DVD
Broken blossoms
Call Number
- DVD DRAMA (CEN)
Performers
Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp.
Publication Information
New York, NY : Kino On Video, c2002.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : si., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
A peace-loving Chinaman in a London slum befriends a young girl brutally mistreated by her own father.
Notes
DVD format.
Videodisc release of the 1919 silent film.
Not rated.
Adapted from a story by Thomas Burke.
Special features include: Filmed introduction by Lillian Gish (including excerpts from Gish's film Romola, 1925 MGM) ; the complete text of Thomas Burke's original story ; a recording of the 1919 song "Broken blossoms" ; D.W. Griffith on leading ladies ; about the score.
This exclusive Kino on Video edition was digitally mastered from a 35mm print at the correct projection speed, with color tints and a new score by Joseph Turrin recorded in digital stereo.
Presented in the original theatrical aspect ratio of 1.33:1.