Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
Directed by D.W. Griffith
“A tale of forbidden love.”
Drama, Romance · 1h 28m
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.
Cast
Lillian Gish
Lucy Burrows
Richard Barthelmess
Cheng Huan
Donald Crisp
Battling Burrows
A
Arthur Howard
Burrows' Manager
Edward Peil Sr.
Evil Eye
George Beranger
The Spying One
Norman Selby
A Prizefighter
E
Ernest Butterworth
Secondary Role (uncredited)
F
Frederic Hamen
Secondary Role (uncredited)
Wilbur Higby
London Policeman (uncredited)
M
Man-Ching Kwan
Buddhist Monk (uncredited)
B
Bobbie Mack
Ringside Employee (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writer
- D.W. Griffith
- Director of Photography
- Billy Bitzer
- Editor
- James Smith
- Producer
- D.W. Griffith
Details
- Release date
- 1919-05-13
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- EN
- Spoken languages
- No Language
- Countries
- United States of America
- Production
- D.W. Griffith Productions
- Box office
- $2,400,000