Broken Blossoms poster

Broken Blossoms( 1936)

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Overview

A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's Masterpiece.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Emlyn Williams

      Chen Huan

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      Dolly Haas

      Lucy Burrows

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      Arthur Margetson

      Battling Burrows

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      Gibb McLaughlin

      Evil Eye

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      C. V. France

      High Priest

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      Basil Radford

      Mr. Reed

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      Edith Sharpe

      Mrs. Reed

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      Ernest Jay

      Alf

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      Bertha Belmore

      Daisy

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      Ernest Sefton

      Manager

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      Donald Calthrop

      Old Chinaman

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      Kathleen Harrison

      Mrs. Lossy

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      Kenneth Villiers

      Missionary

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      Dorothy Minto

      Woman

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      Sam Wilkinson

      Guide

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      Jerry Verno

      Bert

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      Pamela Bevan

      Minor role

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      Patricia Hayes

      Minor role

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      Aubrey Mallalieu

      Minor role

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      Edie Martin

      Woman in West End Party Visit

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      Billy Wells

      Boxing Referee

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    A review by CinemaSerf

    6
    Written by CinemaSerf on Sun Jun 19 2022
    I have only recently seen the original silent version of this film from 1919, and although this certainly lacks the intensity of that Lillian Gish/Richard Barthelmess adaptation, it is still an engaging film to watch with a really effective last fifteen minutes. The story of "Chen" (Emlyn Williams), a peace loving Buddhist who comes from China to London bearing his gifts of spirituality and kindness. Needless to say, he is met with cynicism amongst the bigoted and hard-nosed East Londoners and has his work cut out. "Lucy" (Dolly Haas) lives with her brute of a father "Burrows" (Arthur Margetson...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • remake
    • racism