| Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing | |
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| 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 |
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Running time | 102 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.78 million[1] |
| Box office | $4 million (US and Canada rentals)[2] |
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.