"Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing" (1955)

I've long been familiar with the song. So it was interesting to watch the movie it was from. I never would have imagined that it was a movie with such strong ties to Asia, and a few small ties to the Korean War. Undercurrents of questions about mixed race in this story of a love affair. Oscar for music--and music by Alfred Newman, of course--masterfully mixes western and Hollywood music practices with Asian music/sounds--and always the song as the on-going love theme. Only in the last minutes or two of the movie does the song get words. Doesn't come out and pose any answers to the mixed-race-love question, just asks it. If you like romance/love affair movies, it's worth a watch.