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      Oil for the Lamps of China

      1935 1h 50m Drama List
      Reviews 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. Read More Read Less

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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