The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
December 25, 1932Release Date
The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1932)
December 25, 1932Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
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
Grace Zaring Stone
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Release DateDecember 25, 1932
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 28m
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The Bitter Tea of General Yen is a 1933 American pre-Code drama war film directed by Frank Capra and starring Barbara Stanwyck, and featuring Nils Asther and Walter Connolly. Based on the 1930 novel of the same name by Grace Zaring Stone, the film is about an American missionary in Shanghai during the Chinese Civil War who gets caught in a battle while trying to save a group of orphans. Knocked unconscious, she is saved by a Chinese general warlord who brings her to his palace. When the general falls in love with the naive young woman, she fights her attraction to the powerful general and resists his flirtation, yet remains at his side when his fortune turns.
The Bitter Tea of General Yen was the first film to play at Radio City Music Hall upon its opening on January 6, 1933. It was also one of the first films to deal openly with interracial sexual attraction. The film was a box office failure upon its release and has since been overshadowed by Capra's later efforts. In recent years, the film has grown in critical opinion. In 2000, the film was chosen by film critic Derek Malcolm as one of the hundred best films in The Century of Films.