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Title:

Broken blossoms, or, The yellow man and the girl [videorecording] / [D.W. Griffith Productions] ; under the personal direction of D.W. Griffith.

Format:

[videorecording] /

Publisher:

Kino on Video,

Copyright Date:

c2002

Description:

1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., b&w with col. tints ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Silent films
Feature films
Culture conflict--London--London--Drama.
Abused children--Drama

Other Authors:

Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948.
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993.
Barthelmess, Richard, 1895-1948.
Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974.
Burke, Thomas, 1887-1945. Chink and the child.
D.W. Griffith, Inc.
Kino International Corporation.

Notes:

Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp. Based on the short story "The Chink and the Child" by Thomas Burke in Limehouse Nights. Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1919. Digitally remastered from a 33mm print at the correct projection speed, with color tints, and a new orchestral score. Special features: filmed introduction by Lillian Gish (including excerpts from her 1925 film Romola); complete text of original story; recording of the 1919 song "Broken blossoms"; D.W. Griffith on leading ladies; about the score.

Summary:

A young Chinaman in London's squalid Limehouse district hopes to spread the peaceful philosophy of his Eastern religion. He befriends a pitiful street waif who is mistreated by her brutal father. Nursing her back to health, tragedy results when an unspoken romance flowers between them.

Series:

Griffith masterworks

UPC:

738329019624

Locations:

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)