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The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933)

Shanghai, China, the 1920s. In the midst of a bloody civil war, General Yen, a ruthless warlord, rescues Megan Davis —who was about to marry a missionary— from certain death amid the chaos.

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Gabe Leibowitz 03 Jul 2010

An 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.

Jeff B 22 Mar 2011

Somewhat interesting, but then again, somewhat hokey story of a woman taken hostage by a ruthless General for his bidding. The General is quite dispicable, but falls in love with him anyways. This has a curious King and I feel to it, even though the first version of Anna and the King didn't hit the screen until 1946. Hell, Margaret Landon didn't come out with the book until 1944. So I wonder what the circumstances of this movie were made. Stanwyck is great as usual in a bit of a do-nothing part, and Nils Asher, through the pounds of Asian makeup, is somewhat convicing, but you can tell it's the white-man-playing-chinese shtick. Not a bad movie if you can get by the stereotyping.

Cindy I 04 Nov 2010

Amazing to think that this romance about a woman infatuated with an Asian was made in 1933, and directed by Frank Capra of all people. But just because Capra gave us all-American classics like Mr. Smith Goes To Washington and It's A Wonderful Life doesn't mean he wasn't a director interested in being innovative and being provocative. Indeed The Bitter Tea of General Yen (starring a young fresh-faced Barbara Stanwyck) may not be Capra's most well-know directorial achievement but it is arguably his most bold and daring story. It's rather dated, and even borderline offensive, but Birth of a Nation it is not. Worth a view.

Dominic F 23 Mar 2009

Considered 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.

Tim Brayton 26 Sep 2007

If any Hollywood film from the '30s is positively begging to be rediscovered...this is it.