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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. 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