Way Down East
69 %|Sep 3, 1920|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.
Featured Crew
D.W. Griffith
Director
D.W. Griffith
Producer
William Frederick Peters
Original Music Composer
Louis Silvers
Original Music Composer
Paul H. Allen
Director of Photography
Billy Bitzer
Director of Photography
Charles Downs
Director of Photography
Hendrik Sartov
Director of Photography
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Cast
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)