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Title:

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

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Alpha Video,

Copyright Date:

2005

Description:

1 videodisc (75 min.) : sil., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Silent films.
Feature films.
London (England)--Ethnic relations--Drama.
Child abuse--London--London--Drama.

Other Authors:

Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
Burke, Thomas, 1886-1945.
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
Barthelmess, Richard, 1895-1963.
Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974.
Bitzer, G. W., 1872-1944.
Alpha Video Distributors.

Notes:

Silent film with music soundtrack and English intertitles. Originally released as a motion picture in 1919. Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard.

Summary:

Set in the Limehouse district of London, this is the story of Lucy, a 15-year-old living with her abusive prizefighter father, Battling Burrows. Driven from her home, she finds love and protection in the home of a gentle Chinese man. Together they begin to discover the joys that life has denied both of them. Then Lucy's father finds her, and tragedy ensues.

Series:

Alpha video classics.

OCLC:

(OCoLC)60692247

UPC:

089218474193

Locations:

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)