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Whistle Stopper - The Inn of the Sixth Happiness
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Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Curd Jürgens, Robert Donat, Michael David, Athene Seyler
Directed By: Mark Robson
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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543060949
Format: Anamorphic
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2003-08-05
Running Time: 158
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 1958
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Sunshine
Comment: The movie is interesting to me because of talking about christian background. That is the woman believes in God to help chinese children to live as well. She thinks that God wants her to do this. It is a great film.
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Summary: The BEST movie and my favorite.
Comment: Geneva's Branch: Book Two of Geneva's Series I don't remember when I first watched this program, but I fell in love with the story. It is based on some facts about the heroine, but not completely. Hollywood changed it into a part love story. This time I'm on the side of Hollywood. The drama is touching to the soul and the heart. Whenever I feel like a good cry, and I do need them once and a while, I put in this movie.
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Summary: Settle In to 6th Happiness
Comment: Loved the movie. I checked out the life of Gladys Alward... the movie stayed pretty close to her life. The Chinese characters are a little contrived, but the history and setting were fairly accurate. Movie was a little long to today's standards, but thoroughly enjoyable.
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Summary: Hard life in China
Comment: This book is about saving children from the ravages of a hard life in China. It demonstrates the persistence of one women and the children's trust in her. This missionary, played by Ingrid Bergman, faced many hardships yet she kept her goal in mind - helping orphaned Chinese children.
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Summary: The real New Testament faith in action.
Comment: If you decide to watch this, keep a hanky handy. Though the movie has been Hollywood-ed somewhat from the original story, it is still pretty true, and very inspiring to say the least, even humbling. How many of us come close to Gladys Aylward's love and faith in action? Ingrid Bergman was fantastic every minute. (I heard that she later commented she did not feel worthy to play the part.) The children are adorable and there is never a dull minute. The only reason I didn't give four stars is because I really wish they had left in one true event - but again, for Hollywood it was wonderful overall. The event they left out is where Gladys and her 100 orphans were making their dangerous trek over the mountain and encountered an impassable river. The movie shows them solving their dilemmna with a rope strung from one side of the river to the other, for the children to cling to. What actually happened is that some of the children reminded the missionary that nothing was impossible with our Heavenly Father. So they prayed for a way to get across the river. And like Paul and Silas in chains, they sang to Him. A Chinese boat captain heard them singing and came to investigate, then got them across on his boat.
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Editorial Reviews:
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All her life Englishwoman Gladys Aylward knew that China was the place where she belonged. Not qualified to be sent there as a missionary, Gladys works as a domestic to earn the money to send herself to a poor, remote village. There she eventually lives a full and happy life: running the inn, acting as "foot inspector", advising the local Mandarin and even winning the heart of mixed race Captain Lin Nan. But Gladys discovers her real destiny when the country is invaded by Japan and the Chinese children need her to save their lives. Based on a true story.
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