Broken Blossoms (1936)
A Chinese missionary comes to England and helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's masterpiece.
- Date of release
- 1936-05-20
- TMDB
- 6.1 / 10 (8)
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- John Brahm
Casting
- Emlyn Williams — Chen Huan
- Dolly Haas — Lucy Burrows
- Arthur Margetson — Battling Burrows
- Gibb McLaughlin — Evil Eye
- C. V. France — High Priest
- Basil Radford — Mr. Reed
- Edith Sharpe — Mrs. Reed
- Ernest Jay — Alf
- Bertha Belmore — Daisy
- Ernest Sefton — Manager
- Donald Calthrop — Old Chinaman
- Kathleen Harrison — Mrs. Lossy
Interesting facts
Broken Blossoms is a 1936 British drama film directed by John Brahm and starring Emlyn Williams, Arthur Margetson, Basil Radford and Edith Sharpe. It was written by Emlyn Williams based on the short story "The Chink and the Child" by Thomas Burke from his collection Limehouse Nights (1916), and was produced at Twickenham Studios in London. The story had previously been adapted by D. W. Griffith for his film Broken Blossoms (1919) starring Lillian Gish. Director Bernard Vorhaus was technical supervisor.
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