The Bitter Tea of General Yen [Blu-ray]

The Bitter Tea of General Yen [Blu-ray]

Director: Frank Capra Cast: Nils Asther
Nils Asther
, Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
, Toshia Mori
Toshia Mori
, Gavin Gordon
Gavin Gordon
Frank Capra
The Bitter Tea of General Yen [Blu-ray]

The Bitter Tea of General Yen [Blu-ray]

Director: Frank Capra Cast: Nils Asther
Nils Asther
, Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck
, Toshia Mori
Toshia Mori
, Gavin Gordon
Gavin Gordon
Frank Capra

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Overview

The Bitter Tea of General Yen is the oddest, least characteristic talkie effort of director Frank Capra. Barbara Stanwyck stars as the intended of an American missionary (Gavin Gordon) who is sent to spread the good word in China. During a military revolution, Stanwyck and her fiance inadvertently wander into forbidden territory while trying to help a group of orphans escape. The couple is forcibly detained by elegant warlord General Yen (played by Swedish actor Nils Ashter), who relies upon the financial advice of drunken American expatriate Walter Connolly. Yen is overcome with desire at the sight of Stanwyck; at first repulsed by his attentions, Stanwyck finds herself strangely drawn in by his charisma. When everyone but Connolly deserts Yen when he needs them most, Stanwyck offers to stay behind with the General. Fearing that he will never be able to truly attain the woman he so loves, the honorable General Yen commits suicide by drinking poisoned tea rather than put her in harm's way. The one scene that everyone remembers takes place during one of Stanwyck's fevered dreams, in which she imagines Yen as a Fu Manchu-type rapist, who then melts into a gentle, courtly suitor. Directed with the exotic aplomb of a Josef von Sternberg by the usually down-to-earth Frank Capra, The Bitter Tea of General Yen was unfortunately a box office failure, due in great part to its miscegenation theme (this was still 1933). Even so, the film was chosen as the first attraction at the new Radio City Music Hall.

Product Details

Release Date: 09/22/2020
UPC: 0043396570238
Original Release: 1933
Rating: NR
Source: ALLIED VAUGHN
Region Code: A
Presentation: [B&W]
Language: English
Time: 1:27:00
Sales rank: 20,299

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits
Nils Asther Gen. Yen
Barbara Stanwyck Megan Davis
Toshia Mori Mah-Li
Gavin Gordon Dr. Robert "Bob" Strike
Lucien Littlefield Mr. Jackson
Richard Loo Capt. Li
Clara Blandick Mrs. Jackson
Walter Connolly Jones
Moy Ming Dr. Lin
Robert Wayne Rev. Bostwick
Knute Erickson Dr. Hansen
Ella Hall Mrs. Hansen
Arthur Millett Mr. Pettis
Helen Jerome Eddy Miss Reed
Martha Mattox Miss Avery
Jessie Arnold Mrs. Blake
Emmett Corrigan Bishop Harkness
Miller Newman Dr. Mott
Arthur Johnson Dr. Shuler
Willie Fung Officer
Adda Gleason Mrs. Bowman
Daisy Robinson Mrs. Warden
Doris Llewellyn Mrs. Meigs
Nora Cecil Missionary
Lillian Leighton Missionary
Harriet Lorraine Missionary
Milton Lee Telegrapher,un soldat chinois
Ray Young Engineer
Robert Bolder unemissionnaire
Tetsu Komai le messager du général Yen
W. Franke Harling Composer

Technical Credits
Frank Capra Director
Edward E. Paramore Jr. Screenwriter
Walter Wanger Producer
Grace Zaring Stone Screenwriter
Edward Bernds Sound Effects
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