Broken Blossoms
Summary:
Based on "-The Chink and the Child", a story by Thomas Burke, Broken Blossoms is one of D.W. Griffith's most poetic films. Richard Barthelmess plays a young Chinese aristocrat who hopes to spread the gospel of his Eastern religion to the grimy corners of London's Limehouse district. Rapidly disillusioned, Barthelmess opens a curio shop and takes to smoking opium. One eve... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Lillian Gish - (Lucy Burrows)
Richard Barthelmess - (Cheng Haun, the Yellow Man)
Donald Crisp - (Battling Burrows)
Edward Peil Sr. - (Evil Eye)
Arthur Howard - (Burrow's Manager)
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Review:
Despite the great expense taken to recreate its London Limehouse-district setting, Broken Blossoms is one of D.W. Griffith's most intimate films, and some critics consider it his masterpiece. The director used his vast soundstage to tell the story of a young woman (Lillian Gish) whose love for a spiritual Chinese man (Richard Barthelmes... Continue >>
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