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Broken Blossoms, or, The yellow man and the girl / adapted from a story by Thomas Burke ; under the personal direction of by D.W. Griffith.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher: [United States] : D.W. Griffith, [1919]Copyright date: ©1919Distributor: [Los Angeles, CA] : [Cinetel Films]Description: 1 online resource (1 video file (70 min.)) : sound, black and whiteContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
Other title:
  • Spanish title: Lirios rotos, o, La culpa ajena
  • Yellow man and the girl
  • Culpa ajena
Uniform titles:
  • Broken Blossoms (Motion picture : 1919)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Online resources: Production credits:
  • Cinematographer, G.W. Bitzer.
Cast: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard, Edward Pell, George Beranger, Norman Selby.Summary: A fifteen-year-old street urchin who longs to escape her miserable existence. Emotionally scarred by the torment and neglect of her abusive father, the girl collapses outside 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.
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Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard, Edward Pell, George Beranger, Norman Selby.

Cinematographer, G.W. Bitzer.

A fifteen-year-old street urchin who longs to escape her miserable existence. Emotionally scarred by the torment and neglect of her abusive father, the girl collapses outside 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.

Silent, with English intertitles and musical accompaniment.

Online resource; title from opening/closing credits (Digitalia Film Library, viewed August 14, 2015)

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