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It stars Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, and Donald Crisp, and tells the story of young girl, Lucy Burrows, who is abused by her alcoholic prizefighting father, Battling Burrows, and meets Cheng Huan, a kind-hearted Chinese man who falls in love with her. It was the first film distributed by United Artists.
Broken Blossoms: Directed by D.W. Griffith. With Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard. 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.
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- 1919-10-20
Richard Semler Barthelmess (May 9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920) and was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927.
YearTitleRole1916Bit role1916Arno1916Pie Man1916Just a Song at TwilightGeorge TurnerJan 23, 2000 · Their story is intercut with the story of Cheng Haun (Richard Barthelmess), called "The Yellow Man" in the titles, a Buddhist who journeys from China to bring "a message of peace to the barbarous Anglo-Saxons." Instead, he turns to opium, and "Limehouse knows him only as the Chink storekeeper."
Griffith is still mostly remembered for “The Birth of a Nation” and “Intolerance,” but many rightfully recog-nize 1919’s “Broken Blossoms” (also known as “The Yellow Man and the Girl”) as his towering achieve-ment.
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Jan 11, 2017 · It starts with an outsider, Cheng Huan (played unforgettably by Richard Barthelmess), a Buddhist who leaves China and travels to the West "to take the glorious message of peace to the barbarous...
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It tells the story of a Chinese immigrant (Richard Barthelmess) who meets an abused child (Lillian Gish) who form a bond in a world full of hatred.
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