Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (movie)
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Original film poster
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| Directed by | Henry King |
| Produced by | Buddy Adler |
| Written by | John Patrick |
| Based on |
A Many-Splendoured Thing 1952 book by Han Suyin |
| Starring |
Jennifer Jones William Holden |
| Music by |
Alfred Newman Sammy Fain title song |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy, ASC |
| Edited by | William H. Reynolds |
| Distributed by | Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation |
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102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.78 million |
| Box office | $3 million (US in 1955) |
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing is a 1955 Deluxe color American drama-romance film 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 Han Suyin originally from China (played by Jennifer Jones), only to encounter prejudice from her family and from Hong Kong society.
The movie 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 movie later inspired a television soap opera in 1967, though without the hyphen in the show's title.
A widowed Eurasian doctor Han Suyin (Jones) falls in love with a married-but-separated American correspondent Mark Elliott (Holden) in Hong Kong, during the period of China's Civil War in the late 1940s. Although they briefly find happiness together, she is ostracized by the greater Chinese community. After losing her position at the hospital, Suyin and her adopted daughter go to live with a friend while Mark is on an assignment during the Korean War. They write to each other constantly. She receives word Mark was killed and she runs to visit their favorite hilltop meeting place.
The rights to the novel were bought by David Brown of 20th Century Fox for the producer Sol C. Siegel. However, when he left the company the project was given to Buddy Adler.
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