Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919)
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.
Director: D.W. Griffith
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Lillian Gish as Lucy Burrows |
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Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan |
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Donald Crisp as Battling Burrows |
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Arthur Howard as Burrows' Manager |
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Edward Peil Sr. as Evil Eye |
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George Beranger as The Spying One |
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Norman Selby as A Prizefighter |
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Ernest Butterworth as Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Frederic Hamen as Secondary Role (uncredited) |
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Wilbur Higby as London Policeman (uncredited) |
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Man-Ching Kwan as Buddhist Monk (uncredited) |
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Bobbie Mack as Ringside Employee (uncredited) |
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Moy Ming as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Steve Murphy as Fight Spectator (uncredited) |
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George Nichols as Police Constable (uncredited) |
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Karla Schramm as Burrows' Girlfriend (uncredited) |
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Bessie Wong as Girl in China (uncredited) |
| Camera | Billy Bitzer | Director of Photography |
| Directing | D.W. Griffith | Director |
| Editing | James Smith | Editor |
| Production | D.W. Griffith | Producer |
| Writing | D.W. Griffith | Writer |
| Writing | Thomas Burke | Short Story |