Broken blossoms
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Set in the Limehouse district of London, Griffith's film is the story of a Chinese man's chaste love for a young girl persecuted by her brutal father. Griffith made this raw melodrama a violent yet tender tragedy. This color print was taken from the original tinted nitrate footage. (Circulates), 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. --IMDb
Credits
- Directed by
- D. W. Griffith
- Written by
- D. W. Griffith
- Cast
- Lillian Gish, Kid McCoy, George Beranger, George Nichols, Donald Crisp, Edward Peil, Richard Barthelmess
- Produced by
- D. W. Griffith
- Cinematography
- Billy Bitzer
- Music
- D. W. Griffith
- Edited by
- James Smith
Copyright
Copyright status (Wikidata): public domain
Complete catalog record
Set in the Limehouse district of London, Griffith's film is the story of a Chinese man's chaste love for a young girl persecuted by her brutal father. Griffith made this raw melodrama a violent yet tender tragedy. This color print was taken from the original tinted nitrate footage. (Circulates)
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