The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) Did You Know? Trivia: The real Gladys Aylward (1902 - 1970), born in London, was a former domestic turned missionary in China, best known for her work with children. She became a Chinese citizen in 1936. Four years later, despite being in ill health herself, she shepherded over 100 children over the mountains to safety at the height of the Sino-Japanese war. In 1958, the year this film was released, she founded a children's home in Taiwan, which she continued to run until her death. Known in China as "Ai-weh-deh", or "Virtous One", she continues to be regarded as a national heroine. See more » Goofs: Errors in geography: Eagle eyed viewers will see many plants in this film which are not commonly found growing wild in China. The location was partly chosen, because Portmeirion had certain Chinese plants growing near it, such as rhododendrons. See more » Quotes: [first lines] Gladys Aylward :My name is Gladys Aylward.

I've written to the head of the missionary society. His reply stated that he'd see me if I ever came to London. If he's busy, I can wait. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Remind Me The Inn of the Sixth Happiness Alan Burgess' novel The Small Woman, was adapted by 20th Century-Fox as The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958). In the film, English housemaid Gladys Aylward (Ingrid Bergman) realizes her childhood dream of becoming a missionary by using her life savings to go to the mountains of China. There, she helps a missionary (played by Athene Seyler) start an inn at a remote mule crossing and saves 100 children during the Sino-Japanese War in 1936. The casting was Hollywood International - Bergman, a Swede, played an English maid and Englishman Robert Donat played a Mandarin who at first resents Bergman and later converts to Christianity in her honor. Scotsman Sean Connery was considered for the role eventually given to the Austrian Curt Jurgens - a Eurasian Chinese army officer whose romance with Bergman is interrupted when she must flee with the children from the village when the Japanese invade.

The real-life missionary Gladys Aylward was furious with Fox, calling the film "a bunch of lies" and loudly proclaimed that not only had she never been given a final script, she never had a romance with a Chinese colonel. She was further angered that "my name was used without my permission and associated with that wicked woman." Aylward was referring, of course, to Ingrid Bergman, who had left her husband and child for an affair with Italian director Roberto Rossellini, which had resulted in not only an out-of-wedlock child but a public backlash that included a denouncement on the floor of the United States Senate. A few years later, now engaged to Swedish producer Lars Schmidt, Bergman resumed her career, but apparently Aylward could not overlook Bergman's supposed sins. Despite all her protests and letters written to the media, she never sued the studio. While public opinion had changed and Bergman had had a big success and an Oscar® for Anastasia (1956), the studio was worried about having Bergman associated with any one religious denomination, so she is never shown teaching religion to the children or going into a church.

Bergman was also hesitant about the role, saying, "I swore that I wouldn't play any more saints or nuns, so now I'm playing a missionary!" Although the film was produced by 20th Century-Fox, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness was actually shot in Cinemascope at the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios in Boreham Wood, Elstree, England and Snowdonia in Wales from March to July 1958. The Hollywood Reporter announced that the film was going to be shot in Formosa, but had to be moved to Wales when relations with the Chinese government broke down and they refused permission. The children in the film were from the Chinese community in Liverpool, which is one of the largest in Europe. Perry Lee was one of the children who had worked on the film. "It was amazing, it was really great and I have extremely fond memories of the experience. Once they had decided to film in Snowdonia, the Chinese community in Liverpool was the obvious place to come to find the children to play the parts of the orphans. I was just turned six and my brother William was four and a half.

We got paid £12.50 a week which was a lot of money in those days so I got a bike out of it and he got a little scooter. For a six year old it was tremendously exciting but it wasn't all glamour. We weren't allowed to wear shoes. If you were lucky you were allowed to wear pumps and if you were very unlucky you had to have rags tied around your feet - painted red to simulate blood. And we had to dive in the cow pats whenever the Japanese planes came over. You were never conscious of the cameras being trained on you but my big scene was the river crossing when Ingrid Bergman grabbed me." Burt Kwouk, who starred as the schoolteacher who sacrifices his life for the children, remembered that they "were a lively bunch but very well behaved, they had chaperones and they were very well taken care of." Kwouk's career was launched by this film and he would later become famous as Peter Sellers' assistant Cato in the Pink Panther films. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness was Robert Donat's last film.

