Way Down East is a 1920 American silent romantic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. It is one of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play Way Down East by Lottie Blair Parker. There were two earlier silent versions and one sound version in 1935 starring Henry Fonda. Griffith's version is particularly remembered for its climax in which Lillian Gish's character is rescued from doom on an icy river. Cast 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 Mary Hay as Kate, Squire's niece Creighton Hale as The professor Emily Fitzroy as Maria Poole, landlady Porter Strong as Seth Holcomb Edgar Nelson as Hi Holler Mrs. Morgan Belmont as Diana Tremont Vivia Ogden as Martha Perkins George Neville as The Constable
Way Down East is a 1920 American silent romantic drama film directed by D. W. Griffith and starring Lillian Gish. It is one of four film adaptations of the melodramatic 19th century play Way Down East by Lottie Blair Parker. There were two earlier silent versions and one sound version in 1935 starring Henry Fonda. Griffith's version is particularly remembered for its climax in which Lillian Gish's character is rescued from doom on an icy river. Cast 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 Mary Hay as Kate, Squire's niece Creighton Hale as The professor Emily Fitzroy as Maria Poole, landlady Porter Strong as Seth Holcomb Edgar Nelson as Hi Holler Mrs. Morgan Belmont as Diana Tremont Vivia Ogden as Martha Perkins George Neville as The Constable