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Way Down East
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1920 film directed by D. W. Griffith
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Way Down East is a silent film produced by D.W. Griffith Productions in the United States of America. The movie was directed by D.W. Griffith and carries the tagline "A simple story for plain people." It has a runtime of 150 minutes and is categorized by keywords including waterfall, country girl, and fake wedding.
The film was released on multiple dates, including August 26, 1920, September 3, 1920, April 4, 1921, September 5, 1921, and April 3, 1922. It generated a revenue of 4500000. Review scores for the title include an 8.1 out of 10 and a 96% rating. It is available on providers such as Amazon Prime Video, MGM Plus, MGM Plus Roku Premium Channel, FlixFling, and IndieFlix.
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Film · TMDB
6.9A 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.
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
Themes
- waterfall
- silent film
- country girl
- fake wedding
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Internet Archive
moviesGeorge Figgs on “Way Down East” (1920)
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- silent film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Director
- D. W. Griffith
- Screenwriter
- Anthony Paul Kelly
- Cast member
- Una Merkel
- Composer
- Louis Silvers
- Producer
- D. W. Griffith
- Duration
- 145
- FilmAffinity ID
- 720805
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Waydowneast1.jpg
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- publication date
- 1922-05-05
- Commons category
- Way Down East (1920 film)
- title
- Way Down East
- aspect ratio (W:H)
- 4:3
- color
- black-and-white
- costume designer
- Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon
- distributed by
- Netflix
- copyright status
- public domain
- review score
- 96%
- subtitle
- A Simple Story of Plain People
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