Way Down East
(1920)

A simple story for plain people.

Released: 1920-09-03

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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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Lillian Gish

as Anna Moore

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Richard Barthelmess

as David Bartlett

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Lowell Sherman

as Lennox Sanderson

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Burr McIntosh

as Squire Bartlett

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Kate Bruce

as Mother Bartlett

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Mrs. David Landau

as Anna Moore's Mother

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Josephine Bernard

as Mrs. Emma Tremont

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Mrs. Morgan Belmont

as Diana Tremont

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Patricia Fruen

as Diana's Sister

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Florence Short

as The Eccentric Aunt

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Vivia Ogden

as Martha Perkins

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Porter Strong

as Seth Holcomb

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George Neville

as Constable Rube Whipple

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Edgar Nelson

as Hi Holler

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Mary Hay

as Kate Brewster - the Squire's Niece

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Creighton Hale

as Professor Sterling

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Emily Fitzroy

as Maria Poole - Landlady

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Carol Dempster

as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

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Louise Lawson

as Minor Role (uncredited)

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Athole Shearer

as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

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Billy Bitzer

Director of Photography

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Herbert Sutch

Assistant Director

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Madame Lisette

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Clark Robinson

Set Designer

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Frank Walsh

Assistant Director

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Lady Duff Gordon

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Hendrik Sartov

Director of Photography

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Henri Bendel

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Louis Silvers

Original Music Composer

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William Frederick Peters

Original Music Composer

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Paul H. Allen

Director of Photography

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O'Kane Conwell

Costume Design

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Charles Downs

Director of Photography

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