Oil for the Lamps of China (1935)

USA, 97 min
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Original title Oil for the Lamps of China
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
  • English
Swedish release 1936-05-09

Cast

Pat O'Brien
Stephen Chase

Josephine Hutchinson
Hester Adams Chase

Jean Muir
Alice Wellman

Lyle Talbot
Jim

Arthur Byron
chefen

John Eldredge
Don Wellman

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Titles

Original title
  • Oil for the Lamps of China
Swedish release title
  • I Kinas våld
Distribution title
  • Lampes de Chine (Frankrike)
  • Luz de Oriente (Spanien)
  • Olie til Kinas lamper (Danmark)
  • Öl für die Lampen Chinas (Västtyskland)

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Assistant Director
Second Unit Director
Camera Operator
Orchestration
Musical Director
Costume Designer

Cast

Pat O'Brien Stephen Chase
Josephine Hutchinson Hester Adams Chase
Jean Muir Alice Wellman
Lyle Talbot Jim
Arthur Byron chefen
John Eldredge Don Wellman
Donald Crisp J.T. McCarger
Willie Fung Kin
Tetsu Komai Ho
Henry O'Neill Edward Hartford
Ronnie Cosby Bunsy Wellman
William B. Davidson (as William Davidson) E.H. Swaley
George Meeker Bill Kendall
Joseph Crehan Clements
Christian Rub doktor Jorgen
Willard Robertson speaker
Edward McWade Dan
Florence Fair Miss Cunningham, sköterska
Keye Luke ung kinesisk soldat
- Ej krediterade:
George Irving Walter Gilbert
Miki Morita japansk skräddare
Teru Shimada tehusägare
Olive Jones telefonist nr 14
Mitchell Lewis skeppskapten
Paul Panzer anställd på oljebolaget
William Austin tjänsteman på Chase kontor
Glen Cavender orolig anställd
Ferdinand Schumann-Heink orolig anställd
Emmett Vogan orolig anställd
Lotus Liu sekreterare
Bess Flowers sekreterare (bortklippt) (bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Samuel S. Hinds George (bortklippt) (bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)
Cyril Ring Graves (bortklippt) (bortklippt i den slutliga filmen)

Companies

Production Company First National Pictures, Inc. controlled by Warner Bros Pictures, Inc.
Cosmopolitan Productions
Distributor in Sweden (16 mm) First National-Warner Bros. Film AB 1936

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 53968
Date 1936-05
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 2620 meters
Censored length 2610 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Optical mono
Colour type Black and white
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in minutes 97 min


Original work

Original title Oil for the Lamps of China (Novel)
Author Alice Tisdale Hobart


Production location

1935-01-28 1935-03-18
Iverson Ranch, Chatsworth Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Alabama Hills Lone Pine, Kalifornien USA
Mojave Desert, Kalifornien USA
China (bakgrunder)

Release dates

First showing 1935-06-05 Strand New York City, New York USA 97 min
Release in Sweden 1936-05-09 Röda Lyktan Stockholm Sweden 96 min
1936-05-09 Sibyllan Stockholm Sweden 96 min

Holdings Posters

Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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