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Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman
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.
DVD Release Date: September 28, 2004
Stats: 44 reviews
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December 4, 2008A film by the dramatic G.W. Griffith that was so massive in 1920 - though now it is all but forgotton. Gish plays a young naive country girl who gets herself in a right mess with a dodgy philanderer. The print currently available is like many classic silent movies - crying out fo...( read more)
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October 20, 2008This is my third taste of silent cinema any by far my favourite. Made in 1920 'Way Down East' centres around a naïve young country girl named Anna, who travels to live with her wealthy aunt in the city. During her stay she encounters a wealthy womanizer who tricks her in to a fal...( read more)
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September 15, 2008So this is one of the first films ever made, and it's corny as all hell. But it was good- acctually surprisingly good considering the time it was made. I mean sure the action at the end was really fake, and never could have really happened, but it was still well done. It all was!...( read more)
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February 17, 2008A very outdated film in subject manner. Lillian Gish is very good and almost is able to carry the movie but the supporting characters are very weak. There are attempts at humor in a bleak story which seem out of place.
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February 4, 2008An Amzazing Film the climax on the ice was flawless 4 itz time. Also a very sad film tradgic but beautiful
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January 26, 2007I saw this many years ago. It's a movie I will never forget - especially the scene with Lillian Gish on the ice flow.
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December 10, 2006Waste of TIME!! Very Weak movie, DO NOT WATCH, if you do end up watching it, side effects may include: Suicide, murder ramapages, road ramapage, any kinds of ways of harming yourself, and many others...
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