Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film)

Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing
	Original film poster
Directed by	Henry King
Screenplay by	John Patrick
Based on	A Many-Splendoured Thing; 1952 book; by Han Suyin
Produced by	Buddy Adler
Starring	Jennifer Jones; William Holden
Cinematography	Leon Shamroy
Edited by	William H. Reynolds
Music by	Alfred Newman; Sammy Fain title song
Distributed by	Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Release date	August 18, 1955;
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1.78 million
Box office	$4 million (US and Canada rentals)

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 originally from China, Han Suyin (played by Jennifer Jones), only to encounter prejudice from her family and from Hong Kong society.

The film 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 film later inspired a television soap opera in 1967, though without the hyphen in the show's title.

^ Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p. 249
^ Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M170.

[1] Solomon, Aubrey. Twentieth Century Fox: A Corporate and Financial History (The Scarecrow Filmmakers Series). Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 1989. ISBN 978-0-8108-4244-1. p. 249

[AllTime-2] Cohn, Lawrence (October 15, 1990). "All-Time Film Rental Champs". Variety. p. M170.

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