age can not tarnish the beauty of this east west love story for me . ignore the famous and lovely title song and it lyric and what we have be a dramatized biography of two remarkable people catch in a moment of counter current involve social conformity and bigotry and war and doubt and and the need for immense courage . with hong kong a the backdrop and this movie tell the story of a eurasian doctor and a u. s. journalist who meet and fall in love during the korean war . a mark elliott and william holden be intelligent and breezy and a bit weak while jennifer jones be perhaps well nigh perfect a dr. han suyin and by turn doubt torn and ecstatic and eager and hesitant . others in the large cast include torin thatcher and isobel elsom and murray matheson and virginia gregg and richard loo and soo yong and philip ahn and jorja curtright and donna martell while many of hollywood best oriental actor play small uncredited part also . the script by john patrick follow han exquisite novel closely while the direction by henry king be solid a always . the thrust of the storyline be how unwilling han be to fall in love with elliott and with her busy and demand schedule a a doctor and her doubt about their future while and how unafraid he be and despite the intolerance and interference they face a their affair become know . the film be unarguably physically busy and interesting and often beautiful also . the hill to which the lover go to be apart and the lovely bay where they swim be set against an already busy and crowded business city and large social event and and teem street and hospital corridor and and traffic fill artery . with cinematography by leon shamroy and ben nye makeup and helen turpin hairstyle and the great work by set decorator and sound and lighting and art department and all concern and this have to be one of the most memorable production set in a major non u. s. city of all time and and one of the most difficult to capture on film . yet what one remember most here be the lover and thankfully not extremely young and face the odds against them and assess exactly what they be then go ahead a if love matter and those condition which be set up a barrier to love do not . and the climax of the affair be mark go back to war while thereafter han receive his letter and even after she know he be have be kill while they seem message from a good wold . a world where hope be all that matter and courage be the price of admittance to that world and and it be always summer on a high and windy hill set apart and above a zone where beauty and individual desire can be victimize and make subject to ill fortune or brush aside by militant force of evil . truly and love be a many splendored thing and dr. han say while and this movie stand a one of that doctrine shin proof and lucent a a pearl and timeless a a chinese proverb and lovely a polished jade set against a rough background .