Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl 1919  N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
aka: Broken Blossoms
Director: D.W. Griffith
Cast: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard, Edward Peil Sr., George Beranger, Norman Selby, Wilbur Higby, Moon Kwan, George Nichols
In this D.W. Griffith silent classic, Lillian Gish plays the undernourished, abused daughter of a brutal prizefighter, Battling Burrows (Donald Crisp). When she passes out in front of a shop owned by a newly arrived Chinaman (Richard Barthelmess), he takes her in and attempts to protect her from her father. He had also loved her from afar before rescuing her. Alas, her father finds out where she is hiding.
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Victory 1919 N/R, 55 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Maurice Tourneur
Cast: Jack Holt, Seena Owen, Lon Chaney, Wallace Beery, Ben Deeley, Laura Winston, Bull Montana, George Nichols
A drifter, Axel Heyst (Jack Holt), settles in the South Seas where he takes a job mining coal on a remote island. He rescues Alma (Seena Owen) who is being held hostage by hotel owner Schomberg (Wallace Beery). Together, they hitch a ride to his island. An evil trio is sent by Schomberg to recover Alma, and Axel must stand up to the thugs.
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| 1. Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
aka: Broken Blossoms
2. Victory (1919)
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