Clark Gable
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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.
China Seas: Directed by Tay Garnett. With Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone. When earthy Dolly Portland is rejected by Captain Gaskell in favor of a socialite, she aids Jamesy McCardle, in league with Malay pirates, in his plot to seize Gaskell's ship.
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- Action, Adventure, Drama
- Tay Garnett
- 1935-08-16
China Seas (1935) -- (Movie Clip) Are You With Me? In scenes largely about her wardrobe, China (Jean Harlow) wins a drinking game against Jamesy (Wallace Beery), who's already quit, then discovers his criminal scheme, rescued by captain Gaskell (Clark Gable), as the ship hits a storm, in MGM's sprawling China Seas, 1935.
- Tay Garnett
- Clark Gable
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China Seas is a 1935 film directed by Tay Garnett, starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, and Rosalind Russell. Gable is Alan Gaskell, an English (not that you can tell by his accent) captain of a tramp steamer that is sailing the South China Sea between Hong Kong and Singapore.
Dashing captain Alan Gaskell (Clark Gable) is attempting to lead a more subdued life with a new love interest, aristocrat Sybil Barclay (Rosalind Russell), when his ship is taken over by pirates ...
- Adventure
Jun 20, 2006 · Based on a novel by Crosbie Garstin, and directed by Tay Garnett (best known for the terrific film noir “The Postman Always Rings Twice”) “China Seas” is a typical MGM programmer of the Depression era, a star vehicle for Gable and Harlow.
