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Bookmark this pageBroken Blossoms (1936)
Director: John Brahm
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From Time Out Film Guide
A pale shadow of Griffith's film, with Haas struggling vainly to emulate the limpid Lillian Gish, and Williams (who also scripted) coming a ludicrous cropper compared to the marvellously expressive passivity of Richard Barthelmess' Chinaman. With no performances to speak of, the whole rickety structure collapses like a pricked balloon. Very pleasing to the eye, all the same, with Brahm giving the whole thing a moody veneer of UFA expressionism.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: John Brahm
Producer: Julius Hagen
Cast: Dolly Haas, Emlyn Williams, Arthur Margetson, Gibb McLaughlin, Donald Calthrop, Ernest Sefton, Jerry Verno full cast
Duration: 78 mins
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