Love is a Many-Splendored Thing with William Holden: DVD Cover

    Love is a Many-Splendored Thing Director: Henry King Cast: William Holden, Jennifer Jones, Torin Thatcher, Isobel Elsom

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    • DVD Release Date: 05/06/2003
    • Original Release: 1955
    • Rating: Not Rated
    • Sales Rank: 5,969

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    Closed Caption; Audio commentary by Michael Lonzo, Sylvia Stoddard, and John Burlingame; "William Holden: An Untamed Spirit," as seen on Biography on the A&E Network; Movietone newsreel (Audience Awards Presentation); Photoplay Awards highlight clip; Theatrical trailer; Anamorphic widescreen (aspect ratio 2.55:1); Audio: English 4.0 Surround Sound, French 4.0 Surround Sound, Spanish Mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 --
    1. Main Titles
    2. Hong Kong - 1949
    3. Dr. Han
    4. Mark Elliott
    5. The Moon Festival
    6. Mrs. Palmer-Jones
    7. Convent Days
    8. Of Fish and Swimming
    9. A Sleeping Tiger
    10. The Meeting Place
    11. Family Trouble
    12. A Proposal
    13. Love
    14. Denial
    15. In Macau
    16. A Little War
    17. Letters From Mark
    18. Words of Wisdom

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    Editorial Reviews

    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. She falls in love with American news correspondent Mark Elliot (William Holden), who unfortunately cannot obtain a divorce from his present wife. This, together with the disapproval of Dr. Suyin's tradition-bound relatives and Hong Kong's strict racial laws, forces the couple to carry on their romance in a clandestine fashion. 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. Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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    Love is a Many-Splendored Thingby Anonymous

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    August 12, 2004: This is a once in a lifetime movie! It is truly the best movie that I have ever seen. If you are looking for a great love movie- this is by far best!! !

    Love is a Many-Splendored Thingby Anonymous

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    July 11, 2003: This motion picture was shot in CinemaScope, which is best seen in the letterbox format when presented on television. The new DVD offereing is in the widescreen process. The vertical allows for a fuller picture top and bottom. but at the same time causes that flaw of distortion in the anamorphic process that shows people and things to appear scrunched up, too slim, when the picture is not allowed to be expanded to it's proper 2x1 width. Disappointing, but still worth having. 20th Century-Fox has many CinemaScope films still unreleased to DVD. It would be wonderful to see them released