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Way Down East
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1920 film directed by D. W. Griffith
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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.
Released: 1920-09-03150 minDir: D.W. GriffithDrama, RomanceBox office: $4.5M
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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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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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