{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2022}} {{Infobox film | name = Oh Iboe | image = Poster oh iboe.jpg | alt = | caption = Theatrical poster | director = The Teng Chun | producer =The Teng Chun | screenplay = | narrator = | starring ={{plain list| *Lo Tjin Nio *Bissu }} | music = | cinematography = The Teng Liong | editing = | studio = Java Industrial Film | distributor = | released = {{circa}} {{Film date|df=yes|1938|||Dutch East Indies}} | runtime = | country = Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) | language = Malay | budget = | gross = }} '''''Oh Iboe''''' (Perfected Spelling: '''''Oh Ibu'''''; literally ''Oh Mother'') is a 1938 film from the Dutch East Indies. Directed by The Teng Chun and starring Lo Tjin Nio and Bissu, it followed a suffering of a family after the matriarch dies. The film was one of several produced by The which dealt with modern stories, following ''Gadis jang Terdjoeal'' the year before. It is likely lost.
==Plot== Tjoa Kim Liong remarries after the death of his wife; his daughter, Loan, does not like her new step-mother. Tjoa becomes increasingly addicted to gambling, devoting all of his time to the habit. His business is surrendered to his Kian Hwat, who uses this newfound power to steal all of Tjoa's wealth. Years later Loan and her fiancé, Goan Hin, are able to recover the funds.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Oh Iboe}}
==Production== ''Oh Iboe'' was directed and produced by The Teng Chun under his production house Java Industrial Film.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Kredit Oh Iboe}} Beginning with ''Sam Pek Eng Tay'' in 1932 they had directed commercially successful films based on Chinese legends. However, following Albert Balink's ''Pareh'' (''Rice'') in 1936 they began directing works with more modern stories which recognised native interests. ''Oh Iboe'' was the second such film, following ''Gadis jang Terdjoeal'' (''The Sold Girl'') in 1937.{{sfn|Biran|2009|pp=147–150, 163}} The's brothers also worked on ''Oh Iboe'': The Teng Liong served as cinematographer, while The Teng Hwi was sound director.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Kredit Oh Iboe}}{{sfn|Biran|2009|p=150}} It was shot in black-and-white.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Oh Iboe}}
The film starred Lo Tjin Nio and Bissu.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Kredit Oh Iboe}} Bissu, known as a stage actor, made his feature film debut.{{sfn|TIM, Bissu}} ''Oh Iboe'' was advertised as containing Malay-language songs.{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Media Oh Iboe}}
==Release and legacy== ''Oh Iboe'' was released around 1938. It was advertised with the tagline "What is the life of child who has never seen her mother like?".{{efn|Original: "''Bageimana rasanja pengidoepan satoe anak jang belon pernah liat iboenja?''"}}{{sfn|Filmindonesia.or.id, Media Oh Iboe}}
After ''Ob Iboe'' The and his Java Industrial Film produced almost twenty further films. Bissu continued to act with Java Industrial Film until the company closed in 1942; beginning with ''Alang-Alang'' (''Grass'') in 1939 he mostly took the role of the antagonist.{{sfn|TIM, Bissu}}
''Oh Iboe'' is likely a lost film. The American visual anthropologist Karl G. Heider writes that all Indonesian films from before 1950 are lost.{{sfn|Heider|1991|p=14}} However, JB Kristanto's ''Katalog Film Indonesia'' (''Indonesian Film Catalogue'') records several as having survived at Sinematek Indonesia's archives, and historian Misbach Yusa Biran writes that several Japanese propaganda films have survived at the Netherlands Government Information Service.{{sfn|Biran|2009|p=351}}
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==Works cited== {{refbegin|40em}} * {{cite book | title = Sejarah Film 1900–1950: Bikin Film di Jawa |trans-title=History of Film 1900–1950: Making Films in Java | language = Indonesian | last = Biran | first = Misbach Yusa | authorlink = Misbach Yusa Biran | location = Jakarta | publisher = Komunitas Bamboo working with the Jakarta Art Council | year = 2009 | isbn = 978-979-3731-58-2 }} * {{cite web | url =http://www.tamanismailmarzuki.com/tokoh/bissu.html | title = Bissu | language = Indonesian | publisher = Taman Ismail Marzuki | access-date = 28 April 2013 | archive-date = 30 June 2013 | url-status =live | archive-url =https://archive.today/20130630094223/http://www.tamanismailmarzuki.com/tokoh/bissu.html | ref = {{sfnRef|TIM, Bissu}} }} *{{cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/indonesiancinema0000heid |url-access=registration |title=Indonesian Cinema: National Culture on Screen |isbn=978-0-8248-1367-3 |last1=Heider |first1=Karl G |year=1991 |publisher=University of Hawaii Press |location=Honolulu }} * {{cite web | title = Kredit Oh Iboe |trans-title=Credits for Oh Iboe | language = Indonesian | url = http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/title/lf-o006-38-644101_oh-iboe/credit | work = filmindonesia.or.id | publisher = Konfiden Foundation | location = Jakarta | access-date = 28 April 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161018193308/http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/title/lf-o006-38-644101_oh-iboe/credit | archive-date = 18 October 2016 | url-status = live | ref = {{sfnRef|Filmindonesia.or.id, Kredit Oh Iboe}} }} * {{cite web | title = Media Oh Iboe |trans-title=Media for Oh Iboe | language = Indonesian | url =http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/title/lf-o006-38-644101_oh-iboe/media | work = filmindonesia.or.id | publisher = Konfiden Foundation | location = Jakarta | access-date = 28 April 2013 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20161019025716/http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/title/lf-o006-38-644101_oh-iboe/media | archive-date = 19 October 2016 | url-status = live | ref = {{sfnRef|Filmindonesia.or.id, Media Oh Iboe}} }} * {{cite web | title = Oh Iboe | language = Indonesian | url = http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/title/lf-o006-38-644101_oh-iboe | work = filmindonesia.or.id | publisher = Konfiden Foundation | location = Jakarta | access-date = 24 July 2012 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131016230321/http://filmindonesia.or.id/movie/title/lf-o006-38-644101_oh-iboe | archive-date = 16 October 2013 | url-status = live | ref = {{sfnRef|Filmindonesia.or.id, Oh Iboe}} }} {{refend}}
==External links== *{{IMDb title|1849023|Oh Iboe}}
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Category:Dutch East Indies films Category:Films directed by The Teng Chun Category:Indonesian black-and-white films Category:Indonesian drama films Category:1938 drama films Category:1938 films Category:1938 lost films Category:Lost drama films Category:Lost Indonesian films