China Seas (1935)
Directed By: Tay Garnett
Written By: James Kevin McGuinness, Jules Furthman
Starring: Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery
Length: 87 min.
Genre: Action Adventure
Based On: The Novel "China Seas" by Crosbie Garstin
Gable plays a ship's captain, Jean Harlow his ex-girlfriend, and hilarity ensues when Harlow ends up on Gable's ship, and she really ramps up the crazy when Gable gets engaged. And while all that is going on, a plot to hijack the ship and rob it is being carried out.
So the comedy was the usual "love triangle" type. Gable and his fiancée have to deal with Harlow's antics. The type of stuff I usually groan at, but the way Harlow plays crazy made it not so terrible.
The action scenes were good, and the movie is only an hour and a half, so it moves at a good pace. A good 30's MGM adventure movie, but there's nothing really special about this one.
My Rating: 6 / 10
IMDB Rating: 6.9 / 10 (2.5k votes)
Letterboxd: 3.2 / 5 (654 ratings)
Rotten Tomatoes: 80% Critics* (4-1), 73% of Audience (500+ ratings)