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16 August 1935 (USA)
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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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Great cast meet danger in the high seas!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | 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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87 min
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1.37 : 1 more
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Mono (Western Electric Sound System)
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Finland:K-16 |
USA:Approved (PCA #899)
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Jean Harlow wore a wig for this film. She had cut her hair shorter and was letting her natural color grow in. But for the scene where her character Dolly is soaked, the wig could not be used because it would look fake. Thus for a few seconds Harlow's hair is shorter and a different color.
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Captain Alan Gaskell:
Did you ever see an English river?
Dolly 'China Doll' Portland: No, I'm dumb at geography just like I am at everything else.
Captain Alan Gaskell: Well, it's cool and clear. Put a stream like that alongside any river out here - dirty, yellow, muddy - you'll see the difference.
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Dolly 'China Doll' Portland: No, I'm dumb at geography just like I am at everything else.
Captain Alan Gaskell: Well, it's cool and clear. Put a stream like that alongside any river out here - dirty, yellow, muddy - you'll see the difference.
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Referenced in Bhowani Junction (1956)
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On the Road To Mandalay
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High seas adventure with Gable as a run-down captain and Harlow as his lover. Complications involve Rosalid Russell, as a high society widow Gable was in love with before. Harlow takes up with Beery to make him jealous, but ends up being forced to join him in his plot to help pirates rob the ship. Harlow and Gable remain a knockout A-class pairing, and the character roles are well-handled. Juicy dialogue and gory action are also plusses.