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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.
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- 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
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Mar 16, 2021 · Way Down East (Griffith, 1920) — High Quality 1080p - YouTube. André Bourbeau. 2.48K subscribers. 132. 10K views 2 years ago. This is a fully high definition copy of D.W. Griffith’s romance,...
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The Professor. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. An unwed mother (Lillian Gish) is abandoned, then banished in a blizzard and set adrift on ice floes.
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- Drama
May 7, 2012 · 1.34K subscribers. 588. 89K views 11 years ago. The callous rich, portrayed by Lennox, think only of their own pleasure. Anna is but a poor country girl whom Lennox tricks into a fake wedding. She...
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