China Seas
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Movie Review: MGM star power on parade
Summary: 4 Stars
MGM, the Hollywood studio that boasted "More stars than in heaven", were able in the thirties to blast away the rival studios by regularly releasing an all star blockbuster which smashed at the box office. "China Seas" is just such a film. As usual, MGM threw in the lot - a melodramatic adventure, a giant cast with more than 2 box office stars and superb production values in every department, including an exciting storm at sea.
"China Seas" stars macho Clark Gable as a ship captain trading in the Orient, dealing with raunchy tart Jean Harlow as his girlfriend, refined Rosalind Russell as his ladylike English fiancee and Wallace Beery as a gun running crook. They are supported by an endless parade of character actors including Lewis Stone, C. Aubrey Smith and Robert Benchley. The film is at different times funny, corny, exciting and absurd. It has everything.
The print is good and there are, for once on an MGM DVD, a few extras other than the original theatrical trailer. The musical short is fairly awful but the travel talk "Cherry Blossom Time in Japan" has genuine historical interest. The DVD is best value if purchased as part of the "Clark Gable Signature Collection".
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