Oil for the Lamps of China poster

Movie · 1935

Oil for the Lamps of China

Released 8 June 1935 More from 1935 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

An American oil company representative risks sacrificing his marriage for his career in the rural lands of China.

FR·01

How old were they?

Oldest first
Mitchell Lewis
as Skipper of Ship
54
Joseph Crehan
as Clements
51
William B. Davidson
as E.H. Swaley
46
Henry O'Neill
as Edward Hartford
43
Tetsu Komai
as Ho
41
Emmett Vogan
as Worried McCarger Employee
41
Lyle Talbot
as Jim
33
John Eldredge
as Don Wellman
30
FR·02

The numbers

Computed from the cast above
24years between the oldest and youngest billed
54Mitchell Lewis — oldest on the call sheet
30John Eldredge — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast
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