China Seas poster

China Seas Cast & Characters

China Seas (1935) stars Clark Gable as Cpt Alan Gaskell, Jean Harlow as Dolly 'China Doll' Portland and Wallace Beery as Jamesy MacArdle. The adventure movie was released August 9, 1935. Below is the full cast and crew.

NR 1935 · 1h 27m 62 Audience

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Starring Cast

Key crew

Director

Tay Garnett

Screenplay

Jules Furthman , James Kevin McGuinness , Maurice Revnes , Monckton Hoffe , John Lee Mahin

Based on

Crosbie Garstin

Producers

Irving Thalberg

Music

Herbert Stothart

Cinematography

Ray June , Clyde De Vinna

Editor

William LeVanway

Costume design

Adrian

Full cast

41 cast members

Cpt Alan Gaskell

Dolly 'China Doll' Portland

Jamesy MacArdle

Rosalind Russell

C. Aubrey Smith

Sir Guy Wilmerding

Robert Benchley

Charlie McCaleb

Liev De Maigret

Mrs. Vollberg

Carol Ann Beery

Carol Ann

Mrs. Higgins (uncredited)

Hattie McDaniel

Isabel McCarthy, Dolly's Maid (uncredited)

Malcolm McGregor

Atkins (uncredited)

Chess Player (uncredited)

Cabin Boy Ah Sing (uncredited)

Martha, Sybil's Maid (uncredited)

Barlowe Borland

Willett, Royal Canada Bank (uncredited)

Harry C. Bradley

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Second Officer Kingston (uncredited)

Rickshaw Boy (uncredited)

Ship's Officer / Sergeant of the Guards (uncredited)

Ship's Engineer (uncredited)

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Forrester Harvey

Chief Steward Ted Gary (uncredited)

Ship's Pilot (uncredited)

Bertie the Purser (uncredited)

Malay Pirate (uncredited)

Sailor on Bridge (uncredited)

Chinese Inspector at Gangplank (uncredited)

Ferdinand Munier

Police Superintendent (uncredited)

Beatrice Roberts

Ship's Passenger (uncredited)

Loretta Russell

Ship Passenger (uncredited)

Trapshooting Attendant (uncredited)

Man on Dock with McCaleb (uncredited)

Crew by department

37 crew members

Directing

Joseph M. Newman

Assistant Director

Harold S. Bucquet

Second Unit Director

Second Unit Director

William A. Wellman

Second Unit Director

Assistant Art Director

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

Writing

Crosbie Garstin

Novel

Maurice Revnes

Writer

James Kevin McGuinness

Story Consultant

Production

Associate Producer

Irving Thalberg

Executive Producer

Joe Cohn

Production Manager

Camera

Ellsworth Fredericks

Assistant Camera

Assistant Camera

Editing

William LeVanway

Sound

Douglas Shearer

Paul Hervey Fox

Music

Herbert Stothart

Original Music Composer

Art

David Townsend

Art Direction

Edwin B. Willis

James Curtis Havens

Visual Effects

Warren Newcombe

Special Effects

Costume & Makeup

Other

Charles Maxwell

Frank Messenger