Way Down East

"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."

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

Mrs. David Landau

as Anna Moore's Mother

Josephine Bernard

as Mrs. Emma Tremont

Mrs. Morgan Belmont

as Diana Tremont

Patricia Fruen

as Diana's Sister

Florence Short

as The Eccentric Aunt

Vivia Ogden

as Martha Perkins

Porter Strong

as Seth Holcomb

George Neville

as Constable Rube Whipple

Edgar Nelson

as Hi Holler

Mary Hay

as Kate Brewster - the Squire's Niece

Creighton Hale

as Professor Sterling

Emily Fitzroy

as Maria Poole - Landlady

Carol Dempster

as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Louise Lawson

as Minor Role (uncredited)

Athole Shearer

as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Edith Shearer

as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Norma Shearer

as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

Frank Walsh

as Barn Dancer (uncredited)

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Way Down East

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