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Way Down East
A naïve 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.
1920 · Directed by D.W. Griffith · 150 min · Drama · Romance · 10 frames
Tagline
A simple story for plain people.
Crew
- Written by: Anthony Paul Kelly, D.W. Griffith
- Cinematography: Hendrik Sartov, Billy Bitzer, Paul H. Allen, Charles Downs
- Edited by: Rose Smith, James Smith
- Music: William Frederick Peters, Louis Silvers
- Produced by: D.W. Griffith
Cast
- 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
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: No Language
- Studios: D.W. Griffith Productions
- Box office: $4,500,000
- Themes: waterfall, silent film, country girl, fake wedding
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