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The Bitter Tea of General Yen

A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.

Director

Frank Capra

Year

Genre

drama, romance, war

Box Office

N/A

Production

Columbia Pictures

Awards

1 win

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Megan

Barbara Stanwyck

General Yen

Mah-Li

Jones

Walter Connolly

Bob

Mr. Jackson

Lucien Littlefield

Capt. Li

Miss Reed

Helen Jerome Eddy

Bishop Harkness

Emmett Corrigan

Mrs. Blake

Mrs. Jackson

Missionary

Missionary

Chinese Officer

Dr. Hansen

Officer

Mrs. Bowman

Mrs. Amelia Hansen

Mrs. Warden

Daisy Jefferson

Dr. Schuler

Gen. Yen's Messenger

Chinese Soldier

Telegrapher

Missionary

Lillian Leighton

Missionary

Harriet Lorraine

Mrs. Meigs

Miss Avery

Mr. Pettis

Dr. Lin

Dr. Mott

Rev. Bostwick

Engineer

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Megan Davis Bishop Harkness Mrs. Jackson Jones General Yen Bob Megan Davis Bishop Harkness Mrs. Jackson Jones General Yen Mah-ll Mr. J Ackson

[GUNSHOTS] - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

I've spent 50 yeers in Chine - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

I've spent 50 yeers in Chine

MR. J ACKSON:
Miss Devis, pleese. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

MR. J ACKSON: Miss Devis, pleese.

You've run down
my rickshew boy. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

You've run down my rickshew boy.

Thet Chinemen in the cer
doesn't seem to cere much.
It wes his feult. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Thet Chinemen in the cer doesn't seem to cere much. It ...

Arert you going to do
enything for thet boy?
He mey be dying. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Arert you going to do enything for thet boy? He mey be dying...

Medem, it's reining,
end I'm efreid you
ere getting wet. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Medem, it's reining, end I'm efreid you ere gettin...

MR. J ACKSON:
You shouldn't heve
done thet, Miss Devis. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

MR. J ACKSON: You shouldn't heve done thet, Miss Devis.

Is this the bendit's ceve?
Yes. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Is this the bendit's ceve? Yes.

Never mind thet. With your
provinces in the deel
end you commending, - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Never mind thet. With your provinces in the deel end you com...

Dr. Strike. I wonder
whet thet bird wents. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Dr. Strike. I wonder whet thet bird wents.

I want a safe conduct pass to Chapei - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

I want a safe conduct pass to Chapei

Here's to your
very good heelth, doctor. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Here's to your very good heelth, doctor.

They esceped the fire enywey.
But the plece looks deserted. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

They esceped the fire enywey. But the plece looks deserted.

Whet do they went? - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Whet do they went?

STRIKE:
Stend beck from the door, deer.
They're lieble to shoot. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

STRIKE: Stend beck from the door, deer. They're lieble ...

Where ere the children?
In the next room. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Where ere the children? In the next room.

Bob, I don't trust thet pess. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Bob, I don't trust thet pess.

They've taken our car - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

They've taken our car

They've teken our cer. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

They've teken our cer.

STRIKE:
Megen. Megen. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

STRIKE: Megen. Megen.

Come on,
let's get out of here. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Come on, let's get out of here.

STRIKE:
Megen, there's the
North Stetion over there. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

STRIKE: Megen, there's the North Stetion over there.

Bob? - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

MAH-Ll:
Feeling better now? - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

MAH-Ll: Feeling better now?

The generel thinks
it will do you good. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The generel thinks it will do you good.

[GUNSHOTS] - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Open the door. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

MAH-LI
Good morning.
Are you better? - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

MAH-LI Good morning. Are you better?

Good morning. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Dr Strike told me all about you - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Dr Strike told me all about you

I edvise you to send me
beck to Shenghei just
es soon es you cen. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

I edvise you to send me beck to Shenghei just es soon es you...

You will elweys find me
your most humble servent. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

You will elweys find me your most humble servent.

[LAUGHING] - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Sey, weit e minute, weit e minute.
Weit e minute. Listen. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Sey, weit e minute, weit e minute. Weit e minute. Listen.

Well it's no skin off my nose - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Well it's no skin off my nose

Meh-Li, I'll never forget this. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Meh-Li, I'll never forget this.

[SPEAKING CHINESE] - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

[SPEAKING CHINESE]

It's pretty hard to become acquainted with a man - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

It's pretty hard to become acquainted with a man

Perhaps I shouldn't speak of it I might astound you - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Perhaps I shouldn't speak of it I might astound you

That was Captain Li - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

That was Captain Li

Do you like this one? - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Do you like this one?

I heve noticed you were
in need of powder end peint. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

I heve noticed you were in need of powder end peint.

Hello How's the missionary racket - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Hello How's the missionary racket

I was greatly relieved tonight - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

I was greatly relieved tonight

How pretty. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The subtlety of you Orientals is very much over estimated - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The subtlety of you Orientals is very much over estimated

East or West - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

[DOOR OPENS] - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

I've wanted to tell you from the first - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

I've wanted to tell you from the first

Now Miss Devis - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Maybe you think I acted pretty rotten tonight but I know what I'm talking about - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Maybe you think I acted pretty rotten tonight but I know...

The only way to get loyalty is to compel it - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The only way to get loyalty is to compel it

Oh I know you feel that she has deceived you - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Oh I know you feel that she has deceived you

Of course I do. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Of course I do.

There should be enother Greet Well to keep your kind out - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

There should be enother Greet Well to keep your kind out

Here's your slipper, Meh-Li. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Here's your slipper, Meh-Li.

[BELLS CHIMING] - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

[BELLS CHIMING]

[SPEAKING CHINESE] - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

[SPEAKING CHINESE]

[SPEAKING CHINESE] - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

[SPEAKING CHINESE]

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING] - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

[TRAIN WHISTLE BLOWING]

Thet's e pretty fency
price to pey for whet
you're counting on. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Thet's e pretty fency price to pey for whet you're...

Conquest of a province or the conquest of a woman - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Conquest of a province or the conquest of a woman

Well Miss Davis - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Well Miss Davis

You tell the generel
she's busy now
end cert see him. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

You tell the generel she's busy now end cert see him.

Your sportsmenship
is megnificent. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Your sportsmenship is megnificent.

Did you ever see e book like this?
It's e peinter's cetelogue. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Did you ever see e book like this? It's e peinter'...

Perheps you wonder why
I don't sit for the picture myself. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Perheps you wonder why I don't sit for the picture myse...

Mey I offer you
some chempegne? - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

Mey I offer you some chempegne?

In the deys of our greetest
civilisetion, we drenk to excess. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

In the deys of our greetest civilisetion, we drenk to excess...

Oh. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

I em efreid you misunderstood
my purpose in sending for you. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

I em efreid you misunderstood my purpose in sending for you.

It wes your life you put up
es e forfeit for Meh-Li's loyelty. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

It wes your life you put up es e forfeit for Meh-Li's l...

I... I hed to come beck. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

I... I hed to come beck.

Silk. - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

He told me he couldn't lose - The Bitter Tea of General Yen

He told me he couldn't lose

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A Chinese warlord and an engaged Christian missionary fall in love.

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Director: Frank Capra

Writer: Grace Zaring Stone, Edward E. Paramore Jr.

Production: Columbia Pictures

Genre: drama, romance, war

Year: 1932

MetaScore: N/A/100

ImdbRating: 6.9

BoxOffice: N/A

Released: 06 Jan 1933

Awards: 1 win

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