China Seas
1935 | 87m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Tay Garnett |
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| Writer: | Crosbie Garstin, Monckton Hoffe, Maurice Revnes, Jules Furthman, James Kevin McGuinness, John Lee Mahin |
| Staring: |
| Captain Alan Gaskell sails the perilous waters between Hong Kong and Singapore with a secret cargo: a fortune in British gold. That's not the only risky cargo he carries; both his fiery mistress and his refined fiancee are aboard! | |
| Release Date: | Aug 09, 1935 |
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| Director: | Tay Garnett |
| Writer: | Crosbie Garstin, Monckton Hoffe, Maurice Revnes, Jules Furthman, James Kevin McGuinness, John Lee Mahin |
| Genres: | Action, Adventure, Drama |
| Keywords | gold, ship, love, romance, rescue, pirate, old flame, swashbuckler, typhoon, secret cargo, bad guy, against all odds, boating, good guy, tramp steamer |
| Production Companies | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $1,138,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Jan 28, 2026 Entered: Apr 14, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Clark Gable | Cpt Alan Gaskell |
| Jean Harlow | Dolly 'China Doll' Portland |
| Wallace Beery | Jamesy MacArdle |
| Lewis Stone | Tom Davids |
| Rosalind Russell | Sybil Barclay |
| Dudley Digges | Dawson |
| C. Aubrey Smith | Sir Guy Wilmerding |
| Robert Benchley | Charlie McCaleb |
| William Henry | Rockwell |
| Liev De Maigret | Mrs. Vollberg |
| Lilian Bond | Mrs. Timmons |
| Edward Brophy | Wilbur Timmons |
| Soo Yong | Yu-Lan |
| Carol Ann Beery | Carol Ann |
| Akim Tamiroff | Paul Romanoff |
| Ivan Lebedeff | Ngah |
| Emily Fitzroy | Mrs. Higgins (uncredited) |
| Hattie McDaniel | Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited) |
| Malcolm McGregor | Atkins (uncredited) |
| Donald Meek | Chess Player (uncredited) |
| Willie Fung | Cabin Boy Ah Sing (uncredited) |
| Daisy Belmore | Martha, Sybil's Maid (uncredited) |
| Barlowe Borland | Willett, Royal Canada Bank (uncredited) |
| Harry C. Bradley | Ship Passenger (uncredited) |
| Fred Farrell | Ship Passenger (uncredited) |
| Pat Flaherty | Second Officer Kingston (uncredited) |
| Chester Gan | Rickshaw Boy (uncredited) |
| Tom Gubbins | Ship's Officer / Sergeant of the Guards (uncredited) |
| Sherry Hall | Ship's Engineer (uncredited) |
| Sam Harris | Ship Passenger (uncredited) |
| Forrester Harvey | Chief Steward Ted Gary (uncredited) |
| John Ince | Ship's Pilot (uncredited) |
| Charles Irwin | Bertie the Purser (uncredited) |
| Tetsu Komai | Malay Pirate (uncredited) |
| Eddie Lee | Sailor on Bridge (uncredited) |
| Richard Loo | Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited) |
| Ferdinand Munier | Police Superintendent (uncredited) |
| Beatrice Roberts | Ship's Passenger (uncredited) |
| Loretta Russell | Ship Passenger (uncredited) |
| James Wang | Trapshooting Attendant (uncredited) |
| Bobby Watson | Man on Dock with McCaleb (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Tay Garnett | Director |
| Crosbie Garstin | Novel |
| Ray June | Director of Photography |
| William LeVanway | Editor |
| Joe Cohn | Production Manager |
| Frank Messenger | Unit Manager |
| Paul Bern | Story Consultant |
| Paul Hervey Fox | Dialogue |
| Monckton Hoffe | Writer |
| Maurice Revnes | Writer |
| James C. McKay | Second Unit Director |
| James Curtis Havens | Art Direction |
| David Townsend | Art Direction |
| Elmer Sheeley | Assistant Art Director |
| Warren Newcombe | Special Effects |
| James Basevi | Visual Effects |
| Clyde De Vinna | Director of Photography |
| Ellsworth Fredericks | Assistant Camera |
| Ray Ramsey | Assistant Camera |
| Paul Marquardt | Orchestrator |
| Charles Maxwell | Orchestrator |
| Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Jack Virgil | Orchestrator |
| Edward Ward | Compositor |
| Jules Furthman | Screenplay |
| James Kevin McGuinness | Screenplay |
| Herbert Stothart | Original Music Composer |
| Cedric Gibbons | Art Direction |
| Adrian | Costume Design |
| Joseph M. Newman | Assistant Director |
| Douglas Shearer | Sound |
| John Lee Mahin | Screenplay |
| Harold S. Bucquet | Second Unit Director |
| William A. Wellman | Second Unit Director |
| Edwin B. Willis | Art Direction |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Irving Thalberg | Executive Producer |
| Albert Lewin | Associate Producer |
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Popularity History
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 19 | 4 |
| 2024 | 5 | 11 | 24 | 6 |
| 2024 | 6 | 11 | 27 | 5 |
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| 2024 | 10 | 7 | 16 | 3 |
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| 2024 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 2 |
| 2025 | 1 | 8 | 26 | 3 |
| 2025 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| 2025 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 1 |
| 2025 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2025 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| 2026 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| 2026 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
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