Way Down East Poster

Way Down East

A simple story for plain people.

Starring: Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Burr McIntosh, Kate Bruce

Writer: Anthony Paul Kelly, D.W. Griffith, Lottie Blair Parker, Joseph R. Grismer

Release Date:
September 3, 1920
Ratings:
7.0 / 10
Director:
D.W. Griffith
Companies:
D.W. Griffith Productions

Overview

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.