Richard Barthelmess
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Richard Semler Barthelmess was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms and Way Down East and was among the
Barthelmess in 1934
With Lillian Gish in the 1920 release Way Down East
Silverscreen magazine, 1922
Collage of various characters portrayed by Barthelmess, 1920
Broken Blossoms
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Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl, often referred to simply as Broken Blossoms, is a 1919 American silent melodrama film directed by D. W. Griffith. It was distributed by United Artists a
Richard Barthelmess
…9, 1895 – August 17, 1963) was an American film actor, principally of the Hollywood silent era. He starred opposite Lillian Gish in D. W. Griffith's Broken Blossoms (1919) and Way Down East (1920) and was among the founders of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 1927. Two years later he was nominated…
Hungarian Theatrical release poster
Lobby card for the film, showing the early scene in which drunken Western sailors fight on a street in China