A Cold War version of 'Madame Butterfly' beautifully yet unobtrusively photographed by Leon Shamroy in CinemaScope & DeLuxe Color with location work in Hong Kong.
Author Hun Suyin didn't even bother to watch this film of her book, but Jennifer Jones is usually touching to watch and makes one of Hollywood's less risible attempts by a big star to play Asian (or as she would have corrected you, 'Eurasian'), and the Academy Award the film received for costume design attested that she looked good in a quipao.
Author Hun Suyin didn't even bother to watch this film of her book, but Jennifer Jones is usually touching to watch and makes one of Hollywood's less risible attempts by a big star to play Asian (or as she would have corrected you, 'Eurasian'), and the Academy Award the film received for costume design attested that she looked good in a quipao.