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Auction History Result 1f2298 BROKEN BLOSSOMS 7x10.25 still 1919 close-up of Lillian Gish w/ hands clasped, D.W. Griffith! Date Sold 12/21/2021 Sold For: Login or Register to see sold price. An Original Vintage Theatrical 7" x 10 1/4" [18 x 26 cm] Movie Still (Learn More) D.W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms, the 1919 D.W. Griffith silent interracial romance family relationship boxing murder melodrama (a wonderfully wild story about a Chinese man who comes to London in order to teach Buddhist pacifism to the English people, and he is called "The Yellow Man", and he ends up a disillusioned shop owner, but then he meets the daughter of a boxer who is abused by her father, and he tries to save her, including dressing her as a princess and giving her the first happiness she has known, but her father drags her back home, and when he goes to rescue her, he discovers her father has killed her in a fit of rage, and he takes her body back, and commits ritual suicide so he can be with her in death!) starring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess (as "The Yellow Man"), Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard, and Edward Peil Sr. Note that because Hollywood would not have an actual Asian play a lead role in a romantic melodrama, Richard Barthelmess wore "yellowface" makeup! Note that, as was common in early Hollywood, non-Asian actors were hired to play Asians, and they did this through the use of "yellowface" makeup (similar to "blackface" makeup that had been used for so long). Often, this was in movies that featured "interracial romances" between Asians and westerners, and those who participated in such romances were shunned and often they led to murders or suicides. Thankfully, these sorts of movies and the practice of actors performing in "yellowface" has almost completely been abandoned! NOTE: Click on linked names to see a biography. Important Added Info: Note that this still has been trimmed and it now measures 7" x 10 1/4" [18 x 26 cm]. Condition: good. Learn More about condition grades 
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