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In what may have been his most brilliant surprise, D.W. Griffith transformed an archaic melodrama about a wronged woman into a transcendent love story of redemption. Lillian Gish plays an innocent New Englander seduced by an urbane charmer (Lowell Sherman), who arranges a mock marriage and then abandons her when she's pregnant. When the baby dies from illness, Gish leaves the city and changes her identity. She finds herself reborn in the pastoral splendor of a farming community, catching the adoring eye of a young idealist (Richard Barthelmess), only to have the past come back to haunt her. Griffith ma
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In what may have been his most brilliant surprise, D.W. Griffith transformed an archaic melodrama about a wronged woman into a transcendent love story of redemption. Lillian Gish plays an innocent New Englander seduced by an urbane charmer (Lowell Sherman), who arranges a mock marriage and then abandons her when she's pregnant. When the baby dies from illness, Gish leaves the city and changes her identity. She finds herself reborn in the pastoral splendor of a farming community, catching the adoring eye of a young idealist (Richard Barthelmess), only to have the past come back to haunt her. Griffith made two kinds of films: spectacles and love stories. It's the tremulous love stories such as Way Down East that have endured the best. This 1920 film is a triumph of humanity over cruelty, a work that brilliantly conveys emotion through environment. The famous climax on the floating river of ice is still amazing--especially since it uses no special effects. --Bill Desowitz
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Manufacturer: KINO INTERNATIONAL
Release date: 18 November 2008
Number of discs: 1
EAN: 0738329064020 UPC: 738329064020
Tags: Emily Fitzroy (1), Directed By D.W. Griffith (1), Viva Ogden (1), Florence Short (1), Patricia Fruen (1), Mrs. Morgan Belmont (1), Josephine Bernard (1), Mrs. David Landau (1), Edgar Nelson (1), George Neville (1), Porter Strong (1), 1920 (1), Mary Hay (1), Kate Bruce (1), Burr McIntosh (1), Lowell Sherman (1), Norma Shearer (1), Richard Barthelmess (1), Creighton Hale (1), Lillian Gish (1)
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