China Seas (film)

China Seas
China Seas
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Directed by	Tay Garnett
Written by	James Kevin McGuinness; Jules Furthman
Based on	China Seas ; 1931 novel; by Crosbie Garstin
Produced by	Irving Thalberg; Albert Lewin
Starring	Clark Gable; Jean Harlow; Wallace Beery; Lewis Stone; Rosalind Russell; Robert Benchley; Akim Tamiroff
Cinematography	Ray June; Clyde De Vinna (2nd unit)
Edited by	William LeVanway
Music by	Herbert Stothart
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release date	August 9, 1935;
Running time	87 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.1 million
Box office	$2.8 million

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 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 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.

^ ^a ^b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^ ^a ^b Scott Eyman, Lion of Hollywood: The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer, Robson, 2005 p. 155–156