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Way Down East is a 1920 American silent romantic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. It is one of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play of the same name by Lottie Blair Parker .
Way Down East: Directed by D.W. Griffith. With Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Mrs. David Landau, Lowell Sherman. 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.
- (5.9K)
- Drama, Romance
- D.W. Griffith
- 1920-09-03
Gish stars as Anna Moore who hails from "way down east," or that part of Maine that is east of Boston. Anna's sojourn into the city leads to her seduction by society cad Lennox Sanderson, who deserts her once she becomes pregnant.
- D. W. Griffith
- Lillian Gish
Sep 14, 2022 · D.W. Griffith's penchant for Victorian melodrama reached its height of expression in WAY DOWN EAST. First performed in 1898, Lottie Blair Parker's play was one of the most successful...
- 150 min
- 8.3K
- Kino Lorber
Mar 16, 2021 · This is a fully high definition copy of D.W. Griffith’s romance, starring Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess. I do not own the rights to the film, nor am I...
- 150 min
- 14.6K
- André Bourbeau
Rent Way Down East on Prime Video, or buy it on Prime Video. An unwed mother (Lillian Gish) is abandoned, then banished in a blizzard and set adrift on ice floes.
- (25)
- Drama
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A country girl (Lillian Gish) goes to Boston to ask for money from her rich relatives, but falls in love with a playboy (Lowell Sherman). She faces betrayal, scandal and tragedy in this epic tale of love, morality and social class.
