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Way Down East

A simple story for plain people.

Way Down East

1920-09-032 hours 30 minutes

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.

Top Billed Cast

Lillian Gish

Lillian Gish

Anna Moore

Richard Barthelmess

Richard Barthelmess

David Bartlett

Lowell Sherman

Lowell Sherman

Lennox Sanderson

Burr McIntosh

Burr McIntosh

Squire Bartlett

Kate Bruce

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

Vivia Ogden

Martha Perkins

Porter Strong

Porter Strong

Seth Holcomb

George Neville

Constable Rube Whipple

Edgar Nelson

Hi Holler

Mary Hay

Kate Brewster - the Squire's Niece

Creighton Hale

Creighton Hale

Professor Sterling