The Bitter Tea of General Yen
They found a love they dared not touch!
1932 | 88m | English
Popularity: 2 (history)
| Director: | Frank Capra |
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| Writer: | Grace Zaring Stone, Edward E. Paramore Jr. |
| Staring: |
| An American missionary is gradually seduced by a courtly warlord holding her in Shanghai. | |
| Release Date: | Dec 25, 1932 |
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| Director: | Frank Capra |
| Writer: | Grace Zaring Stone, Edward E. Paramore Jr. |
| Genres: | Drama, Romance |
| Keywords | china, missionary, chinese civil war, betrayal, pre-code, held against will |
| Production Companies | Columbia Pictures |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $0
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 (Update) Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Barbara Stanwyck | Megan Davis |
| Nils Asther | General Yen |
| Toshia Mori | Mah-Li |
| Walter Connolly | Jones |
| Gavin Gordon | Dr. Robert 'Bob' Strike |
| Lucien Littlefield | Mr. Jacobson |
| Richard Loo | Captain Li |
| Helen Jerome Eddy | Miss Reed |
| Emmett Corrigan | Bishop Harkness |
| Clara Blandick | Mrs. Jackson (uncredited) |
| Willie Fung | Officer (uncredited) |
| Jessie Arnold | Mrs. Blake |
| Robert Bolder | Missionary |
| Nora Cecil | Missionary |
| Wong Chung | Chinese Officer |
| Knute Erickson | Dr. Hansen |
| Adda Gleason | Mrs. Bowman |
| Ella Hall | Mrs. Amelia Hansen |
| Lillian Leighton | Missionary |
| Martha Mattox | Miss Avery |
| Arthur Millett | Mr. Pettis |
| Moy Ming | Dr. Lin |
| Robert Wayne | Rev. Bostwick |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Frank Capra | Director |
| Grace Zaring Stone | Story |
| Edward E. Paramore Jr. | Screenplay |
| W. Franke Harling | Original Music Composer |
| Edward Curtiss | Editor |
| Joseph Walker | Director of Photography |
| Robert Kalloch | Costume Design |
| Edward Stevenson | Costume Design |
| Charles C. Coleman | Assistant Director |
| Norbert A. Myles | Makeup Artist |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Frank Capra | Producer |
| Walter Wanger | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 7 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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