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Synopsis: 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 t
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Director(s): Frank Capra
Actors: Barbara Stanwyck, Nils Asther, Toshia Mori, Walter Connolly
Production: Columbia Pictures
 
IMDB:
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Year:
1932
88 min
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I couldn't leave.

I'll never leave you.

Silk.

China gave the world silk.

We ought to be

in Shanghai in an hour.

I'll bet your week in China

seemed like a lifetime.

Maybe it is, at that.

You know, Yen once told me...

Yen's dead, ain't he?

Great guy.

I don't think

you'll marry Strike.

I got a hunch you're

going back to America.

Yen once told me you could

crowd a lifetime into an hour.

Yeah, into a drink.

Great guy. Great gambler.

Told me he couldn't lose.

The joke was certainly on him.

He lost his province,

his army, his life.

Maybe not.

Maybe the joke's on us.

Maybe you will marry

Strike, at that.

Yen was crazy.

He said we never really die.

We only change.

He was nuts

about cherry trees.

Well, maybe he's

a cherry tree now.

Maybe he's the wind

that's pushing that sail.

Maybe he's the wind that's

playing around in your hair.

It's all a lot of hooey.

I'm drunk.

Just the same,

I hope when I cool off,

the guy that changes me

sends me where Yen is.

And I'll bet I'll find

you there too.

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Grace Zaring Stone

Grace Zaring Stone (January 9, 1891 – September 29, 1991) was an American novelist and short-story writer. She is perhaps best known for having three of her novels made into films: The Bitter Tea of General Yen, Winter Meeting, and Escape. She also used the pseudonym Ethel Vance. more…

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