The Bitter Tea of General Yen [DVD] [1933]
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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.~Hal Erickson
Director
- Frank Capra
Writer
- Edward E. Paramore, Jr.
Cast
- Barbara StanwyckMegan Davis
- Nils AstherGen. Yen
- Gavin GordonDr. Robert Strike
- Toshia MoriMah-Li
- Walter ConnollyJones
- Richard LooCaptain Li
- Lillian Leighton
- Arthur MillettMr. Pettis
- Lucien LittlefieldMr. Jackson
- Helen Jerome EddyMiss Reed
- Emmett CorriganBishop Harkness
- Willie FungOfficer
- Adda GleasonMrs. Bowman
- Ella HallMrs. Hansen
- Martha MattoxMiss Avery
- Moy MingDr. Lin
- Daisy RobinsonMrs. Warden
- Robert WayneRev. Bostwick
- Jessie ArnoldMrs. Blake
- Clara BlandickMrs. Jackson
- Robert BolderMissionary
- Nora CecilMissionary
- Knute EricksonDr. Hansen
Crew
- Walter WangerProducer
- Joseph WalkerCinematographer
- W. Franke HarlingComposer (Music Score)
- Edward A. CurtissEditor
- Edward StevensonCostume Designer
- Robert KallochCostume Designer
Details
- GenreDrama
- SubgenreRomantic Drama
- TitleThe Bitter Tea of General Yen
- Countries ProducedUnited States
- Duration87 minutes
- Year of Release1933
- Product TagsDVD
- FormatDVD
- Program TypeMovie
- Sound Featuresmonaural
- Screen FormatFull Screen
- LanguageEnglish
- Region Code0
- StudioSony
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- Product NameThe Bitter Tea of General Yen [DVD] [1933]
- UPC043396437388
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