China Seas (1935)
| Release Date | 09 August 1935 |
| Genre | Action, Drama, Adventure, Romance |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Sea Adventure, Romantic Adventure |
| Themes | Pirates |
| Tags | Against All Odds, Bad Guy, Boat, Captain [military], Courage, Gold, Good Guy, Love, Old Flame, Pirate [seafarer], Rescue, Romance, Swashbuckler, Tramp Steamer, Typhoon |
China Seas is a 1935 adventure film starring Clark Gable as a brave sea captain, Jean Harlow as his brassy girlfriend, and Wallace Beery as an extremely suspicious-looking character. The oceangoing epic also features Lewis Stone and Rosalind Russell, while humorist Robert Benchley memorably portrays a character reeling drunk from one end of the film to the other.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Liev De Maigret
Mrs. Olga Vollberg
Soo Yong
Yu-Lan
Carol Ann Beery
Carol Ann, Little Girl Saved From Crushing Piano by Alan
Harry C. Bradley
Charles Coleman
Daisy Belmore
Martha, Sybil's Maid
Barlowe Borland
Willett, Royal Canada Bank
Pat Flaherty
Second Officer Kingston
Chester Gan
Rickshaw Boy
Tom Gubbins
Sergeant of the Guards, Ship's Officer
Charles Irwin
Bertie the Purser
Eddie Lee
Sailor on Bridge
Ferdinand Munier
Police Superintendent
Beatrice Roberts
Ship's Passenger
James Wang
Trapshooting Attendant
Bobby Watson
Man on Dock with McCaleb
Director
Writer
Crosbie Garstin
Jules Furthman
James Kevin McGuinness
Paul Hervey Fox
contributor to dialogue
Monckton Hoffe
early script writer
Maurice Revnes
early script writer
Producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Ray June
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Editor
William LeVanway
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Art Director
Costume Designer
Production Manager
Joe Cohn
production manager
Frank Messenger
unit manager
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Harold S. Bucquet
second unit director: mob scenes
James C. McKay
second unit director: night water scenes
Joseph M. Newman
assistant director
Art Department
James Curtis Havens
associate art director
David Townsend
associate art director
Edwin B. Willis
associate art director
Elmer Sheeley
assistant to art director
Sound Department
Special Effects
Warren Newcombe
special effects
Visual Effects
James Basevi
miniatures
Camera and Electrical Department
Clyde De Vinna
director of photography: second unit
Ellsworth Fredericks
assistant camera
Ray Ramsey
assistant camera
Music Department
Paul Marquardt
orchestrator
Charles Maxwell
orchestrator
Leonid Raab
orchestrator
Jack Virgil
orchestrator
Other Crew
Chick Collins
double: Clark Gable
Loretta Rush
double: Jean Harlow
Production Company
MGM-International Dist.
Distributor
MGM-International Dist.
MGM/UA Home Entertainment
,
Warner Home Video
Loew's
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