

MovieDramaRomance
Way Down East
A simple story for plain people.
6.9(120)19202h 30m
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.
- Director
- D.W. Griffith
- Writers
- Anthony Paul Kelly,D.W. Griffith
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Cast

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
George Neville
Constable Rube Whipple
Edgar Nelson
Hi Holler
Mary Hay
Kate Brewster - the Squire's Niece

Creighton Hale
Professor Sterling

Emily Fitzroy
Maria Poole - Landlady

Carol Dempster
Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Louise Lawson
Minor Role (uncredited)
Athole Shearer
Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Edith Shearer
Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Norma Shearer
Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Frank Walsh
Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Crew
Directing
- D.W. GriffithDirector
- Herbert SutchAssistant Director
- Frank WalshAssistant Director
Writing
- Anthony Paul KellyWriter
- D.W. GriffithWriter
- Joseph R. GrismerTheatre Play
- Lottie Blair ParkerTheatre Play
Production
- D.W. GriffithProducer
Camera
- Hendrik SartovDirector of Photography
- Billy BitzerDirector of Photography
- Paul H. AllenDirector of Photography
- Charles DownsDirector of Photography
Editing
- Rose SmithEditor
- James SmithEditor
Sound
- William Frederick PetersOriginal Music Composer
- Louis SilversOriginal Music Composer
Art
- Charles O. SeesselArt Direction
- Clark RobinsonSet Designer
- Clifford PemberArt Direction
Costume & Make-Up
- Henri BendelCostume Design
- Lady Duff GordonCostume Design
- Madame LisetteCostume Design
- O'Kane ConwellCostume Design
- Otto KahnCostume Design