Broken Blossoms (1919)
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
A tale of forbidden love.
90 min
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.
- Release date
- May 13, 1919
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $2,400,000
Trailer
Cast
- Lillian Gish as Lucy - The Girl
- Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan - The Yellow Man
- Donald Crisp as Battling Burrows
- Arthur Howard as Battling Burrows' Manager
- Edward Peil Sr. as Evil Eye
- George Beranger as The Spying One
- Norman Selby as A Prizefighter
- Fred Bond as Man
- Ernest Butterworth as Secondary Role
- Frederic Hamen as Secondary Role
Crew
- D.W. Griffith · Director
- Thomas Burke · Writer
- D.W. Griffith · Writer
- G.W. Bitzer · Cinematographer