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Oil for the Lamps of China

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Businessman Stephen Chase (Pat O'Brien) is a rising star at the Atlantis Oil Company, which sends him to a isolated part of China, where he awaits the arrival of his fiancée. After receiving a telegram that she has called off the wedding, Stephen instead gets hitched to Hester Adams (Josephine Hutchinson). Marriage and impending fatherhood have little effect on Stephen's ambitions with the company, but the advent of communism and an outbreak of cholera force him to reexamine his priorities.

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Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine 08/02/2019
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David K @RT61474040 Apr 3 There is nothing wrong with the acting or the directing. The problem for me with this film is its message. Be dedicated to THE COMPANY. EVERYTHING FOR THE COMPANY. It's really a Depression-era propaganda piece decrying the spread of communism (a just position in my center-left bias) and glorifying faith in our Lord and Savior - Capitalism. Just a tad heavy handed. See more Read all reviews
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Mervyn LeRoy

Director

Pat O'Brien

Stephen Chase

Josephine Hutchinson

Hester Adams Chase

Jean Muir

Alice Wellman

Lyle Talbot

Jim

Arthur Byron

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Oil for the Lamps of China

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Synopsis Businessman Stephen Chase (Pat O'Brien) is a rising star at the Atlantis Oil Company, which sends him to a isolated part of China, where he awaits the arrival of his fiancée. After receiving a telegram that she has called off the wedding, Stephen instead gets hitched to Hester Adams (Josephine Hutchinson). Marriage and impending fatherhood have little effect on Stephen's ambitions with the company, but the advent of communism and an outbreak of cholera force him to reexamine his priorities.
Director
Mervyn LeRoy
Screenwriter
Laird Doyle
Production Co
Warner Bros.
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Aug 17, 2010
Runtime
1h 50m