Love is a Many-Splendored Thing

Director: Henry King, Otto Lang

Year: 1960

IMDB Score: 6.5/10 Rotten Tomatoes Score: 50%

Photo credit: imdb.com

Photo credit: imdb.com

In Hong Kong in 1949, Mark Elliott (William Holden) is an American reporter covering the Chinese civil war. Undergoing a trial separation from his wife, he meets the beautiful Dr. Han Suyin (Jennifer Jones), a widowed physician from mainland China. As the pair fall in love, they encounter disapproval from both her family and his friends about their interracial romance. Although the film was a commercial success upon release, the casting of Jones in an Asian role has since been criticized.