China Seas

Cast & Crew

Cast & Crew

Directed by

Tay Garnett

Writing Credits

Jules Furthman
(screen play) and
James Kevin McGuinness
(screen play)
Crosbie Garstin
(book)
Paul Bern
(contributor to story) (uncredited)
Paul Hervey Fox
(contributor to dialogue) (uncredited)
Monckton Hoffe
(early script writer) (uncredited)
Isabelle Kloucowski
(french adaptation) (uncredited)
John Lee Mahin
(contributor to screenplay construction) (uncredited)
Maurice Revnes
(early script writer) (uncredited)

Cast

Clark Gable
Alan Gaskell
Jean Harlow
China Doll
Wallace Beery
Jamesy MacArdle
Lewis Stone
Davids
Rosalind Russell
Sybil
Dudley Digges
Dawson
C. Aubrey Smith
Sir Guy
Robert Benchley
McCaleb
William Henry
Rockwell
Liev De Maigret
Mrs. Vollberg
Lilian Bond
Mrs. Timmons
Edward Brophy
Timmons
Soo Yong
Yu-Lan
Carol Ann Beery
Carol Ann
Akim Tamiroff
Romanoff
Ivan Lebedeff
Ngah
Charles Coleman
Undetermined Secondary Role
Edward McWade
Undetermined Secondary Role
Daisy Belmore
Martha
Barlowe Borland
Willett
Harry C. Bradley
Passenger
Fred Farrell
Passenger
Emily Fitzroy
Mrs. Higgins
Pat Flaherty
Kingston
Willie Fung
Ah Sing
Chester Gan
Rickshaw Boy
Tom Gubbins
Sergeant of the Guards
Sherry Hall
Engineer
Sam Harris
Passenger
Forrester Harvey
Ted Gary
John Ince
Ship's Pilot
Charles Irwin
Bertie
Tetsu Komai
Pirate
Eddie Lee
Sailor on Bridge
Richard Loo
Chinese Inspector at Gangplank
Hattie McDaniel
Isabel McCarthy
Malcolm McGregor
Atkins
Donald Meek
Chess Player
Ferdinand Munier
Police Superintendent
Beatrice Roberts
Passenger
Loretta Russell
Passenger
James Wang
Trapshooting Attendant
Bobby Watson
Man on Dock with McCaleb

Produced by

Albert Lewin
associate producer
Irving Thalberg
executive producer (uncredited)

Music by

Herbert Stothart

Cinematography by

Ray June
(photographed by)

Editing by

William LeVanway

Art Direction by

Cedric Gibbons

Costume Design by

Adrian
(gowns)

Production Management

Joe Cohn
production manager (uncredited)
Frank Messenger
unit manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

Harold S. Bucquet
second unit director: mob scenes (uncredited)
James C. McKay
second unit director: night water scenes (uncredited)
Joseph M. Newman
assistant director (uncredited)
William A. Wellman
second unit director: pirate scenes (uncredited)

Art Department

James Curtis Havens
associate art director (as James Havens)
David Townsend
associate art director
Edwin B. Willis
associate art director
Elmer Sheeley
assistant to art director (uncredited)

Sound Department

Douglas Shearer
recording director

Special Effects by

Warren Newcombe
special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by

James Basevi
miniatures (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

Clyde De Vinna
director of photography: second unit (uncredited)
Ellsworth Fredericks
assistant camera (uncredited)
Ray Ramsey
assistant camera (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

Eugene Joseff
jeweller (uncredited)

Music Department

Paul Marquardt
orchestrator (uncredited)
Charles Maxwell
orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab
orchestrator (uncredited)
Jack Virgil
orchestrator (uncredited)
Edward Ward
composer: trailer (uncredited)

Additional Crew

Chick Collins
double: Clark Gable (uncredited)
Loretta Rush
double: Jean Harlow (uncredited)
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