A challenge to all screen history in which a captain Alan Gaskell (Clark Gable) commands a ship bound from Hong Kong to Singapore . While Dolly Portland (Jean Harlow) is rejected by Captain Gaskell in favor of a socialite (Rosalind Russell) . Then some Malay pirates assault violently the ship . Things go wrong when a temporary takeover of the ship by gold-seeking Asian pirates and a typhoon taking place. Things sure get hot when these two guys fall for the blonde ! Cast of thousands in biggest action-spectacle! .Roaring acroos the screen with all the fury of a tropical typhoon ! "Where the Dawn Comes Up Like Thunder" The greatest star combination in screen history! Two men of the sea...and a charmer from the ports of the Orient!
Enjoyable and attractive tale taken from Crosbie Garstin's adventurous novel with success enough . Dealing with a captain of a commercial steamship on China route who has to fight off murderous Malay pirates , a spurned woman and a raging typhoon to reach port safety . Tay Garnett's direction being made with good sense of atmosphere and locale . Main cast is frankly fabulous with Clark Gable as a tough captain of a Chinese river steamer in pirate-infested waters and Jean Harlow is once again the lady in distress with a spotted past who we all know is the perfect mate for Gable if he'd only realize it himself . Support cast is first-class with top-drawer secondaries giving terrific interpretations , such as : Rosalind Russell , veteran MGM star Lewis Stone , Dudley Digges , C. Aubrey Smith , Robert Benchley, William Henry , Lilian Bond, Edward Brophy and a young Akim Tamiroff , all catch the eye . Acting honours , however , go to always sympathetic Wallace Beery .
Filmmaker , traveller and sometimes round-the -world-yatchman Tay Garnett delivers an efficient direction . Prolific director Tay entered films in 1920 as a screenwriter . After a stint as a gag writer for Mack Sennett and Hal Roach he joined Pathe, then the distributor for both competing comedy producers, and in 1928 began directing for that company . Garnett garnered some attention in the early 1930s with such films as Bad company (1931) and Way Passage (1932) , but his best work came in the mid-'30s and early 1940s with such films as S. O. S. Iceberg (1933) , China seas (1935), Slave Ship (1937) and Trade Winds (1938) . His best known film would have to the John Garfield/Lana Turner vehicle : The postman always rings twice (1946), although his version of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) was a well-deserved critical and commercial success as well . Other successes were the following ones : Bataan (1943) , The cross of Lorraine (1943) , Soldiers Three (151) , The Black Knight (1953) , Stand-in , Mrs Parkington , Cause for alarm , The big push , Seven sinners , Slighly honorable , Main Street to Broadway , Cheers for Miss Bishop , Eternally yours , among others . China Seas (1935) results to be a treat for Clark Gable , Jean Harlow and Rosalind Russell fans . This charming screen romp has a rating : 6.5/10. Well worth watching. Essential and indispensable seeing .
Enjoyable and attractive tale taken from Crosbie Garstin's adventurous novel with success enough . Dealing with a captain of a commercial steamship on China route who has to fight off murderous Malay pirates , a spurned woman and a raging typhoon to reach port safety . Tay Garnett's direction being made with good sense of atmosphere and locale . Main cast is frankly fabulous with Clark Gable as a tough captain of a Chinese river steamer in pirate-infested waters and Jean Harlow is once again the lady in distress with a spotted past who we all know is the perfect mate for Gable if he'd only realize it himself . Support cast is first-class with top-drawer secondaries giving terrific interpretations , such as : Rosalind Russell , veteran MGM star Lewis Stone , Dudley Digges , C. Aubrey Smith , Robert Benchley, William Henry , Lilian Bond, Edward Brophy and a young Akim Tamiroff , all catch the eye . Acting honours , however , go to always sympathetic Wallace Beery .
Filmmaker , traveller and sometimes round-the -world-yatchman Tay Garnett delivers an efficient direction . Prolific director Tay entered films in 1920 as a screenwriter . After a stint as a gag writer for Mack Sennett and Hal Roach he joined Pathe, then the distributor for both competing comedy producers, and in 1928 began directing for that company . Garnett garnered some attention in the early 1930s with such films as Bad company (1931) and Way Passage (1932) , but his best work came in the mid-'30s and early 1940s with such films as S. O. S. Iceberg (1933) , China seas (1935), Slave Ship (1937) and Trade Winds (1938) . His best known film would have to the John Garfield/Lana Turner vehicle : The postman always rings twice (1946), although his version of A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1949) was a well-deserved critical and commercial success as well . Other successes were the following ones : Bataan (1943) , The cross of Lorraine (1943) , Soldiers Three (151) , The Black Knight (1953) , Stand-in , Mrs Parkington , Cause for alarm , The big push , Seven sinners , Slighly honorable , Main Street to Broadway , Cheers for Miss Bishop , Eternally yours , among others . China Seas (1935) results to be a treat for Clark Gable , Jean Harlow and Rosalind Russell fans . This charming screen romp has a rating : 6.5/10. Well worth watching. Essential and indispensable seeing .