Broken Blossoms or, The yellow man and the girl / written and directed by D.W. Griffith.
A Chinese grocer in the slums of London takes in an abused fifteen-year-old girl. Her father discovers where she is, trashes the grocer's shop and beats his daughter so badly that she dies.
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Format: | DVD/Blu-Ray |
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Melbourne, Vic. :
Beyond home Entertaiment,
1919.
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Edition: | Collectors ed. |
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Online Access: | Click here to view full credits at IMDb.com |
Summary: | A Chinese grocer in the slums of London takes in an abused fifteen-year-old girl. Her father discovers where she is, trashes the grocer's shop and beats his daughter so badly that she dies. |
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Item Description: | Adapted from a story by Thomas Burke. Originally produced as a silent motion picture in 1919. Special features : D.W. Griffith & Lillian Gish biographies. |
Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (89 min.) : sil., black and white. (colour tinted) ; 12 cm + 1 booklet ([8p.] ; 16 cm). Complete credits available at IMDb.com. |
Format: | DVD ; Region 4 ; Dolby Digital ; PAL. |
Audience: | Censorship classification (NZ): NZ rating : PG ; Rating on DVD : M. |
Production Credits: | Cinematography, G.W. Bitzer; music, Louis F. Gottschalk. |