Headline
Way Down East': Hailed as a Film Classic
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Publication Date
1923-12-05
- Publication Year
1923
Page
6
Key Person
Film Projector / Film(s)
Way Down East
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Actors
Lillian Gish
Director
D.W. Griffith
Writer
Lottie Blair Parker (from the play by)
Country
USA
Released
1920-09-03
Runtime
145 min
Genre
Drama
Language
None
Plot
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.
Rated
Passed
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Summary
A picture, that without any claim to being the thriller at one time so dear to the film public, but yet containing the greatest genuine thrill in moving pictures,' is one description of 'Way Down East.' In the last act, the possibilities of the situation were so large that Mr. Griffiths [sic] went ahead, and staged a scene, based on actual fact. William A. Brady, who directed the stage versions said 'I knew the play so well that I thought it impossible to know more about it. Then, I saw Mr. Griffiths [sic] production, was touched to an extent I seldom been in a theatre.' 'Way Down East' is now playing in New York.
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