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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
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26 September 1955 (Sweden) moreTagline:
The price they pay when they come out of their secret garden and face the world in modern-day Hong Kong - makes this one of the screen's unforgettable experiences! morePlot:
A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
Won 3 Oscars. Another 2 wins & 5 nominations moreUser Comments:
THEE Definition of Star Chemistry moreCast
(Complete credited cast)| William Holden | ... | Mark Elliott | |
| Jennifer Jones | ... | Dr. Han Suyin | |
| Torin Thatcher | ... | Humphrey Palmer-Jones | |
| Isobel Elsom | ... | Adeline Palmer-Jones | |
| Murray Matheson | ... | Dr. John Keith | |
| Virginia Gregg | ... | Anne Richards | |
| Richard Loo | ... | Robert Hung | |
| Soo Yong | ... | Nora Hung | |
| Philip Ahn | ... | Third Uncle | |
| Jorja Curtright | ... | Suzanne | |
| Donna Martell | ... | Suchen, Suyin's sister |
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102 minCountry:
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2.55 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Recording) (optical prints) | 4-Track Stereo (Western Electric Recording) (magnetic prints)Certification:
Australia:G (DVD rating) | Netherlands:AL | West Germany:12 (f) | USA:Approved (certificate #17475) | Canada:PG (video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:S | Sweden:Btl | UK:UFilming Locations:
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA moreFun Stuff
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Jennifer Jones reportedly chewed garlic cloves before her love scenes with William Holden to deter her notoriously womanizing co-star. moreGoofs:
Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): In the scene where Mark and Suyin tell her family that they intend to marry, as the family leaves the room, Suyin's Third Uncle calls her Suchen, which is Suyin's younger sister's name. moreSoundtrack:
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Holden and Jones SIZZLE in this movie, but not in the way we think of sizzling today -- it's very subtle and under the surface -- yet palpable. Jennifer Jones, in particular, is SO SEXUALLY HOT in this film (much more than a caricature like Monroe EVER was) because she creates a real woman -- with ALL facets of womanhood: She's intelligent, intuitive, graceful. She's desiring AND desirable.
There's a scene on that famous hill, where she's lying down in the grass, looking up at Holden, and the expression in her eyes is X-rated, yet in the context of the scene and character, in makes complete sense. You don't need to have it all said in the dialogue -- spelled-out like the crude obviousness in most modern films. It's all there in her eyes -- sexy yet elegant. What a stunning, under-rated actress she was. (I saw her MADAME BOVARY for the first time recently and was equally blown away.) I'll take her over Bergman, Davis, or the two Hepburns any day.