Long ill with asthma-related complications which weakened him, a large brain tumor was discovered just before his death and he died of cerebral thrombosis shortly after his scenes were filmed on June 9, 1958. His final line was, "We shall not see each other again, I think. Farewell." Ironically, it was also producer Buddy Adler's final film. He would die as production ended on July 12, 1958. Gladys Aylward opened a children's orphanage in Taiwan in 1958 and continued to run it until her death in 1970. Considered a national hero in that country, she nevertheless was deeply embarrassed by the film and regarded it as having "soiled" her reputation. Producer: Buddy Adler Screenplay: Isobel Lennart (screenplay); Alan Burgess (novel "The Small Woman") Cinematography: F.A. Young Art Direction: John Box, Geoffrey Drake Music: Malcolm Arnold Film Editing: Ernest Walter Cast: Ingrid Bergman (Gladys Aylward), Curd Jurgens (Capt.

Lin Nan), Robert Donat (The Mandarin of Yang Cheng), Michael David (Hok-A), Athene Seyler (Jeannie Lawson), Ronald Squire (Sir Francis Jamison), Moultrie Kelsall (Dr. Robinson), Richard Wattis (Mr. Murfin), Peter Chong (Yang), Tsai Chin (Sui-Lan). C-158m. The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) | THE FILM YAP Horror icon Wes Craven is no longer with us 438 views 0 likes 0 comments The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) You have rated this “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness” features the incomparable Ingrid Bergman and also Hollywood’s maddening habit of taking a true-life story and bullshitting it up into a sappy romance. Gladys Aylward was a real Englishwoman and longtime domestic (read: maid) who at the spinsterish age of 30 used her life savings to travel to China to work as an unaccredited missionary. She ended up making it her home — earning Chinese citizenship, the trust of the people and even a minor government post.

Aylward adopted several children of her own and rescued more than 100 orphans from certain death during World War II. A pretty inspiring tale, which made for a popular book, “The Small Woman” by Alan Burgess. But of course the studio couldn’t leave well enough alone. In addition to casting the tall, stunning Bergman in the lead role — who hides her Swedish accent about as well Sean Connery sounded like a Russian submarine captain — they cast German actor Curd Jürgens as her half Chinese/half Dutch lover. (Speaking of Connery, he screen tested for Jürgens’ role, but was probably deemed too young in his late 20s to start opposite Bergman, who was then in her early 40s.) Jürgens wears slightly tinted makeup and prosthetic to complete the racially insensitive ensemble. Bad enough, except that his character, Colonel Lin Nan, is based on a real (and non-biracial) Chinese official who befriended her. The film’s ending shows her abandoning her young charges to return to her home province, presumably to reunite with Lin.

When the real Aylward saw the movie she was mortified, commenting that she had never so much as kissed a man in her whole life. To complete things, another major Chinese character, the Mandarin of Yang Cheng, is played by British actor Robert Donat, also in embarrassing, unconvincing makeup. (Yellowface?) At least one major Chinese character, Aylward’s cook and companion Yang, is played by an Asian actor, Peter Chong. They couldn’t even get the title right. The name of the hotel that Aylward ran along with an elderly missionary, Jeannie Lawson (Athene Seyler), was actually called “The Inn of the Eight Happinesses.” (The Chinese consider the number eight lucky.) Not really sure why six happinesses is considered worse than eight. But all films are a product of their times, and I can’t dismiss the movie for following common — if grating — practices of its era. I’m sure screenwriter Isobel Lennart was pressured into making changes so that American audiences would find the story more palatable.

