Way Down East
Way Down East - was released on: 3 September 1920.
The movie had an excellent cast consisting of:
- Lillian Gish… - played the character of: Anna Moore
- Richard Barthelmess… - played the character of: David Bartlett
- Lowell Sherman… - played the character of: Lennox Sanderson
- Burr McIntosh… - played the character of: Squire Bartlett
- Kate Bruce… Mother Bartlett
- Mary Hay… Kate (the Squire’s niece)
- Creighton Hale… The Professor
- Emily Fitzroy… Maria Poole (landlady)
- Porter Strong… - played the character of: Seth Holcomb
- George Neville… The Constable
- Edgar Nelson… - played the character of: Hi Holler
Here is a summary of the film’s plot:
The callous rich, portrayed by Lennox, think only of their own pleasure. Anna is but a poor country girl whom Lennox tricks into a fake wedding. She believes that it is true, but secret, while he has his way with her. When she is pregnant, he leaves her and she must have the baby, named Trust Lennox, on her own. When the baby dies she wanders until she gets a job with Squire Bartlett. David falls for her, but she rejects him due to her past and then Lennox shows up lusting for Kate. Seeing Anna, he tries to get her to leave, but she doesn’t, and she tells no one about his past. When Squire Bartlett learns of her past from Martha, the town gossip, he tosses Anna out in a snow storm. But before she goes, she fingers the respected Lennox, as the father of her dead baby and the spoiler of herself. Written by Tony Fontana {tony.fontana@spacebbs.com}