Way Down East (1920)
A simple story for plain people.
145 min
A naïve 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.
- Release date
- August 26, 1920
- Country of origin
- United States
- Box office
- $4,500,000
Cast
- Lillian Gish as Anna Moore
- Richard Barthelmess as David Bartlett
- Mrs. David Landau as Anna Moore's Mother
- Lowell Sherman as Lennox Sanderson
- Burr McIntosh as Squire Bartlett
- Josephine Bernard as Mrs. Emma Tremont
- Mrs. Morgan Belmont as Diana Tremont
- Patricia Fruen as Diana's Sister
- Florence Short as The Eccentric Aunt
- Kate Bruce as Mrs. Bartlett
Crew
- D.W. Griffith · Director
- Lottie Blair Parker · Writer
- William A. Brady · Writer
- Joseph R. Grismer · Writer
- Anthony Paul Kelly · Writer