Way Down East

Plot

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.

  • D.W. Griffith

    Director

  • Anthony Paul Kelly

    Writer

  • D.W. Griffith

    Writer

  • Joseph R. Grismer

    Theatre Play

  • Lottie Blair Parker

    Theatre Play

  • Billy Bitzer

    Director of Photography

  • Paul H. Allen

    Director of Photography

  • Charles Downs

    Director of Photography

  • Hendrik Sartov

    Director of Photography

  • James Smith

    Editor

  • Rose Smith

    Editor

  • Lillian Gish

    Anna Moore

  • Richard Barthelmess

    David Bartlett

  • Lowell Sherman

    Lennox Sanderson

  • Burr McIntosh

    Squire Bartlett

  • 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

    Martha Perkins

  • Porter Strong

    Seth Holcomb

  • George Neville

    Constable Rube Whipple

  • Edgar Nelson

    Hi Holler

  • Mary Hay

    Kate Brewster - the Squire's Niece

  • Creighton Hale

    Professor Sterling

  • Emily Fitzroy

    Maria Poole - Landlady

  • Carol Dempster

    Barn Dancer (uncredited)

  • Louise Lawson

    Minor Role (uncredited)

  • Athole Shearer

    Barn Dancer (uncredited)

  • Edith Shearer

    Barn Dancer (uncredited)

  • Norma Shearer

    Barn Dancer (uncredited)

  • Frank Walsh

    Barn Dancer (uncredited)

  • Runtime

    150 minutes

    Released

    1920-09-03

    Languages

    English

    Countries

    United States of America

    Studios

    D.W. Griffith Productions

    United Artists

    Sound

  • William Frederick Peters

    Original Music Composer

  • Louis Silvers

    Original Music Composer

  • Updated

    39 days ago

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