If you loved True Heart Susie, try Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by D.W. Griffith, and they sit in Drama / Romance territory. If that's the register that drew you to True Heart Susie, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl is
D.W. Griffith's melodramas can be a bit much, it's true. Here, a young girl is terrorized by her abusive pugilist father, then finds a tender, platonic friendship with a visiting missionary from China's Tong district. It's a bit of a bummer, even for a silent film.

