Broken Blossoms (1919) | |
| Director(s) | D.W. Griffith |
| Producer(s) | D.W. Griffith (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance, Silent Films |
| Top Topics | Alcohol, Book-Based, Father Daughter, Prejudice, Tragic Love |
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Broken Blossoms (1919) was a Drama - Romance Film directed by D.W. Griffith and produced by D.W. Griffith.
Broken Blossoms was inducted into the National Film Registry in 1996.
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Son of the Gods: Oy! Broken Blossoms This Aint!
By FlickChick on Apr 4, 2018 From A Person in the DarkThere are some things I can get over – movie wise, that is. While the racism of “Birth of a Nation” makes the skin crawl (not to mention a slight heaving of the stomach), it is an important film that should be seen at least once. “Pretty Woman” I can kind of enjoy, eve... Read full article
Broken Blossoms (1919)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 21, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsBroken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl. How do you deal with such a film coming from modern sensibilities of race and romance? It actually turned out to be easier than you would think, but not altogether straightforward.?D.W. Griffith is no stranger to racial controversy in his films. becaus... Read full article
Broken Blossoms (1919)
By 4 Star Film Fan on Apr 21, 2016 From 4 Star FilmsBroken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl. How do you deal with such a film coming from modern sensibilities of race and romance? It actually turned out to be easier than you would think, but not altogether straightforward.?D.W. Griffith is no stranger to racial controversy in his films. becaus... Read full article
BROKEN BLOSSOMS ( 1919 ) THE SILENT CINEMA BLOGATHON
By Crystal Kalyana on Oct 26, 2015 From In The Good Old Days Of Classic HollywoodThe following is my entry for the Silent Cinema Blogathon hosted by me at my blog In The Good Old Days Of Classic Hollywood?and Lauren Champkin. Click here to read the other entries being exhibited during this event. “It is a tale of temple bells, sounding at sunset before the image of Buddha... Read full article
BROKEN BLOSSOMS.
By Crystal Kalyana on Oct 28, 2014 From In The Good Old Days Of Classic HollywoodTo coincide with the 121st anniversary of Lillian Gish’s birth last week, I’m going to review “Broken Blossoms” for my fourth movie review to be featured on Monty and Desiree’s classic cinema website. Lillian Gish coruscates the screen in this perennial D.W. Griffith s... Read full article
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Quotes from
Lucy Burrows: [when her father father discovers her in the Chinaman's room] 'Taint nothin' wrong! 'Taint nothin' wrong! I fell down in the doorway and wasn't nothin' wrong!
Lucy Burrows: Don't do it, Daddy! You'll hit me once too often, and then they'll hang yer.
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Facts about
The only makeup Richard Barthelmess used in order to appear Oriental was a very tight rubber band stretched around his forehead, pulling his facial features slightly upward. The rubber band was cleverly concealed beneath his cap.
The film was produced by D.W. Griffith for Adolph Zukor's Artcraft company, a subsidiary of Paramount Pictures. But when Griffith delivered the final print of the film to Zukor, the producer was outraged. "How dare you deliver such a terrible film to me!" Zukor raged. "Everybody in the picture dies!" Infuriated, Griffith left Zukor's office and returned the next day with $250,000 in cash, which he threw on Zukor's desk. "Here," Griffith shouted, "If you don't want the picture, I'll buy it back from you." Zukor accepted the offer, thus making this the first film released by United Artists, the production company formed in 1919 by Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks, and Griffith. It was a remarkably successful film, both critically and at the box office.
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