Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

About Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

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) is a romance film directed by D.W. Griffith. Lillian Gish stars as Lucy Burrows, Richard Barthelmess as Cheng Huan, Donald Crisp as Battling Burrows, and Arthur Howard as Burrows' Manager.

It runs 88 minutes and was released in May 1919. Written by D.W. Griffith.

Members will find based on short story, alcoholic, china, and boxer in it. American members can watch it on FlixFling, fuboTV, and MGM+ Amazon Channel. It scores 6.9 out of 10 from 251 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

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