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Way Down East

6.919202h 30mNRMovieDramaRomance

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.

DirectorD.W. Griffith
WritersAnthony Paul Kelly·D.W. Griffith
ProducerD.W. Griffith

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Cast · Directed by D.W. Griffith

LGLillian Gish
Lillian Gish
Anna Moore
RBRichard Barthelmess
Richard Barthelmess
David Bartlett
LSLowell Sherman
Lowell Sherman
Lennox Sanderson
BMBurr McIntosh
Burr McIntosh
Squire Bartlett
KBKate Bruce
Kate Bruce
Mother Bartlett
MLMrs. David Landau
Mrs. David Landau
Anna Moore's Mother
JB
Josephine Bernard
Mrs. Emma Tremont
MB
Mrs. Morgan Belmont
Diana Tremont
PF
Patricia Fruen
Diana's Sister
FS
Florence Short
The Eccentric Aunt
VOVivia Ogden
Vivia Ogden
Martha Perkins
PSPorter Strong
Porter Strong
Seth Holcomb

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