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The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Summary by jonathanrosenbaum.net
From the Chicago Reader (March 9, 1990). — J.R. Frank Capra’s very atypical drama about an American missionary (Barbara Stanwyck) being taken prisoner by a Chinese warlord (Nils Asther) is not only his masterpiece, but one of the great love stories to come out of Hollywood in the 30s–subtle, delicate, moody, mystical, and passionate. Joseph Walker shot it through filters and with textured shadows that suggest Sternberg; Edward Paramore wrote the…
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jonathanrosenbaum.net broke the news in on Tuesday, July 1, 2025.
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