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Way Down East  (1920)
A simple story for plain people.


7.0|3 Sept, 1920|150 min
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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.
Language

No Language 


Budget--
Revenue $4,500,000
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Keywords
waterfall
silent film
country girl
fake wedding

Casts

Lillian Gish
Lillian Gish
Anna Moore
Richard Barthelmess
Richard Barthelmess
David Bartlett
Lowell Sherman
Lowell Sherman
Lennox Sanderson
Burr McIntosh
Burr McIntosh
Squire Bartlett
Kate Bruce
Kate Bruce
Mother Bartlett
Mrs. David Landau
Anna Moore's Mother
Josephine Bernard
Mrs. Emma Tremont
Mrs. Morgan Belmont
Diana Tremont
Patricia Fruen
Diana's Sister
Florence Short
The Eccentric Aunt
Vivia Ogden
Vivia Ogden
Martha Perkins
Porter Strong
Porter Strong
Seth Holcomb
George Neville
Constable Rube Whipple
Edgar Nelson
Hi Holler
Mary Hay
Kate Brewster - the Squire's Niece
Creighton Hale
Creighton Hale
Professor Sterling
Emily Fitzroy
Emily Fitzroy
Maria Poole - Landlady
Carol Dempster
Carol Dempster
Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Louise Lawson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Athole Shearer
Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Edith Shearer
Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Norma Shearer
Norma Shearer
Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Frank Walsh
Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Crews

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

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