BROKEN BLOSSOMS OR THE YELLOW MAN AND THE GIRL (1919) - Sept. 27, 2006
This was actually quite a bit better than I thought it would be, considering how much I disliked the two other D.W. Griffith films that I've seen (Birth of a Nation and Intolerance). It's short (90 minutes) unlike those two, which helps. About a romance between a British girl and a Chinese immigrant, I'm sure Griffith had good intentions while making it, but it still comes off as pretty racist (the Chinese character is played by a white guy, and he's constantly being referred to as a chink -- even his girlfriend calls him "chinky" at one point). But as far as silent films go it was well made and reasonably entertaining. **1/2
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