China Seas

China Seas (1935)

  • 70% of users liked it
    (566 ratings)

China Seas proved that the recently imposed Hollywood production code had little if any effect on the popularity of MGM sex symbols Clark Gable and Jean Harlow. Gable plays the captain of a tramp steamer chugging between Singapore and Hong Kong. Harlow is Gable's ex-main squeeze, a "woman… More

Unrated,
Directed By
Written By
Jules Furthman, James Kevin McGuinness
Genres
Drama, Action & Adventure, Romance, Classics
In Theaters
Aug 16, 1935 Wide
On DVD
Jun 20, 2006
MGM

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, EmanuelLevy.Com

    A typical MGM star vehicle of the Depression era, benefiting from strong chemistry between Gable and Harlow.

  • Michael W. Phillips, Jr., Goatdog's Movies

    There's so much going on that it's easy to be distracted into feeling like you've seen something.

  • Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviews

    Highly entertaining because of the marvelous cast.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Universal D


    One of Hollywood's "exotic" features, with Gable as a tough sea captain with a past and Harlow as the goodtime woman who loves him. Rosalind Russell stirs up the mix as the "good" woman who wants to reform him ... will he go the straight and narrow and… More

  • Veronique K


    "china seas" is directed by tay garnett who also helms the classic noir "the postman always rings twice"...it has every gable/harlow formulic element adopted from their former collaboration "red dust": oriental background, racist insinuation, sexist… More

  • monty h


    Clark Gable and Jean Harlow team up again after the success of Red Dust and make China Seas better than it ought to be. Gable is ship captain Alan Gaskell who has to deliver passengers safely from Hong Kong to Singapore because of the waters being overrun with pirates. The first time… More

  • Patrick D


    If you like the Hollywood tinsel town era flicks this one is good. I'm not fully into those movies though. But it was a good movie.

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