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A simple story for plain people.
A simple story for plain people.
Action, Drama, Romance - 1920
Way Down East
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7.9
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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.
Director:
,
D.W. Griffith
Cast:
,
Lillian Gish
,
Richard Barthelmess
,
Lowell Sherman
,
Burr McIntosh
,
Kate Bruce

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Rated:
NOT RATED
Runtime:
145 min
Release date:
3 Sep 1920
Country:
US
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$4,500,000
Awards:
N/A

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
What's amazing is that so much of Gish's tough, funny, intuitive performance, particularly in the film's middle section as she bears her illegitimate child, transcends time, place and technology.
– Mark Adamo,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Through his star, Lillian Gish, Griffith gives the story an emotional power that lifts this 1920 silent feature to the level of a folktale; it becomes something simple, strong, and timeless.
– Dave Kehr,
Chicago Reader,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
[Lillian Gish's] virtuoso performance makes the heroine's growth from gullible innocence to bitter experience credible.
– Tony Rayns,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
With the gathering together of a relatively small cast and less than half a dozen stellar film artists, D.W. has taken a simple, elemental, old-fashioned, bucolic melodrama and milked it for 12 reels of absorbing entertainment.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
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