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Innocent Anna (Lillian Gish, in a terrific performance) is sent by her poverty-stricken mother to visit rich relations in Boston, where she is seduced into a sham marriage by a smooth-talking scoundrel (Lowell Sherman). When she becomes pregnant, he abandons her; later, the baby dies. Now a social outcast, she changes her name .. Read more

Starring	Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Josephine Bernard
Director	D.W. Griffith
Genres	Drama

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- Griffith's Victorian perspective on illegitimacy (plus his view of maternity as 'woman's Gethsemane', etc) threatens... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:14
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  This Silent Movie speaks volumes!!
  
  Don't let the idea of a 'Silent Movie' put you off watching this milestone in movie making history.
  
  'Way Down East' broke many ... read more »
  
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  - Darren Phillips
  - Grays Essex, England
  - 04 Feb 2005 at 13:45
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- - 0
  - 0
  There are rewards.
  
  Kind of Tess of the D'urbervilles played on a tinny piano. With a different ending!
  
  Miss Gish though is tremendously appealing.
  
  And ... read more »
  
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- - SteveMason
  - 58 reviews
  - Nottingham
  - 10 Feb 2009 at 00:41
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  very watchable for 1920
  
  i have watched a few DW Griffiths films.. Birth of a Nation, Intolerance being a few... although these are historically important in terms of film development ... read more »
  
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- - Luke1971
  - 1 review
  - Sunbury-on-Thames
  - 09 Feb 2009 at 17:12
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  way down east
  
  very old classic but interesting
  
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- - ricky
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  - Hastings
  - 25 Aug 2008 at 08:53
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  way down east
  
  if you have an interest in silent
  
  movies this is a very good place to start
  
  and a good look at how movre began miss this at you peril
  
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- - smally
  - 48 reviews
  - 08 Mar 2008 at 22:54
- - 1
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  Silent masterpiece.
  
  Gish is beautifully magnificent,the direction is outstanding and those ice floes look pretty cold.
  
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- - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 25 Feb 2008 at 21:56
- - 0
  - 1
  Aside from Lillian Gish, a sprawling bore
  
  It's difficult to know, when watching silent films, whether you're being virtuous or genuinely looking for something you will really enjoy. Watching D.W... read more »
  
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- - B Vincent
  - London
  - 15 Jan 2007 at 14:19
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  Silent Movie
  
  A Great Classic Worth the viewing.
  
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  - Dunbar, Scotland
  - 14 Jul 2006 at 09:45
- - 0
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  Fantstic film - Another Griffith masterpiece
  
  D.W. Griffith brings the Victorian stage drama 'Way Down East' to the silver screen with this classic film starring the ever-beautiful Lillian Gish. ... read more »
  
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- - Edward Rogers
  - Bognor Regis
  - 30 Jun 2005 at 16:39
- - 5
  - 0
  This Silent Movie speaks volumes!!
  
  Don't let the idea of a 'Silent Movie' put you off watching this milestone in movie making history.
  
  'Way Down East' broke many ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 69771
- - Darren Phillips
  - Grays Essex, England
  - 04 Feb 2005 at 13:45
View all members' reviews (9)

- - 5
  - 0
  This Silent Movie speaks volumes!!
  
  Don't let the idea of a 'Silent Movie' put you off watching this milestone in movie making history.
  
  'Way Down East' broke many ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 69771
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Darren Phillips
  - Grays Essex, England
  - 04 Feb 2005 at 13:45
- - 1
  - 0
  Silent masterpiece.
  
  Gish is beautifully magnificent,the direction is outstanding and those ice floes look pretty cold.
  
  Report this review
- 531261
- - Robert Dawson
  - Cardiff,Wales.
  - 25 Feb 2008 at 21:56
- - 1
  - 0
  very watchable for 1920
  
  i have watched a few DW Griffiths films.. Birth of a Nation, Intolerance being a few... although these are historically important in terms of film development ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 705478
- - Luke1971
  - 1 review
  - Sunbury-on-Thames
  - 09 Feb 2009 at 17:12
- - 0
  - 0
  Fantstic film - Another Griffith masterpiece
  
  D.W. Griffith brings the Victorian stage drama 'Way Down East' to the silver screen with this classic film starring the ever-beautiful Lillian Gish. ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 119438
- - Edward Rogers
  - Bognor Regis
  - 30 Jun 2005 at 16:39
- - 0
  - 0
  way down east
  
  if you have an interest in silent
  
  movies this is a very good place to start
  
  and a good look at how movre began miss this at you peril
  
  Report this review
- 536790
- - smally
  - 48 reviews
  - 08 Mar 2008 at 22:54
- - 0
  - 0
  way down east
  
  very old classic but interesting
  
  Report this review
- 618732
- - ricky
  - 360 reviews
  - Hastings
  - 25 Aug 2008 at 08:53
- - 0
  - 0
  There are rewards.
  
  Kind of Tess of the D'urbervilles played on a tinny piano. With a different ending!
  
  Miss Gish though is tremendously appealing.
  
  And ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 705771
- - SteveMason
  - 58 reviews
  - Nottingham
  - 10 Feb 2009 at 00:41
- - 0
  - 1
  Silent Movie
  
  A Great Classic Worth the viewing.
  
  Report this review
- 264113
- - a customer
  - Dunbar, Scotland
  - 14 Jul 2006 at 09:45
- - 0
  - 1
  Aside from Lillian Gish, a sprawling bore
  
  It's difficult to know, when watching silent films, whether you're being virtuous or genuinely looking for something you will really enjoy. Watching D.W... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 402349
- - B Vincent
  - London
  - 15 Jan 2007 at 14:19

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  Innocent Anna (Lillian Gish, in a terrific performance) is sent by her poverty-stricken mother to visit rich relations in Boston, where she is seduced into a sham marriage by a smooth-talking scoundrel (Lowell Sherman). When she becomes pregnant, he abandons her; later, the baby dies. Now a social ...