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Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

  • 19551955
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 42m
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William Holden and Jennifer Jones in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.
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A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.A widowed Chinese-English doctor falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.
IMDb RATING
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5.1K
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    • Henry King
    • Otto Lang(Hong Kong)
    • John Patrick(screenplay)
    • Han Suyin(novel "A Many-Splendored Thing")
  • Stars
    • William Holden
    • Jennifer Jones
    • Torin Thatcher
    • Henry King
    • Otto Lang(Hong Kong)
    • John Patrick(screenplay)
    • Han Suyin(novel "A Many-Splendored Thing")
  • Stars
    • William Holden
    • Jennifer Jones
    • Torin Thatcher
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 88User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 3 Oscars

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    Photos43

    Director Henry King watches Jennifer Jones and William Holden rehearse on the set of "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" 1955 20th Century Fox
    William Holden and Jennifer Jones in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
    William Holden and Jennifer Jones in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
    William Holden and Jennifer Jones in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
    William Holden and Jennifer Jones in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
    William Holden and Jennifer Jones in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
    William Holden and Jennifer Jones in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
    William Holden and Jennifer Jones in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
    Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
    Jennifer Jones in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
    Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)
    William Holden and Jennifer Jones in Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

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    William Holden
    William Holden
    • Mark Elliott
    Jennifer Jones
    Jennifer Jones
    • Dr. Han Suyin
    Torin Thatcher
    Torin Thatcher
    • Humphrey Palmer-Jones
    Isobel Elsom
    Isobel Elsom
    • Adeline Palmer-Jones
    Murray Matheson
    Murray Matheson
    • Dr. John Keith
    Virginia Gregg
    Virginia Gregg
    • Anne Richards
    Richard Loo
    Richard Loo
    • Robert Hung
    Soo Yong
    Soo Yong
    • Nora Hung
    Philip Ahn
    Philip Ahn
    • Third Uncle
    Jorja Curtright
    Jorja Curtright
    • Suzanne
    Donna Martell
    Donna Martell
    • Suchen, Suyin's sister
    Salvador Baguez
    • Hotel Manager
    • (uncredited)
    W.T. Chang
    • Old Loo
    • (uncredited)
    Aen-Ling Chow
    • Wife
    • (uncredited)
    Kei Thin Chung
    • Interne
    • (uncredited)
    Edward Colmans
    Edward Colmans
    • Dining Room Captain
    • (uncredited)
    Ashley Cowan
    • British Sailor
    • (uncredited)
    Lee Tong Foo
    Lee Tong Foo
    • Old Loo
    • (uncredited)
      • Henry King
      • Otto Lang(Hong Kong) (uncredited)
      • John Patrick(screenplay)
      • Han Suyin(novel "A Many-Splendored Thing")
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    • Trivia
      Jennifer Jones reportedly chewed garlic cloves before her love scenes with William Holden, which may have been an effort to deter her notoriously womanizing co-star. Considering how badly they were getting along, Holden suspected that it was Jones' attempt to annoy him.
    • Goofs
      The story takes place in 1949, but the aircraft that returns Mark to Hong Kong is Pan American World Airways N6535C, named "Clipper Mercury". It was a Douglas DC-6B, which entered service in 1952 and left service in 1961.
    • Quotes

      Third Uncle: We shall now have tea and speak of absurdities.

    • Connections
      Featured in El buen amor (1963)
    • Soundtracks
      Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
      Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

      Music by Sammy Fain

      Performed by Chorus

    User reviews88

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    A Many-splendored film
    I purchased the DVD for this one, having seen the trailer for it on another DVD. I am fascinated by the film for several reasons and wonder whether it was really filmed in Hong Kong. The paradisiac scenery of the film, continuous anticyclonic weather, clear blue skies, the beautiful hill with the tree behind the hospital, a deserted beach etc etc all seem to have very little to to with the pictures we see of HK today - rain, mist and thousands of skyscrapers ... could it really be the same place, or was the film in reality shot elsewhere ? Perhaps HK internauts could confirm or deny ! Does that hill with its tree really exist.

    In French the film is called " La Colline de l'Adieu " ( Goodbye hill )

    Apart from this, I don't like the Cinemascope format, all the characters seem to small, so I have to use the zoom on my DVD to fill the screen ( losing picture detail in the process of course ).

    Perhaps Mr William Holden liked the Orient, I'd already seen him in Suzie Wong and it was interesting to compare the two films. SW was more gutsy and crude than LIAMST.

    I love the theme music of this film and have countless different recordings of it. I also loved both actors, both Holden and Jones were beautiful people. Repeated viewings of the DVD have brought me to like the film more and more, but I would have preferred just a little more passion in the love scenes. Also, JJ as a Chinese person leaves a little to be desired, beautiful though she is, she doesn't have the mannerisms of a Chinese person. It would be interesting to have an Oriental point of view on this one.

    Should I add that the FINAL scene on the hill tightens the spectator's throat to a point of near suffocation !
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    • nicholas.rhodes
    • Apr 28, 2003

    FAQ6

    • What is 'Love is a Many Splendored Thing' about?
    • Is 'Love is a Many Splendored Thing' based on a book?
    • Both the author and the main character in the story are named Han Suyin. Is this story autobiographical?

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    • Release date
      • September 26, 1955 (Sweden)
      • United States
      • English
      • Mandarin
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    • Filming locations
      • Foreign Correspondents' Club, 41A Conduit Road, Mid-Levels, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
    • Production company
      • Twentieth Century Fox
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    • 1 hour 42 minutes

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