China Seas (1935)
- Directed by
- Tay Garnett
- Genre
- drama film, romance film, pirate film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.2 of 10 from 39 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A sea captain and his brassy lover navigate danger and suspicion aboard a merchant ship in the South China Sea. A charming drunk provides comic relief as tensions rise with a possible traitor on board.
swashbucklingold-fashionedbreezyromanticsuspensefulcomic reliefhigh-seas
What happens
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 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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