Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
- Directed by
- Henry King
- Genre
- drama film, war film, biographical film, romance film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.0 of 10 from 91 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1950s Hong Kong, a married American reporter falls in love with a Eurasian doctor. Their relationship faces prejudice from her family and society.
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What happens
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing is a 1955 Deluxe color American romantic drama in CinemaScope. Set in 1949–50 in Hong Kong, it tells the story of a married, but separated, American reporter Mark Elliot (played by William Holden), who falls in love with a Eurasian doctor originally from China, Han Suyin (played by Jennifer Jones), only to encounter prejudice from her family and from Hong Kong society. The film was adapted by John Patrick from the 1952 autobiographical novel A Many-Splendoured Thing by Han Suyin. The film was directed by Henry King. The film later inspired a television soap opera in 1967, though without the hyphen in the show's title. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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