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Broken Blossoms is a British film of genre Drama directed by John Brahm with Arthur Margetson
Broken Blossoms (1936)
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Add to a movie listBroken 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.
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.
Synopsis
A Chinese missionary comes to London where he works in the slums and helps a young girl being ill-treated by her abusive father.Actors
Arthur Margetson
(Battling Burrows)
Emlyn Williams
(Chen Huan)
Basil Radford
(Mr. Reed)
C.V. France
(High Priest)
Gibb McLaughlin
(Evil Eye)
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