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Broken Blossoms (1919)
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| Starring: | Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard, Edward Peil Sr., Ernest Butterworth, Fred Hamer, George Beranger, George Nichols, Karla Schramm, Moon Kwan, Norman Selby, Wilbur Higby |
| Director: | D.W. Griffith |
| Genre: | Silent, Drama, Romance |
| Year: | 1919 |
| Studio: | Kino Video |
| Length: | 90 minutes |
| Released: | December 10, 2002 |
| Rating: | NR |
| Format: | DVD |
| Misc: | NTSC, Black & White |
| Language: | English(Original Language) |
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SYNOPSIS:D.W. Griffith reached a pinnacle of expressiveness in this tender yet tragic tale of love and suffering in the seedy Limehouse district of London.
Richard Barthelmess gives a sensitive portrayal of a Chinese man who travels to England to spread the pacifist teachings of the Orient, but it is Lillian Gish who illuminates the screen. In this, the most heart-rending performance of her career, she plays a fifteen-year-old street urchin who longs to escape her miserable existence. Emotionally scarred by the torment and neglect of her abusive father (Donald Crisp), she collapses in the shop of the lonely and disillusioned "yellow man." As he tenderly nurtures her back to health, an unspoken romance flowers between them, awakening in each of them feelings of love they thought themselves forever denied.
In some ways, Broken Blossoms was Griffith's response to critics of The Birth Of A Nation, an effort to clear himself of lingering charges of racism. However, cinematic convention forbade physical intimacy between the two races. With this in mind, Griffith took what might have been a bold interracial romance and transformed the two races.
BONUS FEATURES:
- Filmed Introduction by Lillian Gish, Including excerpts from Gish's film ROMOLA (1925)
- The Complete Text of Thomas Burke's Original Story
- A Recording of the 1919 Song "Broken Blossoms"
- D.W. Griffith on Leading Ladies
- About the Score
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