Oil for the Lamps of China (film) (1935)
- Original title
- Oil for the Lamps of China
- Directed by
- Mervyn LeRoy
- Genre
- drama film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
An American man moves to China to work for an oil company. He remains loyal to the company even when he faces personal hardship and disappointment.
sentimentalearnestsoberreflectiveemotionalslow-movingdramatic
What happens
Oil for the Lamps of China is a 1935 drama film starring Pat O'Brien and Josephine Hutchinson. It is based on the novel of the same name by Alice Tisdale Hobart. A man blindly puts his faith in his employer. The film was loosely remade in 1941 as Law of the Tropics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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