Broken Blossoms (Deluxe Edition) (1919) On DVD

Actor:           Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard, Edward Peil Sr.      
Director:      D.W. Griffith
Genre:          Drama
Year:            1919
Studio:         Kino International
Length:        90
Released:   February 20, 2001
Rating:         Not Rated (MPAA Rating)
Format:        DVD
Misc:            NTSC, Black & White
Language:  English
Subtitles  :  N/A

DESCRIPTION:

Richard Barthelmess gives a sensitive portrayal of a Chinese man who travels to England to spread the pacifist teachings of the Orient, but it is Lillian Gish who illuminates the screen. In this, the most heart-rending performance of her career, she plays a fifteen-year-old street urchin who longs to escape her miserable existence. Emotionally scarred by the torment and neglect of her abusive father (Donald Crisp), she collapses in the shop of the lonely and disillusioned "yellow man." As he tenderly nurtures her back to health, an unspoken romance flowers between them, awakening in each of them feelings of love they thought themselves forever denied.

Special Features:

• Filmed introduction of Lillian Gish including excerpts from Gish's film "Romola" (1925)
• The complete text of Thomas Burke's original story
• A recording of the 1919 song "Broken Blossoms"
• D.W. Griffith on leading ladies
• About the score