Today’s movie is a drama with a scene that happens on June 25. Watch it tonight and enjoy.
LOVE IS A MANY SPLENDORED THING
Widowed Dr. Han Suyin meets the married correspondent Mark Elliott at a party in Hong Kong. After several dates she begins to fall in love with him almost against her will. Then they have a fight and break up. She goes to Chungking to deal with a family problem. He follows her there, proposes and they become engaged. However his wife refuses to agree to a divorce. They go to Macau for a romantic weekend. There on June 25, 1950 [1:07:26 to 1:20:01]Mark learns of the North Korean invasion of South Korea. Mark is sent to cover the war. A fellow Chinese doctor blasts her for agreeing to marry a westerner. Suyin is devastated when she learns Mark has been killed in the war.
The Korean War by Donald M. Goldstein and Harris J. Maihafer (Brassey’s, Washington, D.C., 2000) at page 23 and the film at 1:19:17-20 give the date.
Producer - Buddy Adler
Director - Henry King
Screenwriter - John Patrick
Awards - The film won the Best Color Costume Design, Best Original Score and Best Song Oscars. It was also nominated for the Best Picture, Best Actress (Jennifer Jones), Best Color Art Direction, Best Color Cinematography and Best Sound Oscars at the 28th Academy Awards.
Runtime – 1 hour 42 minutes
Released – August 18, 1955
Starring -
Jennifer Jones as Dr. Han Suyin
William Holden as Mark Elliott
Jennifer Jones as Dr. Han Suyin
Torin Thatcher as Humphrey Palmer-Jones
Isobel Elsom as Adeline Palmer-Jones
Murray Matheson as Dr. John Keith
Virginia Gregg as Anne Richards
Richard Loo as Robert Hung
Soo Yong as Nora Hung
Philip Ahn as Third Uncle
Jorja Curtright as Suzanne
Donna Martell as Suchen, Suyin's sister
Dereck Woodcock as Third Army lorry driver
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