(Heck, in this space I once profiled a movie called “Across the Pacific” in which the characters never even reach the Pacific Ocean.) Bergman admirably carries the movie as Aylward, who later is given the name Zhen-Ai, which is translated for us as “she who loves everyone.” She depicts the character as brave and resolute without losing her crushing sense of humility. Zhen-Ai Aylward is less Norma Rae than a shrinking violet who learns to toughen up. The first act is about her saving up the money and pluck to get to China after being refused a spot as a missionary. Despite her faith and obvious devotion, it seems she is rejected solely for being from a lower working class. Her introduction to Yang Cheng is challenging. The locals are suspicious of foreigners, and she gets chased by some women for daring to help up a small child who had fallen in the mud. The poverty and the way human life seems debased repulse her. Eventually they get the inn going, a waystation for traveling mule teams who serve as the lifeblood of the rural economy. They entice the men with stories of baby Jesus and other biblical tales.

Her older companion soon dies, and Aylward must persevere on her own. The Mandarin — sort of a governor and judge rolled into one — gives her the job of “foot inspector” to make sure the people are following the government’s new edicts against footbinding. It was a horrid custom in which little girls’ feet are tightly bound to crush them into tiny lotus shapes and never grow any larger. She only gets the job because the previous foot inspectors, all men, were run out of the various villages, and the Mandarin deems her the most expendable candidate. Lin Nan turns up as the modernistic government official trying to drag the peasants into the 20th century. He’s half-Danish and despises his European blood, and at first is deeply suspicious of the two interloper women. But things get progressively mushier. It’s certainly a beautiful film, with the Welsh mountains standing in for Chinese ones. Director Mark Robson, who had just been nominated for an Academy Award for “Peyton Place,” scored another nod for this film. This makes him one of the few directors to score Oscar nominations in consecutive years.

Despite the racial swap I enjoyed Donat as the Mandarin, a man who projects an image of fierceness to protect the deep sentiment he secretly harbors. It’s the sort of well-written supporting role you saw a lot of in mid-century Hollywood fare. I loved and hated “The Inn of the Sixth Happiness.” Before seeing it I would have said I could watch Ingrid Bergman in just about anything, but this film tested that resolve at times. It’s a classic white-person-goes-someplace-exotic-and-finds-their-inner-peace story, which I could have appreciated for what it was, if not for the stiff and manufactured love story. It’s a romantic film, but the real passion was between a woman and her adopted homeland. No kissyface necessary. 3 Yaps The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) Reviewed by Colin Jacobson (July 21, 2003) When I glanced at the cover of 1958�s The Inn of the Sixth Happiness, I immediately groaned.

Based on the image of Ingrid Bergman, I feared that it would follow in the footsteps of the dull and insipid Love Is a Many-Splendored Thing and feature a very non-Asian woman in an Asian role. A few other western actors do portray Chinese characters. But despite the garb worn by Bergman in the cover shot, she doesn�t play an Asian. She portrays former chambermaid Gladys Aylward, a woman who badly wants to do missionary work in China. Dr. Robinson (Moultrie Kelsall), the head of the China Missionary Society in London, won�t send her due to her lack of education and experience. Gladys then pursues passage on her own and works to save the necessary money to pay for a train ticket. Gladys eventually pays for this and she gets some help from her employer, Sir Francis Jameson (Ronald Squire), who connects her with a missionary named Jeannie Lawson (Athene Seyler). The latter plans to build an inn for mule trains that pass through the area; that will allow her to spread the Christian gospel. Along with a cook named Yang (Peter Chong), the group launches their little enterprise.

