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August 26, 2014 (Series 29: 1) D.W. Griffith, BROKEN BLOSSOMS, OR THE YELLOW MAN AND THE GIRL (1919, 90 minutes) Directed, written and produced by D.W. Griffith Based on a story by Thomas Burke Cinematography by G.W. Bitzer Film Editing by James Smith Lillian Gish ... Lucy - The Girl Richard Barthelmess ... The Yellow Man Donald Crisp ... Battling Burrows D.W. Griffith (director) (b. David Llewelyn Wark Griffith, January 22, 1875 in LaGrange, Kentucky—d. July 23, 1948 (age 73) in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California) won an Honorary Academy Award in 1936. He has 520 director credits, the first of which was a short, The Adventures of Dollie, in 1908, and the last of which was The Struggle in 1931. Some of his other films are 1930 Abraham Lincoln, 1929 Lady of the Pavements, 1928 The Battle of the Sexes, 1928 Drums of Love, 1926 The Sorrows of Satan, 1925 That Royle Girl, 1925 Sally of the Sawdust, 1924 Darkened Vales (Short), 1911 The Squaw's Love (Short), 1911 Isn't Life Wonderful, 1924 America, 1923 The White Rose, 1921 Bobby, the Coward (Short), 1911 The Primal Call (Short), 1911 Orphans of the Storm, 1920 Way Down East, 1920 The Love Enoch Arden: Part II (Short), and 1911 Enoch Arden: Part I Flower, 1920 The Idol Dancer, 1919 The Greatest Question, (Short). 1919 Scarlet Days, 1919 The Mother and the Law, 1919 The Fall In 1908, his first year as a director, he did 49 films, of Babylon, 1919 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the some of which were 1908 The Feud and the Turkey (Short), 1908 Girl, 1918 The Greatest Thing in Life, 1918 Hearts of the World, A Woman's Way (Short), 1908 The Ingrate (Short), 1908 The 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, 1915 Taming of the Shrew (Short), 1908 The Call of the Wild (Short), The Birth of a Nation, 1914 The Escape, 1914 Home, Sweet 1908 Romance of a Jewess (Short), 1908 The Planter's Wife Home, 1914 The Massacre (Short), 1913 The Mistake (Short), (Short), 1908 The Vaquero's Vow (Short), 1908 Ingomar, the and 1912 Grannie. In 1912, he directed 70 shorts, a few of which Barbarian (Short), 1908 The Zulu's Heart, and 1908 The are The God Within (Short), The Burglar's Dilemma (Short), My Greaser's Gauntlet. He also has 228 writing credits, often under Hero (Short), Brutality (Short), The Informer (Short), My Baby assumed names: Irene Sinclair, Gaston de Tolignac, Roy (Short), 1912 Heredity (Short), 1912 Two Daughters of Eve Sinclair, Captain Victor Marier, and Granville Warwick. Griffith (Short), 1912 In the North Woods (Short), 1912 A Pueblo Legend also has 96 producer credits, including 1930 Abraham Lincoln, (Short), 1912 A Pueblo Romance, 1912 Man's Lust for Gold 1928 The Battle of the Sexes, 1924 America, 1923 The White (Short), 1912 The Female of the Species (Short), 1912 Fate's Rose, 1921 Orphans of the Storm, 1920 Way Down East, 1919 Interception (Short), 1912 The Punishment (Short), and 1912 A The Fall of Babylon, 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Siren of Impulse (Short). In 1911, he directed 75 short films, Throughout the Ages, 1916 The Half-Breed, 1916 Macbeth, and some of which were 1911 The Failure (Short), 1911 A Woman 1915 The Birth of a Nation. Scorned (Short), 1911 The Miser's Heart (Short), 1911 Through Griffith—BROKEN BLOSSOMS—2 G.W. Bitzer (cinematographer) (b. Johann Gottlob Wilhelm or The Yellow Man and the Girl, 1918 Hearts of the World, 1916 Bitzer, April 21, 1872 in Roxbury, Massachusetts—d. April 29, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, 1915 Enoch 1944 (age 72) in Hollywood, California) has 1,255 Arden (Short), 1915 The Birth of a Nation, and 1912 An Unseen cinematographer credits, the last of which was 1933 Hotel Enemy (Short). Variety. Some of the others were 1928 The Battle of the Sexes, 1924 America, 1923 The White Rose, 1921 Orphans of the Richard Barthelmess ... The Yellow Man (b. Richard Semler Storm, 1920 Way Down East, 1919 The Fall of Babylon, 1919 Barthelmess, May 9, 1895 in New York City, New York—d. Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, 1916 August 17, 1963 (age 68) in Southampton, New York) appeared Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, and 1915 The in 80 films and TV shows, including 1942 The Mayor of 44th Birth of a Nation. His first film was 1896 William McKinley at Street, 1942 The Spoilers, 1940 The Man Who Talked Too Much, Canton, Ohio (Documentary short). 