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Way Down East (1920)

Directed by D.W. Griffith

Drama | Thriller | Romance

Overview

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.

Rated NR | Length 150 minutes

Actors

Lillian Gish | Richard Barthelmess | Lowell Sherman | Burr McIntosh | Kate Bruce | Mrs. David Landau | Josephine Bernard | Mrs. Morgan Belmont | Patricia Fruen | Florence Short | Vivia Ogden | Porter Strong | George Neville | Edgar Nelson | Mary Hay | Creighton Hale | Emily Fitzroy | Carol Dempster | Louise Lawson II | Athole Shearer | Edith Shearer | Norma Shearer | Frank Walsh

Viewing History (seen 1 time)

Date ViewedDeviceFormatSourceRating
12/08/2018TVStreamingVideo on Demand6 stars
 

Viewing Notes

Griffith has a tendency to drag things out but the dramatic ice flow rescue at the end was worth it! And of course the lovely Lillian Gish.

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