In the meantime, we meet the local Mandarin, Hsien Chang (Robert Donat), and a Chinese military officer of mixed Eurasian heritage, Captain Lin Nan (Curt Jurgens). Lin Nan is there to get Hsien Chang to enforce the laws against the binding of female feet, but the foot inspectors fail in their work. When the elderly Lawson falls and dies, Gladys takes over the inn. Unfortunately, the missionary group that helped support them did so out of respect for Lawson; with her gone, they retract their financial aid. Gladys decides to persevere anyway. Before long, Hsien Chang offers the job of foot inspector to Gladys, who takes on the task if she can get needed concessions. Years pass and we see how successful Gladys became in the job. She fits in with the northern Chinese society and gets renamed �Jen-ai�, or �the one who helps�. Now promoted to colonel, Lin returns to warn the locals that the Japanese may attack and they�ll be the first line of defense. Since she doesn�t believe in war, Jen-ai won�t urge them to cooperate, but she allows Lin to tag along as she conducts her rounds.

Along the way, the pair slowly start to fall in love. The movie leads toward war and we see how this affects Jen-ai, Lin, and the others. 1956�s Anastasia earned Bergman an Oscar, and she pretty much carried that otherwise unexceptional film. The actress gets more help during Inn, but she remains a main reason it succeeds. The unrelentingly good and noble character of Gladys/Jen-ai easily could have become insufferable, but Bergman totally avoids the part�s perils. She offers a bright and earnest portrayal that never becomes smug or annoyingly chipper. Bergman makes her character honest and likable and never comes across like some untouchable saint. She doesn�t even bother to attempt an English accent, but given her sweet and endearing performance, I don�t care. Though he doesn�t look remotely Asian � or even Eurasian, as touted here � Jurgens brings a nice sense of strength to Lin Nan. Both he and Bergman remain low-key and appropriately subdued throughout the movie, and that makes their romance more powerful. They don�t go all mushy on us, so we care about them even more.

The restraint exhibited allows us to see them as real people and not just artificial movie creations. That lack of sentimentality shows up through the whole film, and this makes it more effective. Various issues aren�t telegraphed, and although it�s a little lame to see yet another story of a western woman who �saves� so many non-western people, the movie fails to become condescending and superior. It never treats the Chinese as exotic playthings or baubles. The film sees them as real people and conveys that attitude of respect from start to finish. Not much about The Inn of the Sixth Happiness comes across as spectacular, but most everything about it works nonetheless. A nicely unsentimental combination of a romance and a social issues film, Inn seems well paced and involving. Much of this comes from another solid performance from Ingrid Bergman, but the flick succeeds in many other ways as well. The DVD Grades: Picture B+/ Audio B-/ Bonus C+ The Inn of the Sixth Happiness appears in an aspect ratio of approximately 2.35:1 on this single-sided, double-layered DVD; the image has been enhanced for 16X9 televisions.

Although the picture didn�t present the best effort I�ve seen from the Fox Studio Classics discs, Inn nonetheless looked very good. Sharpness mostly seemed positive. Wider scenes periodically tended to appear a little soft and ill defined, but those were the exceptions. The majority of the movie looked nicely accurate and concise. No problems with jagged edges or moir� effects occurred, and only a little edge enhancement popped up during a few occasions. Given the movie�s age, one might expect a mix of print flaws, but only a smattered appeared. A few examples of specks and grit arose, but most of the movie looked quite clean. Colors appeared fairly subdued but accurate. The tones rarely seemed particularly vivid, but they also showed no distinct concerns. Overall the hues were acceptably accurate and well displayed. Black levels seemed dense and deep, while shadows were mostly smooth and appropriately visible. A few �day for night� shots presented moderately opaque images, but those didn�t create substantial concerns. As a whole, Inn offered another positive presentation in the Fox Studio Classics line. The stereo soundtrack of The Inn of the Sixth Happiness seemed acceptable but not any better than that. The soundfield remained pretty restrained.

