Way Down East

1920, action, drama, love

145 minutes

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.

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Cast

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Anna Moore

Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

David Bartlett

Lowell Sherman

Lowell Sherman

Lennox Sanderson

Burr McIntosh

Squire Bartlett

Kate Bruce

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

Creighton Hale

Professor Sterling

Emily Fitzroy

Emily Fitzroy

Maria Poole - Landlady

Carol Dempster

Carol Dempster

Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Louise Lawson II

Minor Role (uncredited)

Athole Shearer

Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Edith Shearer

Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Norma Shearer

Norma Shearer

Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Frank Walsh

Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Crew

Art

Clifford Pember

Art direction

Charles O. Seessel

Art direction

Clark Robinson

Set designer

Camera

Costume and make-up

Henri Bendel

Costume design

O'Kane Conwell

Costume design

Lady Duff Gordon

Costume design

Otto Kahn

Costume design

Madame Lisette

Costume design

Directing

D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Director

Editing

James Smith

Editor

Rose Smith

Editor

Production

D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Producer

Sound

Louis Silvers

Louis Silvers

Original music composer

William Frederick Peters

Original music composer

Writing

D.W. Griffith

D.W. Griffith

Writer

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