Afternoon at The Bijou: Broken Blossoms

"Broken Blossoms," Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Donald Crisp, Arthur Howard. Lucy's miserable life is devoid of beauty, and she is constantly beaten by her father, an alcoholic boxer. In the same hopeless slum, a recent Chinese immigrant who runs an import shop helplessly watches the waif's struggle. When Lucy's father thrashes her within an inch of her life, the shopkeeper takes her in and nurses her back to health.