1939 Only Angels Have Wings, 1935 Four Hours to Kill!, 1934 A Modern Hero, 1934 Massacre, 1931 The Last Flight, 1930 The James Smith (editor) (b. Lash, 1930 The Dawn Patrol, James Edward Smith, March 1928 Scarlet Seas, 1928 The 7, 1892 in Staten Island, New Little Shepherd of Kingdom York—d. July 21, 1975 (age Come, 1925 Shore Leave, 1923 83) in Los Angeles, Fury, 1921 Tol'able David, 1920 California) has 75 editing Way Down East, 1919 Scarlet credits, some of which are Days, 1919 Broken Blossoms or 1958 “Tombstone Territory” The Yellow Man and the Girl, (TV Series, 9 episodes), 1958 1917 The Valentine Girl, 1917 “Highway Patrol” (TV Series), The Eternal Sin, 1917 The Moral 1948 The Girl from Code, 1916 Snow White, 1916 Manhattan, 1946 Mr. Ace, Just a Song at Twilight, 1916 1939 Never Say Die, 1938 War Brides, and 1916 Gloria's Ride a Crooked Mile, 1938 Romance. Romance in the Dark, 1937 Bulldog Drummond Comes Donald Crisp ... Battling Back, 1934 Father Brown, Burrows (b. George William Detective, 1930 Abraham Crisp, July 27, 1882 in Bow, Lincoln, 1928 The Battle of the Sexes, 1926 The Sorrows of London, England, UK—d. May 25, 1974 (age 91) in Van Nuys, Satan, 1924 America, 1921 Orphans of the Storm, 1920 Way California) won the 1942 Academy Award for Best Actor in a Down East, 1919 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Supporting Role for How Green Was My Valley (1941). He Girl, 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, appeared in 170 other films, some of which were 1963 Spencer's 1915 The Birth of a Nation, and 1909 A Corner in Wheat (Short). Mountain, 1959 A Dog of Flanders, 1958 The Last Hurrah, 1955 He was the supervising editor for 3 films—1948 On Our Merry The Man from Laramie, 1955 The Long Gray Line, 1954 Prince Way, 1946 The Diary of a Chambermaid, and 1945 Captain Valiant, 1949 Challenge to Lassie, 1945 Son of Lassie, 1944 Kidd—and acted in 2—1921 Orphans of the Storm and 1912 National Velvet, 1944 The Uninvited, 1943 Lassie Come Home, What Happened to Mary (Short). 1941 How Green Was My Valley, 1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, 1940 Knute Rockne All American, 1940 The Sea Hawk, 1940 Dr. Lillian Gish ... Lucy - The Girl (b. Lillian Diana Gish, October Ehrlich's Magic Bullet, 1939 The Private Lives of Elizabeth and 14, 1893 in Springfield, Ohio—d. February 27, 1993 (age 99) in Essex, 1939 Juarez, 1939 Wuthering Heights, 1938 The Dawn New York City, New York) won an Honorary Academy Award, Patrol, 1938 Valley of the Giants, 1938 The Amazing Dr. 1971. She appeared in 121 theatrical and made-for-TV films, the Clitterhouse, 1938 Jezebel, 1937 The Life of Emile Zola, 1937 last of which was 1987 The Whales of August. Some of the others Parnell, 1934 The Crime Doctor, 1932 Red Dust, 1931 Svengali, were 1986 Sweet Liberty, 1981 “The Love Boat” (TV Series), 1929 Trent's Last Case, 1919 Broken Blossoms or The Yellow 1978 A Wedding, 1969 Arsenic and Old Lace (TV Movie), 1967 Man and the Girl, 1916 Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout The Comedians, 1960 The Unforgiven, 1955 The Sound and the the Ages, 1916 Ramona, 1915 The Birth of a Nation, 1914 The Fury, 1955 The Night of the Hunter, 1953 “The Trip to Escape, 1914 The Stiletto (Short), 1914 The Battle of the Sexes, Bountiful” (TV Movie), 1948 Portrait of Jennie, 1946 Duel in 1911 The Squaw's Love (Short), and 1908 The French Maid the Sun, 1942 Commandos Strike at Dawn, 1927 Annie Laurie, (Short). He also has 72 directing credits, the last of which was 1926 The Scarlet Letter, 1926 La bohème, 1925 Ben-Hur: A Tale 1930 The Runaway Bride, and the first, 1914 Her Father's Silent of the Christ, 1924 Romola, 1921 Orphans of the Storm, 1920 Partner (Short). Way Down East, 1919 True Heart Susie, 1919 Broken Blossoms Griffith—BROKEN BLOSSOMS—3 Philip Carli. “Philip Carli brings both prodigious musical talent channels. In 1996 his orchestral score to Herbert Brenon’s Peter and a committed scholarly outlook to his lifelong passion for the Pan (1924) received its world premiere under his direction at Le music and culture of the turn of Giornate del Cinema Muto, the last century. He discovered performed by the Flower City silent film at the age of five Society Orchestra of Rochester, and began his accompaniment New York, which Mr. Carli career at thirteen, with a founded in 1993. His score for performance for Lon Chaney’s full orchestra to Mary 1923 version of The Pickford’s Stella Maris was Hunchback of Notre Dame. recorded by the Moravian While at college he Philharmonic orchestra for programmed and accompanied video release by Milestone an annual series of silent films, Films and the Mary Pickford and also organized and Foundation in 1999. The Flower conducted a 50-piece student City Society Orchestra has also orchestra using 19th-century recorded his scores for Captain performance practice.