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Way Down East (1920) United States of America Color/B&W : 13 reels Directed by D.W. Griffith. Cast: Lillian Gish [Anna Moore], Richard Barthelmess [David Bartlett], Mrs. David Landau [Mrs. Moore], Lowell Sherman [Lennox Sanderson], Burr McIntosh [Squire Bartlett], Josephine Bernard [Mrs. Tremont], Mrs. Morgan Belmont [Diana Tremont], Patricia Fruen [Diana’s sister], Florence Short [the ...
1 de abr. de 2022 · Way Down East (1920) is D.W. Griffith's classic, silent melodramatic film. He bought the film rights to the story, originally a stage play of the same name by an inexperienced writer named Lottie Blair Parker. First performed in the late 1800s, it soon became one of the most popular plays in the US.
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. D.W. Griffith. Director, Writer. Anthony Paul Kelly.
In a New England town, the arrival of enigmatic drifter Anna Moore (Rochelle Hudson) disrupts the household of squire Amasa Bartlett (Russell Simpson). Anna, the daughter of a friend of Bartlett's ...
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In 1919, D.W. Griffith co-founded United Artists as a way to have more creative control. His films that followed are less famous (and notorious) than his earlier work, but Way Down East, one of his biggest successes, is a true gem, with an unforgettable climax on the ice.
Way Down East é um filme mudo norte-americano de 1920 em longa-metragem, do gênero drama, dirigido por D. W. Griffith e estrelado por Lillian Gish.
Way down East most noticeable feature is the scene toward the end of the film which was shot on location in a blizzard on a thawing river in Vermont. While the heroin (Lilian Gish) is drifting unconscious on a piece of ice towards rapids, her beloved (Richard Barthelmess) runs towards her jumping between pieces of ice and saves her just before she reaches the waterfall.