Music demonstrated passable stereo imaging but didn�t present the score in a terribly well defined way. The music spread across the front with decent delineation but not anything better than that. Some effects popped up from the sides, and a few scenes brought the soundfield to life in a modest way, but the movie stayed rather restricted for the most part. Audio quality seemed fairly average for the era. Speech suffered from some weak dubbing and came across as somewhat brittle and sibilant at times. In addition, lines occasionally bled to the side speakers. Still, the dialogue mostly was distinct and lacked any issues connected to intelligibility. Music failed to display great vividness, but the score was acceptably dynamic and rich given its age. Effects also came across as reasonably accurate but without great range. Those elements failed to display problems but they also didn�t show much spark. Overall, the audio of The Inn of the Sixth Happiness seemed fine for a film of this vintage. Like the other Fox Studio Classics DVDs Inn features a decent roster of supplements. It opens with an audio commentary from documentary filmmaker Nick Redman, The Films of 20th Century Fox co-author Aubrey Solomon, and Ingrid Bergman biographer Donald Spoto.

All three were recorded separately and their comments were edited together for this piece. Most Fox Studio Classics commentaries provide good chats, and Inn follows that trend. We learn about a wide variety of topics. The track starts with great notes about the life of the real Gladys Aylward, and those elements pop up throughout much of the commentary. We also find many nice facts about the creation of the film, the folks who participated in it � especially Bergman � and other pieces that relate to the flick. We find out what the real Aylward�s personality was like and that she vehemently opposed the casting of Bergman among many other intriguing subjects. The excellent information comes at us virtually constantly and really adds a lot to the viewer�s appreciation of the movie. It�s a terrific listen. Unlike most other Fox Studio Classics discs, Inn fails to include any form of documentary related to the film. However, we do find two Movietone Newsreels. One shows the New York premiere (62 seconds) and the other displays the Hollywood debut (63 seconds). Neither seems very interesting. A Restoration Comparison provides text that covers the work done for this DVD and then shows splitscreen images of a mix of different versions of the film.

Lastly, some advertisements appear. In addition to trailers for Inn in English and Spanish, we find a section called Studio Classics. This includes promos for All About Eve , An Affair to Remember , Anastasia, The Day the Earth Stood Still , Gentleman�s Agreement , The Ghost and Mrs. Muir , The Song of Bernadette , The Song of Bernadette and How Green Was My Valley . Chalk up The Inn of the Sixth Happiness as a pleasant surprise. The movie seems somewhat sugarcoated much of the time, but it clearly achieves its goals as it provides a lively and moving examination of its subject. The DVD looks quite good, and the audio quality seems fine for its age. Its extras seem a little skimpy compared to other Fox Studio Classics DVDs, but it does include a simply excellent audio commentary. With a low list price of less than $20, I definitely recommend this sweet and understated flick. Viewer Film Ratings: 4.3846 Stars Number of Votes: 26 The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (1958) - IMDb IMDb There was an error trying to load your rating for this title. Some parts of this page won't work property. Please reload or try later.

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Written by A.L.Beneteau <albl@inforamp.net> See All (22) » Taglines: Love had suddenly come to her under the China sky...love for this Eurasian soldier who now pressed his earthy, Oriental skin against her own... Genres: 19 December 1958 (West Germany) See more » Also Known As: A Hatodik Boldogság fogadója See more » Filming Locations: 4-Track Stereo (Westrex Recording System) Color: Did You Know? Trivia The outdoor scenes were almost entirely filmed in North Wales, near where the Prisoner was set. Some studio work was also done in England, meaning the entire film was made in Western Europe using Chinese extras. Most of the children in the film were Chinese children from Liverpool, which has one of the oldest Chinese communities in Europe. See more » Goofs The captain is talking with Gladys and says that someone will listen to anything for an extra bowl of rice. The story takes place in northern China and rice is only eaten in southern China. Noodles made from wheat was the mainstay of the Chinese diet in the north.

