Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing

19551h 42mEnglish

Accolades

3Oscar

Wins

1Golden Globe

Win

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Synopsis

A widowed doctor of both Chinese and European descent falls in love with a married American correspondent in Hong Kong during China's Communist revolution.

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Details

Genres

DramaRomance

Links

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Awards & Recognition

Awards Dominance

4

Wins

9

Nominations

3 Oscar · 1 Golden Globe

Won

Costume Design (Color) · Charles LeMaire
Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture) · Alfred Newman
Music (Song) · Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing in "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Promoting International Understanding

Full award breakdown

1956

Academy Awards

3Wins

8Noms

◆ Won

Costume Design (Color)

Charles LeMaire

1956

◆ Won

Music (Music Score of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture)

Alfred Newman

1956

◆ Won

Music (Song)

Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing in "Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" Music by Sammy Fain; Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster

1956

Nom

Actress

Jennifer Jones

1956

Nom

Art Direction (Color)

Art Direction: Lyle Wheeler, George W. Davis; Set Decoration: Walter M. Scott, Jack Stubbs

1956

Nom

Best Motion Picture

Buddy Adler, Producer

1956

Nom

Cinematography (Color)

Leon Shamroy

1956

Nom

Sound Recording

20th Century-Fox Studio Sound Department, Carl W. Faulkner, Sound Director

1956

1956

Golden Globes

1Wins

1Noms

◆ Won

Promoting International Understanding

Love Is A Many-Splendored Thing

1956

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Cast

Jennifer Jones

Jennifer Jones

Dr. Han Suyin

William Holden

William Holden

Mark Elliott

Torin Thatcher

Torin Thatcher

Humphrey Palmer-Jones

Isobel Elsom

Isobel Elsom

Adeline Palmer-Jones

Murray Matheson

Murray Matheson

Dr. John Keith

Virginia Gregg

Virginia Gregg

Anne Richards

Richard Loo

Richard Loo

Robert Hung

Soo Yong

Soo Yong

Nora Hung

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