Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film) also recorded the song with its original English lyrics, and a German-language version, "Sag, weißt du denn, was Liebe ist". Here is a sample of the song's lyrics: In the film, charged romantic moments occur on a high grassy, windswept hill in Hong Kong. In the bittersweet final scene on the hilltop, the song (heard on the sound track) recalls the earlier encounters: The theme song won the Academy Award for Best Song, and the recording by The Four Aces went to #1 on the charts for three weeks in 1955, shortly before rock and roll became a dominant force
Mark Elliott (Love Is a Many Splendored Thing) wife, Laura, and impregnated her. This strained the relationship between the two sisters. However, Iris, out of love and loyalty for her sister, insisted that he make the marriage work for her sake. Mark and Laura remained married. After the birth of Iris's daughter Maggie, and a failed attempt by Laura to gain custody, the Elliotts adopted another child. Mark Elliott (Love Is a Many Splendored Thing) Mark Elliott is a fictional character in the American soap opera, "Love is a Many Splendored Thing". Numerous actors played him during the run of the show: Sam Wade, David Birney, Michael Hawkins,