Broken Blossoms

Name: Broken Blossoms
Genre: Drama
Released: 1937-01-13
Duration: 1 h 24 min
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Dolly Haas, Emlyn Williams, Arthur Margetson

1936
1h 24m

IMDb RATING

5.3/10

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Drama

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

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IMDb RATING

5.3/10

150

YOUR RATING

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Brief Encounter

Storyline

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Trivia
Film debut of Edie Martin.

Quotes
Chen: You are interested in China, sir?
Missionary: Oh, I should say I am. I'm sailing next Friday.
Chen: Forgive me if I am curious, but you go as a holiday-maker?
Missionary: No, as a missionary.
Chen: May I hope that your fortune may be better than some missionaries I have known.
Missionary: Ah, but perhaps they lost the courage of their convictions. That makes a difference you know. Well, good morning. I'll give your love to China!
Chen: Yes. Give my love to China.

Crazy credits
Adapted from Thomas Burke's "The Chink and the Child" and D.W. Griffith's Masterpiece

Connections
Referenced in Concerto Macabre: The Films of John Brahm (2007)

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3/10

Slow And Tedious

According to Halliwell it was originally intended that D W Griffiths would direct this film.Sadly he didn't.Instead it was given to a total incompetent who seemed to think that he must direct the film as if it were a silent.Everything is exaggerated,except of course for Emlyn Williams who has decided to underplay.He plays the part without a Chinese accent.Meanwhile Dolly Haas,plays the cockney female lead with her German accent.It is interesting to note that many of the technical personnel were German and this has clearly had an effect on the photography which is probably the only positive aspect of this whole dreary mess.Sometimes it is better to have second thoughts about going through with a remake.Clearly this is such an example.