There is much scholarship on the importance of this D.W. Griffith masterpiece in American cinema. So, I basically second the motion for "Broken Blossoms", i.e. about what has been written about the cast, content and director. It is, of course, "out there" melodrama of the first water, but it is 1918/19, the absolute peak of melodrama on stage, screen and in vaudeville houses. But I feel a special note must be added about the musical score, about which no information is given. For what it accompanies, it is very effective thematically--especially the recurring "young girl" theme as done by a string quartet, and (I think) a coronet. There is, of course, also theater organ and orchestra. Listen for Ms. Gish's character's theme--it is a real heart thumper. This is, to me, a strange movie for D.W.G., intimate and in many places quite sensitive. The sets and casting of supernumeraries (they were Chinese!) is excellent. Opium isn't written on the title cards, but it is front and center. But not the case with interracial love--it plays an active part that is right out there. Even in the 1950's, it was against the law for a Caucasian to marry an Oriental in California. If you are at all interested in old cinema and have not seen "Broken Blossoms", please do.