Way Down East

A simple story for plain people.

7.0/1019202h 30mReleased

DramaRomance

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.

Released: Sep 3, 1920

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Lillian Gish

Anna Moore

Richard Barthelmess

David Bartlett

Lowell Sherman

Lennox Sanderson

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