What is Way Down East?
{{italictitle}} {{Infobox Film | name = Way Down East | image = Way Down East (film, 1920).webm | caption = | director = [[D. W. Griffith]] | producer = D. W. Griffith (uncredited) | writer = D. W. Griffith (uncredited)<br>Joseph R. Grismer<br>Anthony Paul Kelly (scenario) | based_on = {{based on|''Way Down East''|[[Charlotte Blair Parker|Lottie Blair Parker]]}} | starring = [[Lillian Gish]]<br>[[Richard Barthelmess]]<br>[[Lowell Sherman]]<br>[[Burr McIntosh]] | music = [[Louis Silvers]]<br>[[William Frederick Peters]] | cinematography = [[Billy Bitzer]]<br/>Hendrik Sartov | distributor = [[United Artists]] | released = {{Film date|1920|9|3}} | runtime = 145 minutes<br>107 minutes<br>(1931 re-release) | country = United States | language = [[Silent film]]<br>English intertitles | gross = $4,500,000 | budget = [[United States dollar|US$]] 700,000 }} '''''Way Down East''''' is a 1920 [[silent movie]]. It was directed by [[D. W. Griffith]]. The movie stars [[Lillian Gish]] as Anna and [[Richard Barthelmess]] as David. The movie is based on a 19th-century play by Lottie Blair Parker. This movie is famous for its exciting climax. Lillian Gish's character is rescued from certain death on an icy river. ''Way Down East'' is the fourth highest grossing silent movie in movie history. It brought in more than $4,500,000 at the box office in 1920.<ref>[http://www.filmsite.org/wayd.html Dirks, Tim in ''The Greatest Films,'' film review, 1996-2008]</ref> Some parts of ''Way Down East'' were shot in an early [[Technicolor]] process.<ref>[http://www.silentera.com/PSFL/data/W/WayDownEast1920.html SilentEra entry]</ref> ==Main cast== * Anna Moore, a poor country girl - [[Lillian Gish]] * David Bartlett, son of Squire Bartlett - [[Richard Barthelmess]] * Squire Bartlett, David's father - Burr McIntosh * Lennox Sanderson, father of Anna's baby - Lowell Sherman == Story == Anna Moore is tricked into a fake marriage by the ric