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1920

Way Down East

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.

Credits

Director

D.W. Griffith

Producer

D.W. Griffith

Writers

Anthony Paul Kelly , D.W. Griffith

Cinematographers

Billy Bitzer , Paul H. Allen , Charles Downs , Hendrik Sartov

Composers

William Frederick Peters , Louis Silvers

Cast

Lillian Gish , Richard Barthelmess , Lowell Sherman , Burr McIntosh , Kate Bruce , Mrs. David Landau , Josephine Bernard , Mrs. Morgan Belmont , Patricia Fruen , Florence Short

Studio

D.W. Griffith Productions

Genres

Romance Drama

Posters

5
Way Down East (1920) theatrical poster - US
US theatrical
Way Down East (1920) international poster - US
US international
Way Down East (1920) character poster - US
US character
Way Down East (1920) teaser poster - US
US teaser
Way Down East (1920) imax poster - US
US imax

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