Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) the hyphen used in the movie's title. In turn, the film was based on the autobiographical novel "A Many-Splendoured Thing" by Han Suyin. "Love Is a Many Splendored Thing" focused on lives and loves in San Francisco, California. The title sequence of the show, in fact, was the title of the show superimposed over a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge, with a slightly reworked rendition of the movie's signature hit theme. In a rare move for daytime serials of that era, live shots of junk boats from Hong Kong were interspersed with pictures of the real San Francisco, set
Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song) Addy (Eric Millegan). Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (song) "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" is a popular song with music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. The song was publicized first in the movie, "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (1955), winning the Academy Award for Best Original Song. From 1967 to 1973, it was used as the theme song to "Love is a Many Splendored Thing", the soap opera based on the movie. The music was commissioned for the movie "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" and initially included in the film's Oscar-winning score, composed and conducted by