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Broken Blossoms is a 1919 silent melodrama directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess. The film depicts a young woman, Lucy Burrows, escaping abuse from her father and finding solace with a Chinese man, Cheng Huan.
It marked United Artists’ first distribution and was based on Burke's short story.
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| Country | United States |
| Year | 1919 |
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Broken Blossoms is a 1919 silent melodrama directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess. The film depicts a young woman, Lucy Burrows, escaping abuse from her father and finding solace with a Chinese man, Cheng Huan. It marked United Artists’ first distribution and was based on Burke's short story.
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