Later in the film it appears Gladys takes a serving of rice from a large pot, and lastly on the journey with the children they come across some uncooked rice which Gladys picks it up. See more » Quotes [first lines] Gladys Aylward : My name is Gladys Aylward. I've written to the head of the missionary society. His reply stated that he'd see me if I ever came to London. If he's busy, I can wait. See more » Crazy Credits The opening title card reads: "This story is based upon the life of Gladys Aylward, a woman of our time, who was, and is dedicated to the simple, joyful and rare belief that we are all responsible for each other." See more » Connections Featured in Ingrid (1984) See more » Soundtracks Traditional (Arranged by Malcolm Arnold ) Sung by Ingrid Bergman and a children's chorus The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (Mark Robson, 1958) - Trailer - YouTube The Inn of the Sixth Happiness (Mark Robson, 1958) - Trailer Want to watch this again later? Sign in to add this video to a playlist. Need to report the video?

Sign in to report inappropriate content. Rating is available when the video has been rented. This feature is not available right now. Please try again later. Published on Nov 14, 2014 In the 30's, the working-class Englishwoman Gladys Aylward leaves Liverpool and arrives in London, trying to join the China Missionary Society expecting to be sent to China. However, having only ordinary schooling, her request is turned down due to her lack of qualification to the position. Gladys works hard as a maid and uses all her savings and salaries to buy a train ticket to Tientsin. Then she travels by mule to the remote province of Wangcheng, where she works with the Englishwoman Jeannie Lawson and the Chinese cook Yang in the Inn of the Sixth Happiness. When Ms. Lawson has an accident and dies, Gladys has no money to run the establishment and accepts the position of "foot inspector" offered by the Mandarin Hsien Chang. She is assigned to visit the countryside to promote and enforce the government's law against foot binding Chinese girls.

She is successful, changes her nationality to Chinese and her name to Jen-ai (meaning "the one who loves people"), surprising the skeptical bi-racial Captain Lin Nan. When Wangcheng is invaded by the Japanese, Jen-ai travels through the mountains with one hundred children to save them from death. Category The Inn of the Sixth Happiness [DVD] [1958]: Amazon.co.uk: Ingrid Bergman, Curd JÃ¼rgens, Robert Donat, Michael David, Athene Seyler, Mark Robson: DVD & Blu-ray The Inn of the Sixth Happiness [DVD] [1958] Promotion Message Promotion Available 1 Promotion(s) In stock. Want it delivered by Thursday, 5 Jan.? Order within 65 hrs 3 mins and choose AmazonGlobal Priority at checkout. Details Dispatched from and sold by Amazon. Gift-wrap available. Note: This item is eligible for click and collect. Details Pick up your parcel at a time and place that suits you. Choose from over 13,000 locations across the UK Prime members get unlimited deliveries at no additional cost How to order to an Amazon Pickup Location?

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Details The Song of Bernadette [DVD] [1943] by Jennifer Jones DVD Â£4.00 In stock. Sent from and sold by Amazon. FREE Delivery on orders over Â£20. Details What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item? Format: PAL Language: English Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats. ) Aspect Ratio: 16:9 - 2.35:1 Studio: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment DVD Release Date: 5 Nov. 2012 Run Time: 158 minutes Product Description Product Description The true story of an English missionary (Ingrid Bergman) who led a hundred children over enemy territory in pre-WWII China. Robert Donat plays a Chinese mandarin in his final screen performance and North Wales stands in for the Chinese countryside. From Amazon.co.uk An epic and extraordinary true story--or, at least, an extraordinary story based on a novel (Alan Burgess's The Small Woman) based on a true story. Gladys Aylward (an improbably mesmerizing Ingrid Bergman) is a British would-be missionary with an obsession about China.

