"A simple story for plain people." 03 September 1920 Drama, Romance 150 mins
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.
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Lillian Gish as Anna Moore
Richard Barthelmess as David Bartlett
Lowell Sherman as Lennox Sanderson
Burr McIntosh as Squire Bartlett
Kate Bruce as Mother Bartlett
Mrs. David Landau as Anna Moore's Mother
Josephine Bernard as Mrs. Emma Tremont
Mrs. Morgan Belmont as Diana Tremont
Patricia Fruen as Diana's Sister
Florence Short as The Eccentric Aunt
Vivia Ogden as Martha Perkins
Porter Strong as Seth Holcomb
George Neville as Constable Rube Whipple
Edgar Nelson as Hi Holler
Mary Hay as Kate Brewster - the Squire's Niece
Creighton Hale as Professor Sterling
D.W. Griffith Director
D.W. Griffith Producer
William Frederick Peters Original Music Composer
Louis Silvers Original Music Composer
Paul H. Allen Director of Photography
Billy Bitzer Director of Photography
Charles Downs Director of Photography
Hendrik Sartov Director of Photography
James Smith Editor
Rose Smith Editor
Clifford Pember Art Direction
Charles O. Seessel Art Direction
Henri Bendel Costume Design
O'Kane Conwell Costume Design
Lady Duff Gordon Costume Design
Madame Lisette Costume Design
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Canada 03 September 1920
United States 03 September 1920
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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 believes that ...
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Lennox and Anna threaten to reveal the past.
Soundtrack by ancient loops
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Lillian Gish and Richard Barthelmess star in "Way Down East."
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