Movie · 1919
Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
“A tale of forbidden love.”
Released 13 May 1919 89 min Drama / Romance More from 1919 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.
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How old were they?
Moy Ming
as Minor Role (uncredited)
George Nichols
as Police Constable (uncredited)
Bobbie Mack
as Ringside Employee (uncredited)
Wilbur Higby
as London Policeman (uncredited)
Ernest Butterworth
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
Steve Murphy
as Fight Spectator (uncredited)
Donald Crisp
as Battling Burrows
Edward Peil Sr.
as Evil Eye
George Beranger
as The Spying One
Lillian Gish
as Lucy Burrows
Richard Barthelmess
as Cheng Huan
Norman Selby
as A Prizefighter
Arthur Howard
as Burrows' Manager
Frederic Hamen
as Secondary Role (uncredited)
Man-Ching Kwan
as Buddhist Monk (uncredited)
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The numbers
44years between the oldest and youngest billed
56Moy Ming — oldest on the call sheet
12Norman Selby — youngest billed
38average age of the credited cast