Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (1955)

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Crappy film

What a freaking movie. So many twists and turns. Absolutely intense from start to finish.

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent (Jennifer Jones) falls in love with a married American correspondent (William Holden) in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.I love William Holden, so I appreciate him in this story. Jennifer Jones I am not as familiar with. Looking back now, it seems sort of racist to have a white woman play a Chinese woman, but at least she is only half-Chinese, so it is not as blatant as the roles that Boris Karloff and Peter Lorre were playing.How close this fits into the actual story from the memoir, I do not know. But as someone who loves the history of the Korean War, I appreciate how this has factored in. For those who have forgotten, between World War II and the Korean War, the Chinese switched from being American allies to American enemies. How that might affect a Sino-American romance is something only those in one could know.

After watching this 1955 soap opera - I'm now convinced that love is not a many-splendored thing. No. It isn't.It was so easy to see, almost right from the start, where this trite, little Romantic-Drama was going. It held absolutely no surprises for this viewer. And its ending was one of the most laughable that I've seen in a mighty long time.And, if that wasn't bad enough - Strains of this film's title song swelled up so often throughout the course of the story that it ended up making me absolutely sick to death of hearing it.This film, now 60 years old, may have satisfied its audience back in the good, old days, but, today, it's just an easily-forgettable nothing of a picture, if you wanna know the truth.

Star enhanced boiler plate love tragedy 1 extra star for location (Hong Kong-1955)The music is too overpowering like in Spanish telenovelas or silent pictures---the theme was still playing in my head a week later.However the music at least took some talent and effort to write, I cannot confer equal compliments on the screen play--Not because it was bad there just wasn't any thing to it. Middle aged news correspondent Holden (38) meets middle aged (Eurasian eeek!!!) woman doctor Jones 37. They take in a few touristic sites together and over the period of ? a week apparently fall deeply in love (there is no development of this). But he is called to Korea (takes place 1949) and is blown up by a bomb!There is a subplot of racism--Jones loses her job because of her hanky panky with Holden--- a PC element it needed for Oscar nomination. Oscars generally require 3 things = good old boy's doing PC gimmicks--in various quantities of each. This one had all 3 Holden aging star---Racism---Filmed in Hong Kong for an added gimmick Jones is a Eurasian with tons of eye makeup.It barely deserves a 5 ... the site shooting is all that kept it clinging and and the song isn't bad just too much with O story.DO NOT RECOMMEND... unless your only alternative is a Jacquiline Suzanne novel.

Movie Review "LOME IS A MANY-SPLENDORED THINGS" Director: Henry King Year Release ; 1955 Cast: Jennifer Jonnes as Dr. Han Suyin and William Holden as Mark ElliottIf you really want to understand the difference between "Modern Hollywood" and "Old Hollywood, then it is more than enough to see the movie "Love is a Many-Splendored Things" that will be able to answer to all your questions. The movie "Love is many Splendored Things" directed by Henry King (Snows of Killimanjaro) tells the story of two people that falls in love to each other and despite everything have decided to be together. Dr Han Suyin (Jennifer Jones) not that young but very attractive woman, and a widow. Mark Elliot (William Holden), a war correspondent and married man. They met each other in Honk Kong, and since the moment they have met, they knew only one world – The World that they have created for themselves. In spite of everything, Han Suyin and Mark will continue seeing each other and make plans that are not destined to be fulfilled.Henry King, quite talented director, who brings us over 100 movies. And he's like no one else knew the way to tell us the love story that will never be forgotten. In addition, Henry King knew that the story he had to convey to the viewer occurred in real life between the British war correspondent and Dr. Sui Wing. But, soon, Mark was killed in the line of duty in Korea.Despite the fact, that both actors literally hated each other and almost never talked during filming the movie: Jennifer Jones (Beat the Devil, Carrie, Portrait of Jennie) and William Holden (Sunset Blvd, The wild Bunch, Casino Royale) were so remarkable and believable in their role, that sometimes it seemed that the feelings of the characters have long been transported into a real world. And both actors were able to deliver us the love story that has become one of the most memorable in Cinematography World. Although this story was not the future, and it was very short life, but it was enough time for them to experience for yourself how love is one of the most beautiful things in the world.And both actors have delivered a remarkable performance of two people and their story about love that has become one of the most memorable in Cinematography World. Even though, they did not have enough time to be together, but that time was enough to realize that true love's a many splendored thing.