• 1935
  • Approved
  • 1h 37m
Oil for the Lamps of China

Summary An American, working for his oil company in China, disregards all but the company's interests. " The characters and the institution portrayed in the story are not actual but the product of fiction. The oil business was chosen because light has ever been symbolic of progress." View more details

  • 1935
  • Approved
  • 1h 37m

Oil for the Lamps of China

Directed : Mervyn LeRoy

Written : Laird Doyle Alice Tisdale Hobart

Stars : Lyle Talbot Pat O'Brien Jean Muir Josephine Hutchinson

All cast & crew

6.4

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Jun 7, 1935

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English Mandarin

Filming locations : Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Warner Bros. First National Pictures Cosmopolitan Productions

Summary An American, working for his oil company in China, disregards all but the company's interests. " The characters and the institution portrayed in the story are not actual but the product of fiction. The oil business was chosen because light has ever been symbolic of progress." View more details

Details

Genres : Drama

Release date : Jun 7, 1935

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English Mandarin

Filming locations : Iverson Ranch - 1 Iverson Lane, Chatsworth, Los Angeles, California, USA

Production companies : Warner Bros. First National Pictures Cosmopolitan Productions

Photos

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