Way Down East
A simple story for plain people.
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9/3/1920Runtime
150 minsOverview
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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EnglishBudget
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$4,500,000Homepage
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A silent-era melodrama that lingers on the quiet shame and gradual dignity of a woman wronged by society, building toward cathartic emotional release. Watching it feels like bearing witness to genuine suffering redeemed by human kindness.
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Lillian Gish
Anna Moore
Richard Barthelmess
David Bartlett
Lowell Sherman
Lennox Sanderson
Burr McIntosh
Squire Bartlett
Kate Bruce
Mother Bartlett
Mrs. David Landau
Anna Moore's Mother
Josephine Bernard
Mrs. Emma Tremont
Mrs. Morgan Belmont
Diana Tremont
Patricia Fruen
Diana's Sister
Florence Short
The Eccentric Aunt
Vivia Ogden
Martha Perkins
Porter Strong
Seth Holcomb
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