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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl   1919     3 stars    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.



Cast
Lillian Gish Lucy Burrows
Richard Barthelmess Cheng Huan
Donald Crisp Battling Burrows
Arthur Howard Burrows' manager
Edward Peil Sr. Evil Eye
George Beranger The Spying One
Norman Selby A Prizefighter
Wilbur Higby London Policeman
Moon Kwan Buddhist Monk

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   aka: Broken Blossoms


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