Way Down East

A simple story for plain people.

Categories: Drama, Romance
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.
Status: Released IMDb
Release date: 1920-09-03
Run time: 150 minute / 2:30
Revenue: $4,500,000
Director: D.W. Griffith
Production Company : D.W. Griffith Productions
Production Country: United States of America

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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
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
Paul H. Allen Director of Photography
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
Lady Duff Gordon Costume Design
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
D.W. Griffith Writer
Joseph R. Grismer Theatre Play
Lottie Blair Parker Theatre Play

Costume & Make-Up
Otto Kahn Costume Design





















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