Broken Blossoms (1936 film)

Broken 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.[1]

Broken Blossoms
Directed byJohn Brahm
Written byEmlyn Williams
Based onLimehouse Nights
Produced byJulius Hagen by Thomas Burke
StarringArthur Margetson
Emlyn Williams
Basil Radford
Dolly Haas
CinematographyCurt Courant
Hal Young
Edited byRalph Kemplen
Music byKarol Rathaus
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Distributed byTwickenham Film Distributors Ltd (UK) Imperial Distributing Corporation (US)
Haussmann Films (France)
Release dates
  • 20 May 1936 (1936-05-20) (UK)
  • 13 January 1937 (1937-01-13) (US)
Running time
78 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish

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.

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A Chinese Buddhist missionary comes to London where he works in the slums and helps a young girl being ill-treated by her abusive father.

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