Way Down East

6.958

150 minutes

9/3/1920

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.

Cast List

Lillian Gish
as Anna Moore
Richard Barthelmess
as David Bartlett
Lowell Sherman
as Lennox Sanderson
Burr McIntosh
as Squire Bartlett
Kate Bruce
as Mother Bartlett
Mrs. David Landau
as Anna Moore's Mother
Josephine Bernard
as Mrs. Emma Tremont
Mrs. Morgan Belmont
as Diana Tremont
Patricia Fruen
as Diana's Sister
Florence Short
as The Eccentric Aunt
Vivia Ogden
as Martha Perkins
Porter Strong
as Seth Holcomb
George Neville
as Constable Rube Whipple
Edgar Nelson
as Hi Holler
Mary Hay
as Kate Brewster - the Squire's Niece
Creighton Hale
as Professor Sterling
Emily Fitzroy
as Maria Poole - Landlady
Carol Dempster
as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Louise Lawson
as Minor Role (uncredited)
Athole Shearer
as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Edith Shearer
as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Norma Shearer
as Barn Dancer (uncredited)
Frank Walsh
as Barn Dancer (uncredited)