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Director:
Writers:
Grace Zaring Stone (story)
Edward E. Paramore Jr. (screenplay)
Release Date:
6 January 1933 (USA) more
Tagline:
They found a love they dared not touch!
Plot:
The American missionary Megan Davis arrives in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War to marry the missionary Dr... more | add synopsis
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I was amazed by the sexual chemistry more (33 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast) | Barbara Stanwyck | ... | Megan |
 | Nils Asther | ... | General Yen |
| Toshia Mori | ... | Mah-Li |
| Walter Connolly | ... | Jones |
| Gavin Gordon | ... | Bob |
| Lucien Littlefield | ... | Mr. Jacobson |
| Richard Loo | ... | Captain Li |
| Helen Jerome Eddy | ... | Miss Reed |
| Emmett Corrigan | ... | Bishop Harkness |
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Runtime:
88 min
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1.37 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Noiseless Recording)
Certification:
South Korea:15 (2007) | USA:TV-PG (TV rating)
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This movie was the first to play at Manhattan's fabled showplace, Radio City Music Hall, beginning on January 11, 1933. more
Quotes:
Megan Davis: I want you to think of all those things and then forgive her. more
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Featured in The Slanted Screen (2006) more
Soundtrack:
Onward Christian Soldiers more
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This film was made before Hollywood strengthened the censorship code. The sexual chemistry between Barbara Stanwyck and Nils Asther really amazed me! Director Frank Capra filled his story with strong overtones and suggestive dialogue. Very entertaining.