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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 .
- D. W. Griffith (uncredited)
- Louis Silvers, William Frederick Peters
- September 3, 1920
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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"Way Down East" (1920) is a poignant drama. This film illustrates the work of cinematographer Billy Bitzer, a star of Silent Hall of Fame. Directed by D. W. Griffith. Produced by D. W. Griffith. Scenario by Anthony Paul Kelly. Based on Way Down East by Lottie Blair Parker. Starring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess. Cinematography Billy Bitzer.
The money sequence in D.W. Griffith's Way Down East is no less thrillingly gasp-inducing today than it was when the film opened in 1920. In it, Lillian Gish's victimized, pure-hearted heroine, banished from her rural Eden of a New England farm, clad only in a shawl and a thin woolen dress, staggers distraught into a blizzard and faints on an ...
Way Down East. (1920) Directed by D.W. Griffith. Genres - Drama, Romance | Sub-Genres - Melodrama | Release Date - Sep 3, 1920 (USA - Unknown), Sep 3, 1920 (USA) | Run Time - 145 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - NR. AllMovie Rating.
