China Seas (film) explained

China Seas
Director:Tay Garnett
Producer:Irving Thalberg
Albert Lewin
Starring:Clark Gable
Jean Harlow
Wallace Beery
Lewis Stone
Rosalind Russell
Robert Benchley
Music:Herbert Stothart
Cinematography:Ray June
Editing:William LeVanway
Distributor:Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Released: August 9, 1935 (premiere)
August 16, 1935 (wide release)
January 19, 1936
January 24, 1936
Runtime:87 min.
Language:English

China Seas is a 1935 adventure film starring Clark Gable as a brave sea captain, Jean Harlow as an onboard floozy, 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.

The lavish MGM epic was written by James Kevin McGuinness and Jules Furthman from the book by Crosbie Garstin, and directed by Tay Garnett. This is one of only four sound films with Beery in which he didn't receive top billing.

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