Love is a many splendored thing
(DVD)
Published
Hollywood, CA : 20th Century Fox, 2000, 1955.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (102 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
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Published
Hollywood, CA : 20th Century Fox, 2000, 1955.
Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
024543000327
Notes
General Note
Originally released in 1955
Participants/Performers
Starring William Holden, Jennifer Jones, Torin Thatcher, Isobel Elsom, Murray Matheson.
Description
Based on the autobiographical novel by Han Suyin, Love is a Many Splendored Thing was evocatively location-filmed in Hong Kong. Jennifer Jones plays Ms. Suyin, a Eurasian doctor and the widow of a Chinese general. An immensely popular tearjerker, Love is a Many-Splendored Thing still holds great appeal for aficionados of good soap operas. As an over-the-top romantic melodrama, it's hard to beat, but those who are not prone to tearing up at the sight of a forlorn Jennifer Jones standing bravely and lonely atop a high, windy hill would be well advised to look elsewhere -- and quickly. Love makes no attempt to disguise its soapiness, and it wears its manipulative nature right out on its sleeve. Fortunately, Love has a couple of classic weeper performances from Jones and William Holden, both of whom knew just how to play this kind of material for maximum effectiveness. Even more fortunately, Love has all the gorgeous surface trappings -- beautiful sets and scenery, gorgeous costumes, sumptuous photography, a sweepingly romantic score -- that provide the real joy in films of this type. The romance ends in tragedy, but with renewed hope for a happier future. The one lasting legacy of Love is a Many Splendored Thing is its Oscar-winning title song, written by Paul Fain and Sammy Webster; Oscars also went to Alfred Newman's musical score and Charles LeMaire's costume design.
Target Audience
NR (Not Rated).
System Details
Multiple Formats, Closed-captioned, Color, Letterboxed, Widescreen, NTSC.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Holden, W., Jones, J., Thatcher, T., Elsom, I., Matheson, M., Shamroy, L., Reynolds, W., Adler, B., Suyin, H., & Patrick, J. (20001955). Love is a many splendored thing . 20th Century Fox.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)William. Holden et al.. 20001955. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing. 20th Century Fox.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)William. Holden et al.. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing 20th Century Fox, 20001955.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Holden, William., et al. Love Is a Many Splendored Thing 20th Century Fox, 20001955.
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