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List Price: $19.98 Our Price: $17.99 You Save: $1.99 Features • Black & White • Closed-captioned • DVD-Video • Subtitled • NTSC In Theaters : 16 August, 1935 DVD Release : 20 June, 2006 |
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China Seas description Sea captain Clark Gable has his hands full on the Hong Kong-Singapore route: secret gold hidden below decks, pirates, a typhoon. None of which truly matters, since the real action here is animal attraction: Gable can't believe the one classy lady (Rosalind Russell) he ever loved has come on board the same time as his bawdy mistress (Jean Harlow). Director Tay Garnett does well by the storm at sea and the marauding pirates, but he knows the real fun is when Gable and Harlow trade smoldering glances and caustic one-liners. And if more deliciously vulgar dialogue is needed, Wallace Beery is there to spray it around. However preposterous all this may seem, it's so spicily written (script by James Kevin McGuinness and the gifted Jules Furthman) and perfectly cast that it satisfies on pretty much every level. Gable was at his prime here, a bullheadedly confident example of machismos americanus in his natural habitat, and in Harlow he found his perfect unpretentious sparring partner. China Seas is essentially a rehash of their teaming in Red Dust, but absolutely nobody minded. --Robert Horton |
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| CHINA SEAS reunited Clark Gable and Jean Harlow following their celebrated partnership in "Red Dust"--exchanging the sultry jungle setting for an exciting adventure on the seas. Rosalind Russell and Wallace Beery co-star.
Clark Gable plays Captain Alan Gaskell, at the helm of a ship bound for Singapore; and trying to shake off his unwelcome stowaway, former mistress Dolly "China Doll" Portland (Jean Harlow). Adding even more complications is Gaskell's prim fiancee Sybil Barclay (Rosalind Russell). The love triangle is set against the Hong Kong-Singapore voyage, complete with a ferocious storm and a pirate attack. CHINA SEAS is a briskly-paced romantic adventure, peppered with razor sharp dialogue. Clark Gable and Jean Harlow fall effortlessly back into the easygoing chemistry they shared in "Red Dust". In a severely under-written role (which might have originally been pegged for Mary Astor), Rosalind Russell tries her best; Wallace Beery puts in a good-humored performance as the resident heel of the piece. The DVD includes Vitaphone musical short "A Girl's Best Years", Fitzpatrick TravelTalk short "Cherry Blossom Time in Japan", and the trailer. Also available as part of [[ASIN:B000F7CMRC Clark Gable - The Signature Collection (Dancing Lady / China Seas / San Francisco / Wife vs. Secretary / Boom Town / Mogambo)]] |
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