I remember The World Of Suzie Wong but had never seen it. I dug it up because I am planning a 2016 trip to Hong Kong, and that is where this story takes place. I was 14 in 1960, and this movie would have been over my head. William Holden is an American architect who wants to become a painter. He goes to Hong Kong to pursue his dream and gets in with Nancy Kwan as Suzie Wong. She is a prostitute, although we have to read between the lines. I was more interested in the city than I was in the drama that ensued between Holden and Kwan. It comes out toward the end that Suzie has a baby, which ultimately dies in a flood. I felt like the story had to kill off her baby so Holden and Suzie would be free to marry and have one of their own. It was good to see an older man get the girl.
Review of The World of Suzie Wong
