Police Force - Wang Chung (1973) - Deepwater Bay

Wong meets up with Shen Yan during his training and they take a stroll along the beach at Deepwater Bay. This is a nice scene because we are treated to a quick view of the famous "Arrowhead" house that was featured in Love is a Many-Splendored Thing.

Hong Kong (series) - Rod Taylor (1960) - Deepwater Bay, Hong Kong

Episode 9, The Turncoat, centres around a man who was one of the American "turncoats" following the cessation of hostilities during the Korean War i.e. defected and decided to stay in North Korea. In this episode he has had enough of his life and wishes to gain a passport/passage to another country in return for revealing the location of a drug haul he has been paid to bring into Hong Kong.

The show starts with a small boat off the coast of Hong Kong as he swims into Deepwater Bay. Look carefully and you can just make out podium wall of the famous "Arrowhead" house in the background (left). This was the property owned (and built) by Alfredo Alvares that featured in Love is a Many-Splendored Thing.

Love is a Many-Splendored Thing - William Holden (1955) - Arrowhead, Deepwater Bay

As part of the fun and frolics in the sand, the couple decide to swim over to Suyin's friends house that just happens to be on the other side of the bay. In reality the geography is pretty much spot on because the house they swim to, Arrowhead as it was called, used to be on the other side of the water (although a bit further along than implied) of Deepwater Bay.

There are also a few closeups of the stone staircase that leads to the water, as Holden and Jones run up them. Sadly for us, the rest of the scenes supposedly filmed inside the house were actually studio sets back at 20th Century Fox.

Built in 1953, the building was only a couple of years old when the film crew captured its exterior and according to a commentator on Gwulo.com, the film stars also stayed here when they were filming - I imagine it would have just been for a couple of nights maximum whilst all the Deepwater Bay shots were completed.

It's unclear when the building was demolished but the rocky promontory it sat on is still intact, however, it now houses a small luxury development called 34 Island Road. Additionally, the area on the seaward side has been extended to facilitate the construction of the Seaview Promenade.