13 May 1919
Broken Blossoms
The love story of an abused English girl and a Chinese Buddhist in a time when London was a brutal and harsh place to live.
Beggars of Life
A Glimpse of the Ways of the Wanderer
After killing her treacherous step-father, a girl tries to escape the country with a young vagabond. She dresses as a boy, they hop freight trains, quarrel with a group of hobos, and steal a car in their attempt to escape the police, and reach Canada.
Top Billed Cast
Wallace Beery Oklahoma Red
Louise Brooks The Girl (Nancy)
Richard Arlen The Boy (Jim)
Blue Washington Black Mose
Kewpie Morgan Skinny
Andy Clark Skelly
Mike Donlin Bill
Roscoe Karns Lame Hoppy
Bob Perry The Arkansaw Snake
Johnnie Morris Rubin
George Kotsonaros Baldy
Jack Chapin Ukie
Robert Brower Blind Sims
Frank Brownlee Farmer
Guinn "Big Boy" Williams Baker's Cart Driver (uncredited)
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