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URL:https://www.crtos.org/events/broken-blossoms-1919/
SUMMARY:Broken Blossoms (1919)
DESCRIPTION:\nSaturday March 22nd\, 2025 - 2:00 pm\nThe Hollywood Theatre\n
 4122 North East Sandy\nPortland\, OR 97212\n \n\nHollywood organist Dean L
 emire will be performing his original score on the Mighty Wurlitzer pipe o
 rgan.\n\n \n\nStarring legendary actress Lillian Gish\, who lights up the 
 screen in one of her most famous and critically acclaimed roles.\n\n \n\nD
 irected by D.W. Griffith\, BROKEN BLOSSOMS is considered his most tragic\,
  serious\, poetic\, intricate and melodramatic film...yet with a soft-focu
 s\, and unique ethereal quality. Controversial and groundbreaking\, as one
  of the first films to feature an interracial love affair.\n\n \n\nThe fil
 m tells the story of a mystical\, fragile romance in London's foggy slums 
 between a young\, gentle\, opium-addicted Chinese man (Richard Barthelmess
  as Cheng Huan) and an illegitimate Cockney waif (Lillian Gish as Lucy Bur
 rows)\, who is abused by her brutish\, bigoted prize-fighting father. The 
 purest dreams of the couple\, both 'broken blossoms'\, are destroyed by th
 e sordid reality of racism.\n\n \n\n"Griffith in 1919 was the unchallenged
  king of serious American movies (only C.B. DeMille rivaled him in fame)\,
  and BROKEN BLOSSOMS was seen as brave and controversial. What remains tod
 ay is the artistry of the production\, the ethereal quality of Lillian Gis
 h\, the broad appeal of the melodrama\, and its social impact. Films like 
 this...helped nudge a xenophobic nation toward racial tolerance." - Roger 
 Ebert\n\n\n“Pure Griffith poetry\, marvelous use of light and shadow in 
 cameraman Billy Bitzer's evocation of foggy Limehouse\, and a truly unforg
 ettable performance from Gish” - Tom Mile\, Time Out\n\n \n\nRotton Toma
 toes: \n95% Tomatometer          \n71% Popcorn Meter\n\n \n\nPurchas
 e Tickets at https://hollywoodtheatre.org/show/broken-blossoms/\n\n \n\nRu
 n time: 107 mins\nFormat: Digital\n\n
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CATEGORIES:Silent Movies
LOCATION:The Hollywood Theatre\, 4122 NE Sandy Blvd.\, Portland\, OR\, 9721
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