Broken Blossoms - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "Broken Blossoms"
Broken Blossoms (1919)
Timing:
1:29 (89 min)
6.874/10
207
207
7.164/10
1854
1854
7.2/10
12000
12000
Actors and characters
Arthur Howard
Character Burrows' Manager
Norman Selby
Character A Prizefighter
What's left behind the scenes
- To appear as Asian, Richard Barthelmess (1895-1963) would wear a very thin rubber band across his forehead, which slightly lifted his facial features upwards.
- The initial copyright holder did not bother to renew the term of protection, and the film entered the public domain. After that, anyone could make copies on videotape or DVD and sell them. As a result, several versions of the film appeared on the market, heavily cut and of terrible quality, copied for the second or third time.
- Filming took 18 days and nights. Scenes with Donald Crisp (1882-1963) were shot at night because he was filming another movie during the day.
- The premiere screening was preceded by a dance performance by actress Carol Dempster (1901-1991), during which the stage was illuminated with blue and gold spotlights. Later, key moments of the plot were colored in the same shades on all copies of the film.
- According to Lillian Gish, the lead actress, the entire film was well thought out before filming began and rehearsed, so the editing after the shooting period came down to director and screenwriter D.W. Griffith simply trimming the beginning and end of each scene.
- During the filming of the scene with the wardrobe, Lillian Gish played fear so convincingly that D.W. Griffith shouted at her to keep going. A passerby heard his shouts, thought something terrible was happening, and was about to rush onto the set, but was dissuaded at the last moment.
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