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Way Down East

Film Information:
Production: Not Available;

Premiere: Not Available;
Released: September 3, 1920;
Production/Distribution Companies: United Artists;
Director: D.W. Griffith;
Based on Lottie Blair Parker's play
Photography: Billy Bitzer;
Film editor: James Smith; Rose Smith;
Running time: 170 minutes;
Available on DVD;

Cast: Lillian Gish as Anna Moore; Richard Barthelmess as David Bartlett; Lowell Sherman as Lennox Sanderson; Burr McIntosh as Squire Bartlett; Kate Bruce as Mrs. Bartlett; Mary Hay as Kate Brewster, the Squire's neice; Creighton Hale as The professor Sterling; Emily Fitzroy as Maria Poole, the landlady; Porter Strong as Seth Holcomb; George Neville as The constable Reuben Whipple; Edgar Nelson as Hi Holler; Mrs. David Landau as Anna's mother; Josephine Bernard as Mrs. Morgan Belmont; Mrs. Morgan Belmont as Diana Tremont; Patricia Fruen as Her sister; Florence Short as The eccentric aunt; Viva Ogden as Martha Perkins; Athole & Norma Shearer as Barn dancers;

Notes/Trivia:
-At the casting, the crew only needed to find eight girls for the extra work. There was a line out the door when Norma and Athole arrived. By the time position six had been filled, there was still a huge wait ahead of Norma. She began to purposely cough to catch the attention of the casting director, who gave her and Athole the positions right on the spot.
-Banned in several states for its sexual innuendos.