Way Down East

Sep 3, 1920

2h 30m

★ 7.0

A simple story for plain people.

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

D.W. Griffith Productions

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Cast

Anna Moore

Lillian Gish

David Bartlett

Richard Barthelmess

Lennox Sanderson

Lowell Sherman

Squire Bartlett

Burr McIntosh

Mother Bartlett

Kate Bruce

Anna Moore's Mother

Mrs. David Landau

Mrs. Emma Tremont

Josephine Bernard

Diana Tremont

Mrs. Morgan Belmont

Diana's Sister

Patricia Fruen

The Eccentric Aunt

Florence Short

Martha Perkins

Vivia Ogden

Seth Holcomb

Porter Strong

Lolette an exotic and spirited peasant girl lives In the small Spanish village of Juanguera . Although ardently courted by the native swains, and particularly a bandit called The Tiger, Lolette prefers Maurice Tabor, a French artist who has come to Juanguera to paint. Because he refuses to take her to Paris, Lolette accepts a gift of stolen jewels from The Tiger and follows Maurice to France.

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