Now, before we get into what you need to know of how you can watch 'Way Down East' right now, here are some useful insights about the D.W. Griffith Productions drama flick. Way Down East starring Lillian Gish, Richard Barthelmess, Lowell Sherman, Burr McIntosh has a NR rating, a runtime of about 2 hr 30 min. The release date of the movie is September 3rd, 1920. was calculated from verified
Curious about the story behind it? Here's the plot: "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."
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'Way Down East' Release Dates
Watch in Movie Theaters on September 3rd, 1920
Watch on DVD or Blu-ray starting
December 1st, 1998
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