Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

1919 · directed by D.W. Griffith

Rating

80/100

Hit

yes

A frail waif, abused by her brutal boxer father in London's seedy Limehouse District, is befriended by a sensitive Chinese immigrant with tragic consequences.

Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl (1919), directed by D.W. Griffith, rates 80/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their…

Cast

• Lillian Gish
• Richard Barthelmess
• Donald Crisp
• Arthur Howard
• Edward Peil Sr.
• George Beranger
• Norman Selby
• Ernest Butterworth
• Frederic Hamen
• Wilbur Higby

Crew

• Billy Bitzer — Director of Photography
• James Smith — Editor
• D.W. Griffith — Writer

More from D.W. Griffith

1. Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916) — 84/100 · hit
2. The Birth of a Nation (1915) — 81/100 · hit
3. Way Down East (1920) — 81/100 · hit
4. Orphans of the Storm (1921) — 78/100
5. True Heart Susie (1919) — 70/100
6. The Musketeers of Pig Alley (1912) — 64/100 · short, not counted

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