The Bitter Tea of General Yen

The Bitter Tea of General Yen
The Bitter Tea of General Yen
	kino-poster
Režija	Frank Capra
Producent	Walter Wanger
Scenario	Edward Paramore
Predložak	The Bitter Tea of General Yen; autor:; Grace Zaring Stone
Uloge	Barbara Stanwyck; Nils Asther;
Muzika	W. Frank Harling
Fotografija	Joseph Walker
Montaža	Edward Curtis
Studio	Columbia Pictures
Distribucija	Columbia Pictures
Datum(i) premijere	3. 1. 1933
Trajanje	88 min.
Zemlja	Sjedinjene Države
Jezik	engleski

The Bitter Tea of General Yen (sh. Gorki čaj generala Yena) je američki crno-bijeli nijemi film snimljen 1933. u režiji Franka Capre. Po žanru je melodrama, a temelji se na istoimenom romanu Grace Zaring Stone. Protagonistica, koju tumači Barbara Stanwyck, je američka misionarka koja dolazi u Kinu pogođenu građanskim ratom kako bi pokušala spasiti djecu iz sirotišta. Radnja prikazuje kako je u tome ispočetka spriječava bezobzirni pobunjenički general (koga tumači švedski glumac Nils Asther), ali koji se na kraju u nju zaljubi.

The Bitter Tea je poznat kao prvi film prikazan u prestižnoj njujorškoj dvorani Radio City Music Hall. Usprkos toga je doživio komercijalni neuspjeh, što je većina kritičara tumačila rasističkim predrasudama tadašnje američke publike, odnosno njenim odbijanjem da prihvati ljubavne veze između pripadnika različitih rasa. Zbog toga je The Bitter Tea brzo zasjenjen mnogo uspješnijim Caprinim populističkim komedijama, i tek mnogo godina kasnije su ga počeli hvaliti kritičari. S druge strane, dio modernih kritičara je Capri znao zamjerati orijentalizam i slične negativne stereotipove u prikazu Kine, kao i odluku da orijentalni lik tumači bijeli glumac pod šminkom.

Uloge

Barbara Stanwyck ... Megan Davis
Nils Asther ... General Yen
Toshia Mori ... Mah-Li
Walter Connolly ... Jones
Gavin Gordon ... Dr. Robert Strike
Lucien Littlefield ... Mr. Jackson
Richard Loo ... Kap. Li
Helen Jerome Eddy ... Miss Reed
Emmett Corrigan ... Biskup Harkness
Clara Blandick ... Mrs. Jackson (van špice)

Vanjske veze

The Bitter Tea of General Yen na sajtu IMDb
The Bitter Tea of General Yen na filmskoj bazi podataka TCM
The Bitter Tea of General Yen na AllMovie-u (en)
The Bitter Tea of General Yen Arhivirano 2006-06-17 na Wayback Machine-u at www.eeweems.com

p r u Filmovi koje je režirao Frank Capra
1920-e	The Strong Man For the Love of Mike Long Pants The Power of the Press Say It with Sables So This Is Love? Submarine The Way of the Strong That Certain Thing The Matinee Idol Flight The Donovan Affair The Younger Generation
1930-e	Rain or Shine Ladies of Leisure Dirigible The Miracle Woman Platinum Blonde Forbidden American Madness The Bitter Tea of General Yen Lady for a Day It Happened One Night Broadway Bill Mr. Deeds Goes to Town Lost Horizon You Can't Take It with You Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1940-e	Meet John Doe Arsenic and Old Lace It's a Wonderful Life State of the Union
1950-e	Riding High Here Comes the Groom A Hole in the Head
1960-e	Pocketful of Miracles

p r u Filmovi Waltera Wangera
1920-e	The Sheik (1921) The Cocoanuts (1929) The Lady Lies (1929) Applause (1929)
1930-e	Roadhouse Nights (1930) Tarnished Lady (1931) Washington Merry-Go-Round (1932) Gabriel Over the White House (1933) The Bitter Tea of General Yen (1933) Going Hollywood (1933) Another Language (1933) Queen Christina (1933) The President Vanishes (1934) Private Worlds (1935) Smart Girl (1935) Every Night at Eight (1935) Shanghai (1935) Mary Burns, Fugitive (1935) The Moon's Our Home (1936) Her Master's Voice (1936) The Case Against Mrs. Ames (1936) Fatal Lady (1936) Palm Springs (1936) The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936) Big Brown Eyes (1936) Spendthrift (1936) You Only Live Once (1937) Vogues of 1938 (1937) History Is Made At Night (1937) Stand-In (1937) 52nd Street (1937) Trade Winds (1938) Blockade (1938) Algiers (1938) I Met My Love Again (1938) Stagecoach (1939) Winter Carnival (1939) Eternally Yours (1939)
1940-e	Foreign Correspondent (1940) The Long Voyage Home (1940) Slightly Honorable (1940) The House Across the Bay (1940) Sundown (1941) Eagle Squadron (1942) Arabian Nights (1942) We've Never Been Licked (1943) Gung Ho! (1943) Ladies Courageous (1944) Scarlet Street (1945) Salome Where She Danced (1945) Night in Paradise (1946) Canyon Passage (1946) Smash-Up, the Story of a Woman (1947) The Lost Moment (1947) Tap Roots (1948) Joan of Arc (1948) Secret Beyond the Door (1948) The Reckless Moment (1949) Reign of Terror (1949) Tulsa (1949)
1950-e	Aladdin and His Lamp (1952) Lady in the Iron Mask (1952) Battle Zone (1952) Fort Vengeance (1953) Kansas Pacific (1953) Riot in Cell Block 11 (1954) The Adventures of Hajji Baba (1954) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) Navy Wife (1956) I Want to Live! (1958)
1960-e	Cleopatra (1963)