Benchley
McCaleb
William Henry
Rockwell
Paul Bern
Writer
Paul Hervey Fox
Writer
Lilian Bond
Mrs. Timmons
Liev De Maigret
Mrs. Vollberg
Tay Garnett
Director
Edward Brophy
Wilbur Timmons
Soo Yong
Yu-Lan
Jules Furthman
Writer
James Kevin McGuinness
Writer
Carol Ann Beery
Carol Ann
Crosbie Garstin
Writer
Akim Tamiroff
Paul Romanoff
Ivan Lebedeff
Ngah
Herbert Stothart
Composer
Emily Fitzroy
Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)
Ray June
Cinematographer
Hattie McDaniel
Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)
William LeVanway
Editor
Malcolm McGregor
Atkins (uncredited)
Donald Meek
Chess Player (uncredited)
Willie Fung
Cabin Boy Ah Sing (uncredited)
Daisy Belmore
Martha, Sybil's Maid (uncredited)
Barlowe Borland
Willett, Royal Canada Bank (uncredited)
Harry C. Bradley
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Fred Farrell
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty
Second Officer Kingston (uncredited)
Chester Gan
Rickshaw Boy (uncredited)
Tom Gubbins
Ship's Officer / Sergeant of the Guards (uncredited)
Sherry Hall
Ship's Engineer (uncredited)
Sam Harris
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
Forrester Harvey
Chief Steward Ted Gary (uncredited)
John Ince
Ship's Pilot (uncredited)
Charles Irwin
Bertie the Purser (uncredited)
Tetsu Komai
Malay Pirate (uncredited)
Eddie Lee
Sailor on Bridge (uncredited)
Richard Loo
Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited)
Ferdinand Munier
Police Superintendent (uncredited)
Beatrice Roberts
Ship's Passenger (uncredited)
Loretta Russell
Ship Passenger (uncredited)
James Wang
Trapshooting Attendant (uncredited)
Bobby Watson
Man on Dock with McCaleb (uncredited)
Irving Thalberg
Executive Producer
James Basevi
Visual Effects
Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Edwin B. Willis
Art Direction
Adrian
Costume Design
Leonid Raab
Orchestrator
Joseph M. Newman
Assistant Director
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects
Elmer Sheeley
Assistant Art Director
William A. Wellman
Second Unit Director
Douglas Shearer
Sound
John Lee Mahin
Screenplay
Albert Lewin
Associate Producer
Harold S. Bucquet
Second Unit Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateAugust 9, 1935
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 27m
Content RatingNR
Budget$1,138,000
Genres
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Wiki.
China Seas is a 1935 American adventure film starring Clark Gable as a brave sea captain, Jean Harlow as his brassy paramour, and Wallace Beery as a suspect character. The oceangoing epic also features Rosalind Russell, Lewis Stone, Akim Tamiroff, and Hattie McDaniel, while humorist Robert Benchley memorably portrays a character reeling drunk from one end of the film to the other.
The lavish MGM epic was written by James Kevin McGuinness and Jules Furthman from the 1930 book by Crosbie Garstin, and directed by Tay Garnett. This is one of only four sound films with Beery in which he did not receive top billing.