Way Down East

Way Down East (1920)

A simple story for plain people.

  • Genre: Drama, Romance
  • Release Date: 1920-09-03
  • User Rating: 6.9/10 from 98 ratings
  • Runtime: 2h 30min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: D.W. Griffith Productions
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Director: D.W. Griffith
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Summary

A naive country girl is tricked into a sham marriage by a wealthy womanizer, then must rebuild her life despite the taint of having borne a child out of wedlock.

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  • Lillian Gish

    as Anna Moore

  • Richard Barthelmess

    as David Bartlett

  • Lowell Sherman

    as Lennox Sanderson

  • Burr McIntosh

    as Squire Bartlett

  • Kate Bruce

    as Mother Bartlett

  • Mrs. David Landau

    as Anna Moore's Mother

  • Josephine Bernard

    as Mrs. Emma Tremont

  • Mrs. Morgan Belmont

    as Diana Tremont

  • Patricia Fruen

    as Diana's Sister

  • Florence Short

    as The Eccentric Aunt

  • Vivia Ogden

    as Martha Perkins

  • Porter Strong

    as Seth Holcomb

  • George Neville

    as Constable Rube Whipple

  • Edgar Nelson

    as Hi Holler

  • Mary Hay

    as Kate Brewster - the Squire's Niece

  • Creighton Hale

    as Professor Sterling

  • Emily Fitzroy

    as Maria Poole - Landlady

  • Carol Dempster

    as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

  • Louise Lawson

    as Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Athole Shearer

    as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

  • Edith Shearer

    as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

  • Norma Shearer

    as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

  • Frank Walsh

    as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Directing D.W. Griffith Director
Editing Rose Smith Editor
Art Charles O. Seessel Art Direction
Sound William Frederick Peters Original Music Composer
Camera Hendrik Sartov Director of Photography
Camera Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
Camera Paul H. Allen Director of Photography
Camera Charles Downs Director of Photography
Directing Herbert Sutch Assistant Director
Art Clark Robinson Set Designer
Sound Louis Silvers Original Music Composer
Editing James Smith Editor
Production D.W. Griffith Producer
Costume & Make-Up Henri Bendel Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Lady Duff Gordon Costume Design
Costume & Make-Up Madame Lisette Costume Design
Art Clifford Pember Art Direction
Directing Frank Walsh Assistant Director
Costume & Make-Up O'Kane Conwell Costume Design
Writing Anthony Paul Kelly Writer
Writing D.W. Griffith Writer
Writing Joseph R. Grismer Theatre Play
Writing Lottie Blair Parker Theatre Play
Costume & Make-Up Otto Kahn Costume Design

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