Sale Price 22.99 . The story, of a young fiancee' of a missionary in China who is kidnapped by a general with whom she eventually falls in love, must have given the censors ulcers back then. Helpful. | Rating: 4/5
The story of unrequited love may also have had an appeal for Capra due to the fact that he had been rejected by Barbara Stanwyck, who is the star of The Bitter Tea of General Yen, and whom he fell in love and began an affair with during the shooting of their first film together, Ladies of Leisure … In war torn China a good girl (Barbara Stanwyck? Grace Zaring Stone (January 9, 1891 – September 29, 1991) was an American novelist and short-story writer.
Or rather: it´s being imprinted onto her. It probably couldn’t even have been made after the Hays Code went into effect the following year. As I hadn´t seen this in almost 20 years, I was a bit suspicious of my remembering it to be basically the best thing ever.
Just leave us a message Please reference “Error Code 2121” when contacting customer service.You're almost there! The Bitter Tea of General Yen is the oddest, least characteristic talkie effort of director Frank Capra. Probably a large percentage of Western film audiences in 1933 were in agreement with the sentiments of the missionary characters and though it may seem at first that the film is reinforcing racial stereotypes its real mission is to shatter those stereotypes and show that the Chinese are human beings just like everyone else.Before the marriage can take place, Megan and her fiancé rush off the save some orphans that are in danger.
She is perhaps best known for having three of her novels made into films: The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Winter Meeting, and Escape.
Get the freshest reviews, news, and more delivered right to your inbox! Following in the same path as Paramount classics, Shanghai Express and The General Died at Dawn, The Bitter Tea Of General Yen is a remarkable film about the chaos that was Kuomintang China. – dialogue from The Bitter Tea of General Yen. Don’t worry, it won’t take long. | It's white people talking to white people about Chinese people and saying, "they're not all bad... there are some good things." Yen’s financial advisor is an American war profiteer who is the personification of American imperialism which has always used the pretext of spreading liberty while pursuing hidden agendas. Look for it. Stanwyck is phenomenal. We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.Theater box office or somewhere else | Rating: 4/5 This drama-war film from Frank Capra (!) May be something more there than I got the first time around.
“I know it didn’t make money, but it has more real movie in it than any other I did.”Frank Capra, who in the early 30’s desperately wanted to win an Oscar, realized that the commercial romantic comedies he had been making would never be considered by the Academy and chose to make, in Columbia studio head Harry Cohn’s words, “arty junk” that usually wins awards. Of course. | i must admit this is an interesting point of view. ;-)Beautiful and thought-provoking. | Rating: 3/5
There isn’t a General Yen or Megan Davis, but just you and me. As the film opens, a group of missionaries prepare for the marriage oblivious to the pain and suffering all around them. 5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning Frank Capra film with Stanwyck and Asther.
capra's most daring film was a box office disaster in 1933. it was denounced by women's groups and religious organizations in america and banned in the british empire for obliquely portraying an interracial love story between star barbara stanwyck and a chinese general (played by a swedish guy of course *eyeroll*) and it's criticism of missionary work in china. Despite his cynicism, Cohn allotted a million dollars to the project, the biggest budget so far for Columbia which was still considered a Poverty Row studio.The story of unrequited love may also have had an appeal for Capra due to the fact that he had been rejected by Barbara Stanwyck, who is the star of This may be Capra’s and frequent collaborator, cinematographer Joseph Walker’s most visually striking film. The film is tough sledding for a modern audience as you'd expect given the time it was made, the casting of a Swedish actor to play the Chinese general, and the usual colonialist dismissal of other cultures. Arnaud Viard's 2003 French-language feature Clara et Moi chronicles the eccentric romance between the 33-year-old
RT Comic-Con Ketchup February 25, 2004 a good old movie. An early Frank Capra effort made during The Pre-Code Era, The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) is a dramatic film following naïve missionary, Megan Davis (Barbara Stanwyck), as she is thrown into the midst of the Chinese Civil War.. After being hit unconscious, Davis finds herself in the hands of General Yen (Nils Asther), an interesting man from a different world — or so Megan thinks.
Whoa, Keanu We won’t be able to verify your ticket today, but it’s great to know for the future.Theater box office or somewhere else