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A Chinese missionary comes to England. He helps a young girl ill-treated by her father. A remake of D. W. Griffith's Masterpiece.

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Release : 1936
Rating : 5.3
Studio : Twickenham Film Studios,  Julius Hagen Productions, 
Crew : Art Direction,  Settings, 
Cast : Emlyn Williams Dolly Haas Arthur Margetson Gibb McLaughlin C. V. France
Genre : Drama Romance

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Reviews

BoardChiri
2018/08/30

Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

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Glimmerubro
2018/08/30

It is not deep, but it is fun to watch. It does have a bit more of an edge to it than other similar films.

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Jonah Abbott
2018/08/30

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

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Brenda
2018/08/30

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

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malcolmgsw
2015/07/18

According to Halliwell it was originally intended that D W Griffiths would direct this film.Sadly he didn't.Instead it was given to a total incompetent who seemed to think that he must direct the film as if it were a silent.Everything is exaggerated,except of course for Emlyn Williams who has decided to underplay.He plays the part without a Chinese accent.Meanwhile Dolly Haas,plays the cockney female lead with her German accent.It is interesting to note that many of the technical personnel were German and this has clearly had an effect on the photography which is probably the only positive aspect of this whole dreary mess.Sometimes it is better to have second thoughts about going through with a remake.Clearly this is such an example.

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JohnHowardReid
2014/12/22

Incredibly sordid and horrifying re-make of the famous silent film directed by D.W. Griffith, adapted from a tale in Thomas Burke's 1916 short story collection, "Limehouse Nights". This time the director is John Brahm and the stars are Emlyn Williams in a greatly augmented role as the Chinaman, Dolly Haas as the horrifyingly mistreated young girl, and Arthur Margetson as the hideously sinister monster, Battling Burroughs. I'm amazed – but not surprised – that this unrelentingly sordid and exceptionally violent tale got past contemporary censors worldwide. I've always been utterly opposed to censorship not because I believe in an anything goes regime, but because censors worldwide are so incompetent. The all nations' green light given this ultra violent, expansively sordid remake of Broken Blossoms proves my point. Needless to say, it's always the movies you should avoid that seem to be readily available in really excellent prints, and this one can be obtained on an Alpha DVD.

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jpb58
2009/11/04

You have two film choices for this story of The Chink and The Girl: the American silent film masterpiece by DW Griffith, made in 1919, and this British sound remake (1936), starring Dolly Haas in the Lillian Gish role, Emlyn Williams in the Richard Barthelmess role, and Arthur Margetson in the Donald Crisp role.It was interesting to compare versions, but I'm afraid I didn't think much of this sound version. The direction and script left a lot to be desired -- and proved to me once again that DW Griffith was a pure genius and master of cinema.I sat there and watched and thought of 1000 things I would have done differently. Poor Dolly seemed adrift and needed firmer direction. Her best scene was the closet scene, but her moment of death was ridiculous -- she woke up after being beaten by Battling Burrows and she died with a song on her lips, embracing her Chinky! Egad! I hope Lillian Gish never saw this film, she probably would have collapsed onto the theater floor with laughter.Emlyn Williams as Chen didn't talk for the first 15 minutes, even when people in the story addressed him directly, and I was beginning to think he was playing the Chinaman mute, when all of a sudden he started to talk in a crowd scene -- in a thick English accent without a shred of Chinese inflection to his voice at all.After months of watching Oriental films I couldn't help but grimace at his lame attempts to be Chinese. Richard Barthelmess looked the part much much better! Arthur Margetson probably gave the best performance as Battling Burrows, though some of his moments didn't ring true. For instance, when he was first told about his daughter being with the Chinaman, he laughed uproariously. Then suddenly he got angry. That wasn't in keeping with his criminally insane and evil character. I think Donald Crisp was far far scarier in the silent version, so much so that I often had to turn my head away.The sound was often muffled on this version (Alpha Video) and I couldn't understand a lot of the words. Thankfully I don't think it much mattered, because I knew the story already, but if this was my first introduction to this story I don't think I'd bother checking out the vastly superior silent masterpiece and that would be a shame! It's definitely an interesting relic and I'm glad I saw it, but now I feel like I want to cleanse myself and watch the Griffith silent all over again.I gave this Broken Blossoms a 5 out of 10 on the IMDb and I believe that's being generous.

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