Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film) Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film) Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing is a 1955 Deluxe color American drama-romance film in CinemaScope. Set in 1949–50 in Hong Kong, it tells the story of a married, but separated, American reporter Mark Elliot (played by William Holden), who falls in love with a Eurasian doctor Han Suyin originally from China (played by Jennifer Jones), only to encounter prejudice from her family and from Hong Kong society. The film was adapted by John Patrick from the 1952 autobiographical novel "A Many-Splendoured Thing" by Han Suyin. The film was directed by Henry King. The film
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) of us. Goodbye, and God bless you." "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" owed its existence to CBS daytime head Fred Silverman, who openly favored serials over game shows. Its predecessor at 2:00 PM Eastern/1 Central was the original run of "Password", which had run aground against NBC's serial "Days of Our Lives" and ABC's "The Newlywed Game." Despite high hopes on the network's part, "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" struggled against that competition, and could not keep the viewers from its lead in, the #1 serial "As the World Turns". On September 11, 1972, CBS moved "LIAMST" to