Oriental Film
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Oriental Film was a film production company in Batavia, Dutch East Indies. Established by ethnic Chinese businessman Tjo Seng Han in 1940, it completed four black-and-white films before it was closed
Oriental logo, from an advertisement for Panggilan Darah
The ANIF studios, which Oriental used from late 1940 until the company closed in 1941, today used by PFN
Advertisement for Oriental's first production, Kris Mataram (1940)
Dhalia Film Varia Nov 1953 p 18
Panggilan Darah
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Panggilan Darah is a 1941 film from the Dutch East Indies written and directed by Sutan Usman Karim and produced by Tjho Seng Han for Oriental Film. The black-and-white film starred Dhalia and Soerip
Oriental Film
…This was followed by a further three films, which were targeted at low-income audiences and extensively used kroncong music. Their final production was Panggilan Darah in 1941, which was completed after Njoo and Young had migrated to Majestic Film. Oriental was unable to recoup its expenses of renting a Dutch-owned…
Magazine advertisement, De Orient
Promotional image of Soerip released for the film