As she has no experience, the Missionary Society won't let her go, but she goes anyway, alone, to a remote northern province. She is hated, then loved; finally she becomes both a significant political figure and the heroine of a miraculous escape in which she shepherds 100 children to safety across the mountains just ahead of a Japanese invasion. Curt Jurgens is suitably stony as Lin Nan, the half-Dutch, half-Chinese military officer who falls in love with her, and a visibly ailing Robert Donat (who died before this, his final film, was released) is the wily local mandarin who sees and makes use of her extraordinary abilities. Directed by Mark Robson, The Inn of the Sixth Happiness is a sweeping, stirring tearjerker, a big tale told in a big landscape with acres of orchestrated strings by Malcolm Arnold. A beautiful and beautifully made film that's a classic of the "everyone said I couldn't but I did it anyway" genre. --Richard Farr --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought Page 1 of 1 Start over Page 1 of 1 This shopping feature will continue to load items.

In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. By Alejandra Vernon on 28 May 2004 Format: VHS Tape This is a magnificent film in every aspect; the acting is brilliant, the landscapes beautiful, the drama intense. Based on the true story of Gladys Aylward, a house maid in England who was "not qualified" to be sent to China as a missionary, so went there on her own, saving every shilling earned for a ticket on the Trans-Siberian railroad. Taking place in the pre-WWII era, it's an adventure story of great spiritual courage, the chaos of war, and a romance between two independent people who never thought they would find love. Ingrid Bergman is luminous as Gladys. It is one of her very best performances, and my personal favorite. Robert Donat, who passed away before the film was released, is also marvelous as the Mandarin of Yang Cheng, and Curt Jurgens as Captain Lin Nan is handsome and believable as the man who falls in love with Gladys.

In a small but pivotal part, Athene Seyler is terrific as Jennie Lawson, the elderly missionary who helps Gladys in her early years, and Peter Chong is a delight as Yang the cook. It is odd that the only Oscar nomination went to director Mark Robson; perhaps Bergman was overlooked because she had received a "Best Actress" for "Anastasia" two years earlier, but Bergman fans will give this film their own five-star award. The fabulous location filming by Freddie Young was done in Snowdonia National Park, North Wales, a remarkable substitute for Shaanxi Province, in the heart of China. The village reproductions are very well done, and look incredibly similar to films I have seen shot in China. The lovely score by Malcolm Arnold adds much to the film, and Alan Burgess, whose book "The Small Woman" is the basis of the story, wrote the script, which is witty, wise and wonderful, with Isobel Lennart. Read more › The inn of the sixth happiness (DVD video, 1958) [WorldCat.org] Find more libraries Librarian?

Claim your library to The inn of the sixth happiness Author: [United States] : Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corp., 2003, ©1958. Series: WorldCat Summary: Based on the true-life story of Gladys Aylward, an English missionary that led a group of children through war-torn China in the 1930's. Nominated for an Academy Award, Best Director. Rating: You are connected to the University of Washington Libraries network Hide local services for this item OCLC FirstSearch Add library to Favorites Please choose whether or not you want other users to be able to see on your profile that this library is a favorite of yours. Allow this favorite library to be seen by others Keep this favorite library private Find a copy in the library Finding libraries that hold this item... Details Video recordings for the hearing impaired Biographical Based on the book "The small woman" by Alan Burgess. Originally released as a motion picture in 1958. Credits: Ingrid Bergman, Robert Donat, Curt Jurgens. Target Audience: 1 videodisc (158 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

Details: DVD, stereo and mono soundtracks, restoration comparison anamorphic widescreen (aspect 2.35:1), Region 1 encoding. Series Title: Twentieth Century Fox ; producer, Buddy Adler ; screenplay writer, Isobel Lennart ; director, Mark Robson. Abstract: Based on the true-life story of Gladys Aylward, an English missionary that led a group of children through war-torn China in the 1930's. Nominated for an Academy Award, Best Director. Reviews Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Be the first. Add a review and share your thoughts with other readers. Be the first. Tags Add tags for "The inn of the sixth happiness". Be the first. Similar Items

Question: What was the name of the missionary who is the subject of the 1958 film ‘Inn of the Sixth Happiness’?
Answer: Gladys Aylward