The Bitter Tea of General Yen
The Bitter Tea of General Yen

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The American missionary Megan Davis arrives in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War to marry the missionary Dr. Robert Strife. However, Robert postpones their wedding to rescue some orphans in an orphanage in Chapei section that is burning in the middle of a battlefield. While returning to Shanghai with the children, they are separated in the crowd, Megan is hit in the head and knocked out, but is saved by General Yen and brought by train to his palace. As the days go by, th... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in The Bitter Tea of General Yen:

Barbara Stanwyck
Nils Asther
Toshia Mori
Walter Connolly
Gavin Gordon
Lucien Littlefield

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The American missionary Megan Davis arrives in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War to marry the missionary Dr. Robert Strife. However, Robert postpones their wedding to rescue some orphans in an orphanage in Chapei section that is burning in the middle of a battlefield. While returning to Shanghai with the children, they are separated in the crowd, Megan is hit in the head and knocked out, but is saved by General Yen and brought by train to his palace. As the days go by, the General's mistress Mah-Li becomes close to Megan and when she is accused of betrayal for giving classified information to the enemies, Megan asks for her life. The cruel General Yen falls in love for the naive and pure Megan and accepts her request to spare the life of Mah-Li against the will of his financial advisor Jones. Meanwhile Megan feels attracted by the powerful and gentle General Yen, but resists to his flirtation. When Mah-Li betrays General Yen and destroys his empire, Megan realizes that to be able to do good works, one has to have wisdom and decides to stay with him while the General drinks his bitter last tea.

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Antagony & Ecstasy - 10/10 by Tim BraytonIf any Hollywood film from the '30s is positively begging to be rediscovered...this is it.
Film and Felt - 6/10 by Gabe LeibowitzAn odd duck to be sure: substantially darker than the other Capra films I've seen, with a Chinese civil war and firing squads serving as the backdrop for a love story that never really comes together.
User Review - 10/10 by Lee FA masterpiece by the master himself Frank Capra, he's one of the most interesting directors because he made some of the best comments on social issues in America something fellow filmmakers did not expect at the time as he was from Italy. This film is available on dvd in a Barbara Stanwyck boxset.
User Review - 10/10 by Elizabeth UMy all time favorite film of all time ..The chemistry between Stanwyck and Asther is electrifying.set and wardrobe to die for
User Review - 10/10 by Graham BBitter Tea of General Yen is an excellent film. It is about the American missionary Megan Davis arrives in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War to marry the missionary Dr. Robert Strife. Barbara Stanwyck and Nils Asther give amazing performances. The screenplay is well written. There were beautiful costumes, impressive sets, and convincing battle scenes. Frank Capra did a great job directing this movie. I enjoyed watching this motion picture of the drama and romance. Bitter Tea of General Yen is a must see.
User Review - 8/10 by Private UBeautiful, with a great performance from Nils Asther who, sadly, found little work of substance after the silent era.
User Review - 8/10 by Dominic FConsidered a little risque at the time (a white woman falling for an oriental) when mixed race marriages were banned in the USA, it now still works on a certain level, the sets and acting of the two leads are splendid. However, it is difficult to think Derek Malcolm chose this over It's A Wonderful Life, Lost Horizon, It Happened One Night, Mr Smith Goes To Washington and Mr Deeds Goes To Town as his favourite Frank Capra film.
User Review - 8/10 by Stella DA surprising lost classic, nothing like what you would expect from Capra. The nightmare scene is the standout moment, but the film's climax is also an amazing piece of filmmaking.
User Review - 6/10 by Lynne NNot sure what to make of this one. As a huge fan of Stanwyck I wanted to love it - especially as it's a Capra flick. But you can't escape the fact that, were the movie made today, the casting of a Swedish man as a Chinese general with a very dodgy accent would be inconceivable. Perhaps I'm being too picky but I found it hard to get past that. Also, despite the fact that both leads act their hearts out, I failed to feel the chemistry between them and their motivations were never very clear. However, the film deserves props for being daring enough to tackle the topic of interracial relationships in the 1930s - a step daring enough to get it banned in the UK!
User Review - 6/10 by Courtney SProne to preachiness and creakiness, with a strange, downbeat ending, it's more of a curio than a key film in the Capra filmography. Still, individual scenes offer an early demonstration of the leading lady's tenacity, and you can always admire Asther's skilful, subtle tightrope-walking in a role that could easily have slipped into stereotype.

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