Film Dictionary
January 19, 1970
Broken Blossoms (1919) **
Overrated D.W.Griffith's melodrama about a pathetic waif (Lilian Gish), abused by her evil stepfather (Donald Grisp) and saved by a gentle Chinese immigrant (Richard Bartolomess). Unbearably sentimental.
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Overrated D.W.Griffith's melodrama about a pathetic waif (Lilian Gish), abused by her evil stepfather (Donald Grisp) and saved by a gentle Chinese immigrant (Richard Bartolomess). Unbearably sentimental.