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Auction History Result m190 CHINA SEAS linen Belgian movie poster R50s Gable, Jean Harlow Date Sold 5/30/2006Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Undated (probably 1950s) Re-release Vintage Theatrical Linenbacked Belgian Movie Poster (measures 13 3/4" x 18") (Learn More) China Seas, the 1935 Tay Garnett Shanghai romantic love triangle high seas action adventure thriller (a pretty wild story of a captain of a steamship bound from China to Shanghai with a cargo of gold, and his floozy girlfriend "China Doll" is along on the voyage, but he meets his former girlfriend, a classy English widow, and he starts romancing her, which makes his girlfriend jealous, so she plots with her buddy to rob the gold, and the captain is almost killed, and the buddy commits suicide, and the widow realizes the captain loves his girlfriend, even though she tried to kill him, so the widow leaves, and the girlfriend is arrested, and the captain philosophically prepares for another voyage!) starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Wallace Beery, Lewis Stone, Rosalind Russell, Dudley Digges, and C. Aubrey Smith. Note that the classy English widow was played by Rosalind Russell. She had been signed by MGM the year before, and had played minor roles in several MGM movies. The following year, she got some starring roles, and she would become one of MGM's leading actresses of the 1940s, and one of their most successful actresses during World War II! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. If you know who did the art (if any), please let us know. Condition: very good. The poster originally had a blank top area which was neatly trimmed off and it now measures 13 3/4" x 18". There were three horizontal foldlines with creasing along the folds. There were tiny tears in the bottom border. Overall, the poster was in very good condition prior to linenbacking. The poster was nicely backed, and displays well. Learn More about condition grades 
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