Broken blossoms.
(eVideo)
Contributors
Barthelmess, Richard, 1895-1963, actor.
Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974, actor.
Griffith, D. W. 1875-1948, director.
Kanopy (Firm)
Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974, actor.
Griffith, D. W. 1875-1948, director.
Kanopy (Firm)
Published
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
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eVideo
Language
English
Notes
General Note
Title from title frames.
Date/Time and Place of Event
Originally produced by Kino Lorber Edu in 1919.
Description
D. W. Griffith reached a pinnacle of expressiveness in this tender yet tragic tale of love and suffering in the seedy Limehouse district of London. 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 nurses her back to health, an unspoken romance flowers between them, awakening in each of them feelings of love they thought themselves forever denied. In some ways, Broken blossoms was Griffith's response to critics of The birth of a nation, an effort to clear himself of lingering charges of racism. However, cinematic convention forbade physical intimacy between the two races. With this in mind, Griffith took what might have been a bold interracial romance and turned it into something more ethereal: a form of cinematic poetry that engages the viewer through subtle gestures and changes of expression, meticulously choreographed and gracefully assembled. Featuring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp.
System Details
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Barthelmess, R., Crisp, D., & Griffith, D. W. 1. (2014). Broken blossoms . Kanopy Streaming.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barthelmess, Richard, 1895-1963, Donald Crisp and D. W. 1875-1948, Griffith. 2014. Broken Blossoms. Kanopy Streaming.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Barthelmess, Richard, 1895-1963, Donald Crisp and D. W. 1875-1948, Griffith. Broken Blossoms Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Barthelmess, Richard, Donald Crisp, and D. W. 1875-1948 Griffith. Broken Blossoms Kanopy Streaming, 2014.
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| Last Indexed | 2024-04-21 05:59:00AM |
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