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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
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Release Date:
26 September 1955 (Sweden)
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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! more
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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 synopsis
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Won 3 Oscars.
Another 2 wins
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5 nominations
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Romance relies on ineffable mystery and destiny...
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Cast
(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 min
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2.55 : 1 more
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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:U
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Jennifer Jones, who was married at the time to studio mogul David O. Selznick, complained constantly during the filming of the movie, often yelling, "I'm going to tell David about this!" After complaining about William Holden, the two stars barely spoke to each other on the set. Finally, Holden tried to negotiate a peace, offering Jones a bouquet of white roses. She tossed them back into his face.
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Crew or equipment visible: When the orderly comes to get Dr. Han in the operating room at the beginning of the movie, one of the members of the film crew (a man wearing glasses) can be seen reflected in the window of the right-hand door to the O.R.
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Quotes:
Dr. Han Suyin:
Our gorgeous lie did not even last the night.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Jeopardy!: 2005 Ultimate Tournament of Champions Round 1, Game 37 (#21.149)" (2005)
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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
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We all want to fall in love... The experience makes us feel completely alive, where every sense is heightened, every emotion is magnified... It may only last a moment, an hour, an afternoon, but that doesn't reduce its value, because we are left with memories that we treasure for the rest of our lives...
I love watching people fall in love... It must have something to do with the excellent chemistry between the main characters...
Mark Elliott, a charming sensitive American war correspondent, arrives in Hong Kong at the dawn of the Korean war... He finds in Han Suyin an awesome beauty of true grace...
Han Suyin, a lovely Eurasian doctor is captivated by Mark's tenderness and insight...
It was instant attraction when they first met... The two commence a passionate affair, leading them to fall deeply in love...
Their love is so strong, so wonderfully expressed that highlights Elliot's married status, and the difficulties of the troubled time of the Korean War, communism and race relations...
Holden is an inspired choice for the role... Not only does he have an imposing screen presence, but he brings the perfect mix of enlightenment, compassion and emotion to the part...
Opposite him Oscar Winner Jennifer Jones, perfect in her oriental look, radiantly beautiful in that traditional and modern Asian-inspired Cheongsam... Jones floods her role with personal emotion giving her character a charismatic life of its own... She delivers a heartfelt performance turning her character into a woman who undergoes a spiritual and emotional awakening...
Her scene in that verdant hill where she takes refuge is exquisitely touching specially when we heard Mark's voice whispering: "We have not missed you and I... that many-splendored thing."
Henry King - who has established himself as a masterful director of romances - spreads the theme tune (by Alfred Newman) in the air above the cosmopolitan harbor... His film is colorful, elegant, with excellent cinematography and set design...
Nominated for eight Academy Awards, this beautiful and sensitive motion picture won three: Best Costume Design; Best Music and Best Score...