the bitter tea of general yen

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June 7 movie: The Bitter Tea of General Yen. Frank Capra movie starring Barbara Stanwyck as a missionary in China who is kidnapped by a warlord, the titular General Yen (Nils Asther). Stanwyck and the general fall for each other, of course, [spoiler alert] but he conveniently kills himself before they have to consummate the relationship with any physical contact. The "bitter tea" of the title is, by the way, the poisoned tea with which he does the deed. Nobody ever accused Capra of being overly subtle.

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