Trivia / The Inn of the Sixth Happiness

• Ability over Appearance: The casting of tall, blonde Ingrid Bergman as short, dark-haired Gladys Aylward.
• California Doubling: Filming in China was never going to happen in 1958 for obvious reasons. They originally planned to shoot the film in Taiwan, but that fell through. In the end, the whole movie was shot in the UK, mostly Wales. Most of the Chinese orphans were played by children from Liverpool's Chinatown.
• Fake Nationality: In addition to the use of Yellow Face, there's Ingrid Bergman (Swedish) being cast Gladys Aylward (British).
• Uncredited Role: Richard Marner as a Russian soldier.

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