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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.
1919 · Directed by D.W. Griffith · 88 min · Drama · Romance · 13 frames
Tagline
A tale of forbidden love.
Crew
- Written by: D.W. Griffith
- Cinematography: Billy Bitzer
- Edited by: James Smith
- Produced by: D.W. Griffith
Cast
- Lillian Gish as Lucy Burrows
- Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan
- Donald Crisp as Battling Burrows
- Arthur Howard as Burrows' Manager
- Edward Peil Sr. as Evil Eye
- George Beranger as The Spying One
- Norman Selby as A Prizefighter
- Ernest Butterworth as Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Frederic Hamen as Secondary Role (uncredited)
- Wilbur Higby as London Policeman (uncredited)
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: No Language
- Studios: D.W. Griffith Productions
- Box office: $2,400,000
- Themes: suicide, london, england, china, boxer, buddhist, murder, racism, black and white, alcoholic, silent film
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