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Broken Blossoms (1936 film)
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Wikipedia article
'Broken Blossoms' is a 1936 British drama film directed by John Brahm and starring Emlyn Williams, Arthur Margetson, Basil Radford and Edith Sharpe. Director Bernard Vorhaus was technical supervisor.[https://web.archive.org/web/20090113224455/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/156437 BFI Database entry]
The film is 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.
Plot
A Chinese missionary comes to London where he works in the slums and helps a young girl being ill-treated by her abusive father.
Cast
* Dolly Haas ... Lucy Burrows
* Emlyn Williams - Chen
* Arthur Margetson ... Battling Burrows
* C. V. France ... High Priest
* Basil Radford ... Mr. Reed
* Edith Sharpe ... Mrs. Reed
* Ernest Jay ... Alf
* Bertha Belmore ... Daisy
* Gibb McLaughlin ... Evil Eye
* Ernest Sefton ... Manager
* Donald Calthrop ... Old Chinaman
* Kathleen Harrison ... Mrs. Lossy
* Kenneth Villiers ... Missionary
* Dorothy Minto ... Woman
* Sam Wilkinson ... Guide
* Jerry Verno ... Bert
References
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