Stan Shaffer on Frank Capra's THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN (1933)

Before IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE, before IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, iconic filmmaker FRANK CAPRA directed a gripping, romantic melodrama for Columbia Pictures that was, in many ways, ahead of its time: THE BITTER TEA OF GENERAL YEN, starring BARBARA STANWYCK and NILS ASTHER, was meant to be an epic prestige picture but failed to connect with the audiences of its day. Film historian and Stanwyck enthusiast STAN SHAFFER returns to Cowtown Movie Classics to discuss this controversial and remarkable picture. #barbarastanwyck #nilsasther #classicfilm #frankcapra #itsawonderfullife #noir #precodemovies #oldhollywood #tcm #columbiapictures #yellowface