| Other author/creator | Griffith, D. W. (David Wark), 1875-1948 director, screenwriter. |
| Other author/creator | Burke, Thomas, 1886-1945 Chink and the child. |
| Other author/creator | Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Barthelmess, Richard, 1895-1963 actor. |
| Other author/creator | Crisp, Donald, 1880-1974 actor. |
| Other author/creator | United Artists Corporation producer. |
| Other author/creator | Kino International Corporation distributor. |
| Series |
Griffith masterworks
Griffith masterworks. ^A790762
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| Abstract |
A young Chinaman in London's squalid Limehouse district hopes to spread the peaceful philosophy of his Eastern religion. He befriends a pitiful street waif who is mistreated by her brutal father. Nursing her back to health, tragedy results when an unspoken romance flowers between them. |
| General note | Issued in slipcase as part of a seven-DVD boxed set. |
| General note | From the story "The chink and the child" by Thomas Burke. |
| General note | Videodisc release of the 1919 motion picture. |
| General note | Digitally remastered from a 33mm print at the correct projection speed, with color tints, and a new orchestral score by Joseph Turrin recorded in digital stereo. |
| General note | Special features include filmed introduction by Lillian Gish, including excerpts from Gish's film Romula; text of Thomas Burke's original story; a recording of the 1919 song, "Broken blossoms"; D.W. Griffith on leading ladies; about the score. |
| Credits | Photographed by G.W. Bitzer ; music composed and performed by Joseph Turrin ; produced for video by Bret Wood. |
| Cast |
Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp. |
| Technical details | DVD. |
| UPC |
738329019624 |
| Publisher number | K196 DVD Kino |
