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- The Bitter Tea of General Yen was the first film to play at Manhatten's fabled Radio City Music Hall upon its opening on January 6, 1933. It was also one of the first films to deal openly with interracial sexual attraction. It was a box office failure upon its release and has since been overshadowed by Capra's later efforts.
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen is a 1933 American pre-Code drama war film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, and featuring Nils Asther and Walter Connolly.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen: Directed by Frank Capra. With Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori, Walter Connolly. A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.
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- Drama, Romance, War
- Frank Capra
- 1933-01-06
Expertly brewed by director Frank Capra, The Bitter Tea of General Yen offers an engaging account of forbidden love during dangerous times. Megan Davis (Barbara Stanwyck) arrives in China...
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- Barbara Stanwyck
- Frank Capra
- Drama, Romance, War
Chinese warlord General Yen (Nils Asther) is counseled by his crooked American business associate Jones (Walter Connolly) and unmoved by brave missionary Dr. Bob Strike (Gavin Gordon, fiancè of top-billed Barbara Stanwyck) in Frank Capra's The Bitter Tea Of General Yen, 1933.
- Frank R. Capra, C. C. Coleman
- Barbara Stanwyck
Megan Davis, a young American, arrives in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War in order to marry a missionary. She is separated from her fiancé and rescued by General Yen. At his palace, she defends Mah-Li, Yen's mistress, who is suspected of giving secrets to the enemy.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen ★★★ 1933. Stanwyck arrives in Shanghai to marry a missionary (Gordon) during the threatening days of China's civil war. Unexpectedly swept into the arms of an infamous warlord (Asher), she becomes fascinated, although his attempts to seduce her fail.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen. 1932 · 1 hr 28 min. TV-PG. Drama · Romance · War. After arriving in Shanghai in the middle of a revolution, an engaged American missionary is captured and slowly seduced by an infamous warlord. Subtitles: English. Starring: Barbara Stanwyck Nils Asther Toshia Mori Walter Connolly Gavin Gordon Lucien Littlefield.
