Way Down East

A simple story for plain people.

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.

Drama Romance

Lillian Gish

(Anna Moore)

Richard Barthelmess

(David Bartlett)

Lowell Sherman

(Lennox Sanderson)

Burr McIntosh

(Squire Bartlett)

Kate Bruce

(Mother Bartlett)

Mrs. David Landau

(Anna Moore's Mother)

Josephine Bernard

(Mrs. Emma Tremont)

Mrs. Morgan Belmont

(Diana Tremont)

Patricia Fruen

(Diana's Sister)

Florence Short

(The Eccentric Aunt)

Vivia Ogden

(Martha Perkins)

Porter Strong

(Seth Holcomb)

George Neville

(Constable Rube Whipple)

Edgar Nelson

(Hi Holler)

Mary Hay

(Kate Brewster - the Squire's Niece)

Creighton Hale

(Professor Sterling)

Emily Fitzroy

(Maria Poole - Landlady)

Carol Dempster

(Barn Dancer (uncredited))

Louise Lawson

(Minor Role (uncredited))

Athole Shearer

(Barn Dancer (uncredited))

Edith Shearer

(Barn Dancer (uncredited))

Norma Shearer

(Barn Dancer (uncredited))

Frank Walsh

(Barn Dancer (uncredited))