Way Down East (1920)

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7.3	IMDB rating

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Directed by

D.W. Griffith

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Lillian Gish
Anna Moore

Richard Barthelmess
David Bartlett

Mrs. David Landau
Anna Moore's Mother

Lowell Sherman
Lennox Sanderson

Burr McIntosh
Squire Bartlett

Josephine Bernard
Mrs. Emma Tremont

Mrs. Morgan Belmont
Diana Tremont

Patricia Fruen
Diana's Sister

Written by

D.W. Griffith
uncredited

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2 years, 6 months ago at Jun 23 2:52

fernando

(YT) The last sequence is in another dimension, abstraction when you see just two figures in a changing, melting, landscape, Barthelmess ging from one piece of ice to another, heroism and romance as bonus...

An average movie

4 days ago at Jan 3 11:55

johanlefourbe

I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was directed by D.W. Griffith and since it was available on YouTube, I thought I might as well check it out. By now, I have seen the most famous movies directed by this great master but, even though this one did seem to have a decent reputation, to be honest, it didn’t really impress me though. Indeed, it was visually not bad (t... read more

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Description: A melodrama in typical Griffith fashion about a poor woman, Anna, who is trapped by a vicious scoundrel into a fake marriage just so the wealthy snob, Lennox, can have his way with her. Once this has happened, ... Full Descriptionhe leaves her behind, alone and pregnant, to journey into the world. She is scorned by everyone she meets because she is an unwed mother, yet when she finally settles at Squire Bartlett's and he falls for her, she cannot give in to his advances due to her troubled past. Eventually, Lennox shows up, and when Squire Bartlett learns of the truth, he throws her out into the snow. The closing sequence of ... (more)

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" Notes: By now, I have seen the most famous movies directed by D.W. Griffith but, even though this one did seem to have a decent reputation, to be honest, it didn’t really impress me though. Indeed, it was visually not bad (the chase scene on the ice towards the end was pretty wild) but, as far as I was concerned, it was pretty much a typical vintage melodramatic soap that they used to make back then. Basically, they gave us a pure and innocent girl who gets deceived and defiled by some evil "

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An average movie

“I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since it was directed by D.W. Griffith and since it was available on YouTube, I thought I might as well check it out. By now, I have seen the most famous movies directed by this great master but, even though this one did seem to have a decent reputation, to be honest, it didn’t really impress me though. Indeed, it was visually not bad (the chase scene on the ice towards the end was pretty wild) but, as far as I was concerned, it was pretty much a typical vintage melodramatic soap that they used to make back then. Basically, they gave us a pure and innocent girl who gets deceived and defiled by some evil libertine guy, something they really loved back then apparently, this movie was even a big box-office success when it was releas” read more

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“(YT) The last sequence is in another dimension, abstraction when you see just two figures in a changing, melting, landscape, Barthelmess ging from one piece of ice to another, heroism and romance as bonus...” read more