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Director:
Tay Garnett
Writers:
Crosbie Garstin (book)
Jules Furthman (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
16 August 1935 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Drama | Adventure | Romance more
Plot:
When earthy Dolly Portland is rejected by Captain Gaskell in favor of a socialite, she aids Jamesy McCardle, in league with Malay pirates, in his plot to seize his ship. full summary | add synopsis
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Harlow, magnificent idiot more (18 total)

Cast

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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 (as Live de Maigret)
Lilian Bond ... Mrs. Timmons (as Lillian Bond)
Edward Brophy ... Timmons
Soo Yong ... Yu-Lan
Carol Ann Beery ... Carol Ann
Akim Tamiroff ... Romanoff
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Runtime:
87 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
Certification:
Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #899)
Company:
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The film was banned in Malaya and Singapore. more
Quotes:
Captain Alan Gaskell: [hearing someone in his bathroom] Who's in there?
Dolly 'China Doll' Portland: China Doll, the gal that drives men mad.
Captain Alan Gaskell: What are you doin' aboard?
Dolly 'China Doll' Portland: Nothing alarming. Just showering dewdrops off the body beautiful.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Bhowani Junction (1956) more
Soundtrack:
Chopsticks more

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Harlow, magnificent idiot, 17 July 2008
7/10
Author: Tashtago from Vancouver, Canada

A pretty good movie with an excellent cast and some decent special effects. Gable is at his best and the same can be said for Beery , Sir C. and Harlow. I haven't seen many Harlow films but I'm assuming that her stock character is the one she portrays here , a sort of bad girl with a heart of gold, a lovable moron who speaks first and thinks later. The kind of woman who (if she were your wife/girlfriend) would ruin a party and make a big scene if she became jealous. In other words the kind of woman most men might stupidly have casual sex with and then realizing what an idiot they were saddled with, run away from as fast as they could. I'm guessing many depression era women could identify with her low class stubborn pride but now she seems like an annoying , shrill, infantile idiot constantly seeking approval. As a portrait of this kind of woman , Harlow is magnificent. You might want to strangle her or throw her overboard but she's always watchable, the bra less gowns help.

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