Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing (film) later inspired a television soap opera in 1967, though without the hyphen in the show's title. A widowed Eurasian doctor Han Suyin (Jones) falls in love with a married-but-separated American correspondent Mark Elliott (Holden) in Hong Kong, during the period of China's Civil War in the late 1940s. Although they briefly find happiness together, she is ostracized by the greater Chinese community. After losing her position at the hospital, Suyin and her adopted daughter go to live with a friend while Mark is on an assignment during the Korean War. They write to each other constantly. She receives word Mark
Love Is a Many Splendored Thing (TV series) a love story to one of political intrigue and blackmail. Despite having actually maintained fairly strong ratings throughout its run, averaging an 8.5 rating and 29% share, "LIAMST" struggled against its new competition, NBC's "Another World," one of daytime's most popular programs. On February 12, 1973, CBS announced that "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" would end its run on March 23. As has usually happened to network soaps, the lead characters on "Love is a Many Splendored Thing" were recast multiple times. Within a few years, star players Charleson, Birney, and Mills all departed, which led to a revolving