China Seas

Ben Mankiewicz introduces China Seas, 1935.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces China Seas, 1935.

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Captain Gaskell (Clark Gable) and refined widow Sybil (Rosalind Russell) join his ex, China (Jean Harlow), and Jamesy (Wallace Beery), who have become kind-of partners in a scam, C. Aubrey Smith as the ship line owner, finishing with a scolding, in China Seas, 1935, directed by Tay Garnett.

Clark Gable as captain Gaskell, boarding his ship after a hard-partying call in Singapore, finds underling Rockwell (William Henry) imitating lines he himself just barked, then ambushed by girlfriend “China Doll” (Jean Harlow), who’s not done with him, early in MGM’s China Seas, 1935.

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.

A sea captain caught in a romantic triangle has to fight off modern-day pirates in China Seas (1935) starring Clark Gable and Jean Harlow.